MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-registration)
If a teenager suffers a brain injury, how can you help them to learn to speak or read again? How can you help a client to eat when their ability to swallow has been damaged by a stroke? How does a child communicate when they only know a few words?
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Course overview
Course information
Features and benefits
Placement opportunities
You’ll spend at least 563 hours on placements to develop your clinical practice and have exposure to different settings.
Specialist facilities
You’ll have access to our on-campus ICON Centre, which features a wide range of specialist speech and language therapy equipment and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Our expertise
Our dedicated technicians help you to learn how to use our high-tech equipment and provide workshops and training on our specialist facilities.
Accredited course
When you graduate, you’re eligible to apply for professional registration with the HCPC, which means you can practise as a speech and language therapist, and to apply for membership of the RCSLT.
Postgraduate community
You can join our student-run Speech Society – past activities include guest lectures from people who use AAC and fundraising events.
Accreditations, awards and endorsements
Year 1
Core modules
Intro to Clinical Theory and Skills across the Lifespan
Phonetics and Phonology
Linguistics and Language Acquisition
Non-clinical Practice Placement 1 (Education- 5 days)
Non-clinical Practice Placement 2 (Older Adults - 4 days)
Practice Placement 1 (4 weeks)
Eating, Drinking and Swallowing
Applied Clinical Theory and Skills across the Lifespan 1
Practice Placement 2 (4 weeks)
Study and assessment
Study
- Year 1 45% lectures, seminars or similar; 30% placement; 25% independent study
- Year 2 35% lectures, seminars or similar; 30% placement; 35% independent study
Assessment
- Year 1 70% coursework; 0% practical; 30% examination
- Year 2 100% coursework; 0% practical; 0% examination
Ten credits equates to 100 hours of study, which is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical sessions, and independent study. A masters qualification typically comprises of 180 credits, a PGDip 120 credits, a PGCert 60 credits and an MFA 300 credits. During the course, you are likely to be required to engage in collaborative projects, practical assessments, group work activities, and to give presentations to your peers/tutors. The exact composition of your study time and assessments for the course will vary according to your option choices and style of learning.
Additional information
Placements
Taught by experts
MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-registration) is part of the Department of Health Professions at Manchester Met. Discover more about the department and who you’ll be working with if you choose to study this course.
Entry requirements
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If you are an international student, you will usually need to get a student visa before you can study in the UK.
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Fees and funding
UK and Channel Island students
UK full-time fee £9,790 per year
EU and non-EU international students
International full-time fee £22,000 per year
Fees may be subject to change. See the tuition fees section below for full details.
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Careers support and prospects
Employed or in further study
92.7% of our UK-domiciled, full-time, postgraduate taught graduates are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation.
Graduate Outcomes survey 2022/23 leavers, HESA data.
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How to apply
You can apply for this course through UCAS.
UCAS code(s):
- MSC2
Institution code:
- M40
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