Future Students

Speech and Hearing Sciences

The Area Of Study

Speech and hearing sciences form the basic studies for a number of professions ranging from clinical work in audiology and speech pathology to involvement in technical projects for speech understanding by means of the next generation of computer user interfaces. All of these areas require knowledge of a range of subjects including biology, computing, physics and psychology, as well as core studies in linguistics.

In speech and hearing science you will study many aspects of the production and perception of spoken language: the way we produce speech sounds using the vocal apparatus, the way the ear responds or sometimes fails to respond to different kinds of sound, how languages differ in the way they use speech sounds and how computers can be used in speech analysis.

The Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences includes four major subject areas: audiology, speech and language pathology, cognitive psychology, and speech research. Within one of these specialties, you will take a core of compulsory units and electives such as biology, computing, or electronics.

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Degree Program Information

Degree UAI 2008 CSP Course Duration
Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences 83.45 3 years full-time/equivalent part-time

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What You Will Study

You must complete a program of study (major) in one of the following:

  • Audiology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Speech and Language Pathology
  • Speech Research

Your program of study may include units from the subject areas listed below:

  • linguistics and speech
  • audiology
  • speech pathology
  • speech research
  • cognitive psychology

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Recommended Prior Knowledge

All compulsory first-year units do not require any assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies. Other units taken as part of a degree may required assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies and you should refer to the Macquarie University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies for full degree requirements.

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Accreditation

Students wishing to qualify for clinical practice in either audiology or speech and language pathology will need to do further study in order to gain the appropriate professional accreditation. Masters in audiology and speech pathology
are both offered at Macquarie University.

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Career Options

  • audiology
  • speech and language pathology
  • speech technology

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Some Major Employers

  • hospitals
  • private clinical practices
  • Australian Hearing
  • Cochlear Ltd
  • Nokia
  • Motorola
  • Appen Pty. Ltd

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Further Information:

Department of Linguistics
Macquarie University, NSW, 2109
Email: linguistics@mq.edu.au
Telephone:  (02) 9850 8771
Fax: (02) 9850 9199
Web: www.ling.mq.edu.au/undergraduate/bsphs

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