Speech and Language Therapy - BSc (Hons)

University of Roehampton

**About this course:**Develop the knowledge and skills to work with people with a range of communication and swallowing disorders for a rewarding career as a Speech and Language Therapist in healthcare or education settings. **Skills:**This programme is a pre-registration course aimed at students wanting to become Speech and Language Therapists. Speech and Language Therapy is a diverse and interesting profession, working with people with communication difficulties and swallowing difficulties.As part of your degree, you will complete 600 hours of practice placement, to support learning in a range of practice settings. Placements have been included in all years of the programme, and will support your professional and practice skills giving an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge development. **Career opportunities:**If you’re ready to learn, we’ll help you gain confidence and opportunities to achieve. As a graduate you can go on to work in a range of professions, including working with babies and infants, children, working-age adults and older adults. Practice settings are diverse and include a wide range of services and environments including: - Hospitals acute and outpatients - Primary care and community health settings - Pre-school and nursery settings - Schools (including mainstream and special schools) - The criminal justice system - Specialist services such as mental health and learning disability services and palliative care - Charity and voluntary sector environments - There is also scope to work within research and academic settings.

School of Life and Health Sciences