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BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy
at Plymouth Marjon University

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 12,500
Country Rank-
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 7.5

Program Overview

Speech and language therapists (SLTs) enjoy a rewarding, specialist career working with parents, teachers, carers, nurses, doctors and occupational therapists. Almost one in five experience communication difficulties and this is where SLTs support people to develop, restore, or give strategies to build communication. SLTs also support people who struggle to eat, drink or swallow. SLTs work in hospitals, schools, community clinics and specialist units.

You will learn core skills in topics such as linguistics, phonetics, science, psychology, and speech and language pathology. You will also develop your clinical and professional skills through practical placements and modules that cover counselling and professional skills.

Successful completion of a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) approved programme provides eligibility to apply for admission to the HCPC Register. ‘Speech and language therapist’ is a protected title, and you will only be entitled to use it if you are registered with the HCPC. Please be aware that having a disability should not be a barrier to becoming HCPC registered and refer to their advice on disability and becoming a health and care professional. This course has secured HCPC approval.

Funding of at least £5000 per year is available to students on pre-registration SLT courses.

We have been training Speech and Language Therapists for 25 years. Our regular Speech and Language Therapy Career Days are designed to give potential applicants an opportunity to discover more about the SLT’s role.

The timetable in year three (or year six for the part-time route) typically extends four weeks beyond the end of the usual academic year to enable students to complete adequate placement experience. Students will therefore complete their studies in early July in the final year (only).

Course Content
1st Year
- Professional knowledge and skills I
- Bioscience for SLT
- Introduction to linguistics
- Phonetics and phonology
- Topics in psychology
- Language through the life-course
- Lifelong disability studies
2nd Year
- Professional knowledge and skills II
- Clinical linguistics and phonetics
- SLT process and practice
- Introduction to neurogenic communication disorders
- Paediatric speech, language and communication disorders
- Research methods for SLT
- Voice and stammering
3rd Year
- Professional knowledge and skills III
- Advanced dysphagia
- Brain and Behaviour
- Advanced studies in paediatric speech, language and communication disorders
- Clinical aphasiology
- Alternative and augmentative communication
- Writing a clinical research proposal
- Clinical research project
Entry Requirement
Level 2
- You will be expected to have GCSEs at Grade 5 or above (formerly Grade B-C) in five subjects, which must include English Language, Mathematics and a science.
- Irish Leaving Certificate: Mathematics, English and a Science at ordinary level grade B3/O3 or higher.
- Scottish qualifications: a minimum of five Intermediate Standard 2 or above, including English, Mathematics and a science.
We also require:

Level 3
- BBB at A level (120 tariff points). Subjects such as English Language, Psychology, Biology (and other sciences), Modern Foreign Languages provide a good foundation for SLT. The Welsh Baccalaureate will be accepted in lieu of one A level. General Studies and Critical Thinking are not included.
- OR BTEC national diploma in a related area (e.g. health studies or early years) at Distinction/Distinction/Merit.
- OR Access to HE in a related area (e.g. Sciences or Health Professions) 45 level 3 credits D/M with minimum 24 D. Modules should include Biology and Psychology.
- OR CACHE Health and Social Care qualification at Grade B.
- OR Irish Leaving Certificate: a minimum of 5 Highers at Grade B2/H3 including a science or social science.
- OR 5 grades at A or B from a combination of Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers.
- OR Degree/foundation degree.
- OR International Baccalaureate 28-30. Individual offers will vary depending on subjects studied.
Applicants who do not have English as their first language and/or have not received their education through the medium of English, must achieve an IELTS score of 7.5 and no element below 7.0 at the start of the programme.

An interview, occupational health check and DBS check are also required.
Fees & Scholarships
Fees UK students: £9,250 per annum

Fees for International students: £12,500 per annum
Career Prospect
On completion you will able to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council for registration as a Speech and Language Therapist and, once registered, you will be able to apply for SLT jobs, for example in the NHS.

Cost Of Studying At Plymouth Marjon University

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy at Plymouth Marjon University