Frequently Asked Questions

When do applications open for Speech Pathology courses?

Domestic applications - via UAC - for the undergraduate course open in early August of the year prior to semester 1 commencement in March the following year.

International applications for our undergraduate course are made direct to the International Office and are accepted all year round. But there is a deadline for semester 1 commencement in March the following year - check with the International Office.

Is the course available externally or at night-time? If not, what are the days/times of internal day lectures?

• The course is only available Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, on Cumberland Campus.
• Lectures are strictly timetabled and are held Mondays to Fridays between 8am and 6pm. For example a Year 1 Speech Pathology student has up to 20 hours per week of lectures in the first semester

If not, are the times flexible, in that, if one is unable to attend a lecture, they may attend it on a different day/time of the week?

• Sorry that sort of flexibility is not available

Is this course available part-time? If so what are the hours? Does this change the length of the course?

The Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) is structured as a full-time degree course offered over four years, with expected enrolment in units totalling 24 credit points each semester.

However, the Faculty recognises that some students cannot attend full-time and wish to complete their degrees in a longer time. Students requesting to enrol part-time should note that daytime attendance at lectures and clinic placements, as well as clinic block placements, is required for completion of the BAppSc (Speech Pathology) course.

There are a limited number of places available for commencing students for part-time enrolment. Students must be prepared to accept a full-time place in the course prior to applying for part-time enrolment. Students apply for permission prior to enrolment at the beginning of the academic year.

Students enrolling part-time should also note the following:

• Part-time students must adjust their load so that they can
  complete the course within the maximum time. No extensions of
  maximum time will be granted
• Minimum time: 6 years from the initial academic year of enrolment
• Maximum time: 10 years from the initial academic year of
  enrolment
• The course is structured as a full-time course. Students must be
  aware of the possibility of clashes in timetables for units with
  different first numerals in their codes – e.g. CSCD2XXX and
  CSCD3XXX
• Students must meet prerequisite and corequisite requirements
  as specified for enrolment in specific units of study
• Where a unit of study has a corequisite, a student is to enrol in
  that unit as well as the corequisite in the same semester
• Where a unit of study is a prerequisite, this prerequisite unit must be passed prior to enrolment in any other units for which it is a prerequisite
• Part-time students are completing their degree over a longer
  period of time and it is possible, and in fact likely, that there will
  be curriculum changes while they are undertaking their degree
• Part-time students have the responsibility for monitoring changes in curriculum which may affect their progression and for discussing these with the Undergraduate Course Coordinator