2010 Course Handbook
SPHE01P - Communication Disorders (Postgraduate Study Pattern)
| Major: | Communication Disorders |
| Area of Study: | Speech and Hearing Science |
| Degree: | MCommDis - Master of Communication Disorders |
| Offered By: |
The Faculty of Human Sciences |
| Admission Requirements: | Bachelor degree in Speech Pathology or four-year degree with relevant major, eg Special Education; and a minimum of one year of relevant work experience Applicants who do not have the necessary grounding in statistics may be required to complete an additional unit, STAT170, as non-award study; this unit would incur an additional cost |
| Fees: | |
| Attendance Modes: | Internal External |
Study Loads: | Full Time (1.0) Part Time |
| Commencing Study Periods: | FH SH |
General Requirements
| Minimum number of credit points | 32 |
| and completion of other specific requirements as set out below |
Specific Requirements
| 800 level | ||||
| Required | LING848 | Linguistic Description of Disordered Language (4) | 4 | |
| Required | LING930 | Research Methods for Communication Disorders Part A (1) | 1 | |
| Required | LING940 | Research Methods for Communication Disorders Part B (1) | 1 | |
| Required | LING931 | Special Project Communication Disorders Part A (3) | 3 | |
| Required | LING932 | Special Project Communication Disorders Part B (3) | 3 | |
| Required | 20 cp from | LING846 | Developmental Language Disorders (4) | |
| LING847 | Psycholinguistics and Aphasia (4) | |||
| LING900 | Grammar, Meaning and Discourse (4) | |||
| LING901 | Phonetics and Phonology (4) | |||
| LING902 | Language and Cognition (4) | |||
| LING903 | Languages and Cultures in Contact (4) | |||
| LING904 | Pragmatics (4) | |||
| LING906 | Language Testing and Evaluation (4) | |||
| LING907 | Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature (4) | |||
| LING908 | Language Planning and Language Policy (4) | |||
| LING912 | Second Language Acquisition (4) | |||
| LING913 | Literacy (4) | |||
| LING920 | First Language Acquisition (4) | |||
| LING927 | Reading Development and Disorders (4) | |||
| LING928 | Bilingualism (4) | |||
| LING939 | Special Studies in Applied Linguistics (4) | |||
| LING947 | Discourse in Professional and Organisational Contexts (4) | |||
| PSYN811 | Cognitive Neuropsychology (4) | |||
| TRAN854 | Linguistics of Signed Languages (4) | 20 | ||
| Electives | ||||
| Balance of credit points required | 0 | |||
| TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM | 32 | |||