Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration) (Taught)

Course summary

If you want to become a speech and language therapist, 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 provide life-changing treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties communicating and/or eating, drinking and swallowing. It can be a very varied and deeply rewarding career. This course will enable you to apply for registration 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.

Modules

Professional Practice: Practice-based Learning

Professional Practice: Competencies in Eating, Drinking and Swallowing

Professional Practice: Clinical and Professional Capabilities

Professional Practice: Applied Clinical Decision Making

Professional Practice: Delivering Services that Reflect Diversity

Professional Practice: Training and Leadership

Foundations for SLT: Biological and Medical Sciences

Foundations for SLT: Lifespan

Foundations for SLT: Introduction to Linguistics

Foundations for SLT: Speech and Language Analysis and Applications

Speech and Language Pathology: Acquired Language and Neurogenic Communication Impairments

Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental and Acquired Dysphagia

Speech and Language Pathology: Speech Sound Disorders

Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Language Disorder

Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Disorders of Social Communication

Speech and Language Pathology: Organic Speech Impairments and Voice Disorder

Speech and Language Pathology: Physical, Sensory and Intellectual Impairment

Research for SLT: Understanding and Appraising the Evidence for Practice

Research for SLT: Applying Skills for Critical Enquiry

Assessment method

Teaching will include a mix of lectures, tutorials, student-led seminars, practice-based learning, case study analysis and individual project work. Emphasis will be placed on integrating clinical and university-based learning opportunities and on independent study. Your performance will be assessed by a combination of assignments, examinations and practical assessments.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

Health and Care Professions Council

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

Course does not award QTS

Entry requirements

Applicants must have equivalent to at least a UK 2:1 Honours Degree to be considered for the course. We look for applicants to have completed work experience with people who have speech or communication impairments. This could be shadowing an SLT, volunteering with the Stroke Association or a stammering group, working with autistic children or alongside the elderly who have speech/communication difficulties. There is no specific field which we would prioritise, however, due to the competitive nature of the course we would recommend that applicants try and gain experience in more than one field as this will show that they have a greater understanding of speech and language therapy as a whole.

English language requirements

IELTS with an overall score equivalent to 8.0 and with no individual component less than 7.5.

QMU English Language Requirements

https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/international-students/english-language-requirements/

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Channel Islands	£11150	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	£11150	Year 1
England	£11150	Year 1
Northern Ireland	£11150	Year 1
Scotland	£11150	Year 1
Wales	£11150	Year 1
International	£21875	Year 1

Additional fee information

2024/25 Postgraduate Pre-Registration PLEASE NOTE: Fees are per year, our Pre-Registration courses are two year courses. Fees detailed exclude any dissertation or 'top-up' fees. These are full-time fees for QMU's Pre-Registration courses and applies for the following: MSc Dietetics (Pre-Registration), MSc Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-Registration), MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration), MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration), MSc Podiatry (Pre-Registration), MSc Speech & Language Therapy (Pre-Registration), MSc Therapeutic Radiography (Pre-Registration) and MSc Audiology (Pre-Registration).