Secure your future with highly specialised training, exciting placements and flexible outcomes. Speech pathologists are allied health professionals responsible for the assessment and treatment of children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders, such as delayed speech and language development, cleft lip and palate, voice disorders and stuttering. When you study Speech Pathology at UON you are accessing the most comprehensive degree of its kind in Australia, opening up experiences and job opportunities like no other. What you will study You will develop competencies and skills to confidently take on the full range of conditions that speech pathologists assess and rehabilitate, including: all acquired and developmental human communication disorders audiology swallowing disorders phonological and articulatory disorders stuttering voice disorders communication disorders of neurological origin Foundation courses include linguistics, psychology, bioscience, anatomy and neuroscience. Career opportunities Gain professionally accredited expertise in all areas of speech pathology. The strong experience-based nature of this degree, along with an internationally recognised professional accreditation, prepares UON graduates for immediate professional employment. In fact, 87% of our graduates in 2016 were employed within four months of completion. Opportunities exist in: hospitals community health centres schools rehabilitation units nursing homes specialist disability services academic research management positions private practice