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MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration)

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    Full-time: 2 years (to attain PgDip) with an additional 12 months (part-time) or 6 months (full-time) to attain the MSc

Course Description

If you want to become a speech and language therapist and have a relevant degree (eg in linguistics or psychology), this course could open up a fascinating new career path for you. It is the only postgraduate pre-registration course in speech and language therapy offered in Scotland.

As a speech and language therapist you will give life-changing treatment and support and care for children and adults who have difficulties speaking and communicating. It can be a very varied and deeply rewarding career. This course will enable you to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and to practise as a speech and language therapist in the UK.

Entry Requirements

Upper second class degree/masters level degree in relevant subject (biology, psychology or linguistics) is required. Experience of working with people with speech or communication impairments, for example through professional or voluntary work or shadowing a speech and language therapist, is desirable.

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Fees

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Module Details

  • Foundations for Speech and Language Therapy
  • Pre-Clinical Placements
  • Linguistics 1: Introduction to Linguistics
  • Neurology for SLT and Audiology
  • Adult Acquired Language and Cognitive Communication Disorders
  • Linguistics 2: Clinical Linguistic Analysis
  • Disorders of Speech and Fluency
  • Manual Handling
  • Dysphagia (Developmental and Acquired)
  • Within-Semester Clinical Placement 1
  • Professional Practice for SLT 1
  • Biological and Behavioural Science for SLT: Typical Processes
  • Developmental Disorders of Language and Communication
  • Intellectual Disability, Physical and Sensory Impairment
  • Linguistics 3: Linguistic Processing and Variation
  • Within-Semester Clinical Placement 2
  • Motor Speech Disorder, Voice Disorder, Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Within-Semester Clinical Placement 3
  • Professional Practice 2
  • Research Methods

If studying for the MSc, you will also complete a dissertation (60 credits).

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