UndergraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences equips students with a comprehensive and evidence-based understanding of linguistics, the scientific study of human communication, with a focus on speech, hearing, and language sciences. This interdisciplinary degree integrates theoretical knowledge with technical and analytical skills. Students will explore how language is structured, produced, perceived, and understood, with a strong focus on the diversity of human communication across the lifespan and across cultures. Through studies in phonetics, syntax, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, hearing, child language development, and communication disorders, students will develop a critical and culturally responsive perspective on language and communication. A key feature of this course is its foundation in research-led teaching, supported by access to one of the world’s most advanced clinical and research environments in speech, hearing, and language sciences. Graduates of this course will be well prepared for a career across a diverse range of settings, including clinical administration/management/marketing, journalism, language revitalisation and language support in Indigenous communities, linguistic/language support work for NGOs, business or multicultural communities and other organisations. Alternatively, graduates can pursue further studies to become a Speech Pathologist, Audiologist, Applied Linguist, Forensic Linguist, Speech Technology Expert, or speech, hearing or language sciences researcher. As such, the degree has been specifically designed to develop the following four graduate capabilities: Capability 1 (Scientist and Scholar): Graduates will be ethical research-informed scientists and scholars with broad and coherent knowledge and skills relevant to speech, hearing and language sciences.
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Course structure
- Full time: 3 years. See the official Macquarie course page for the full unit-by-unit structure
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Admissions
Entry requirements follow Macquarie University's standard academic entry criteria for this degree level; see the official course page for the current selection rank / GPA threshold.
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