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The B.Sc. (Hons.) Communication Therapy will equip you with the knowledge and skills to work as a speech language pathologist, preparing you to transform lives by helping people communicate effectively and swallow safely. You'll develop a comprehensive understanding of how communication and swallowing develop across the entire human lifespan, what can go wrong, and—most importantly—how to help.
Curriculum Structure
Year 1: Building Your Foundation
Your first year establishes the core knowledge you'll need throughout your career. You'll dive into Typical Development between 0 and 5 Years, understanding how children naturally acquire communication skills from birth. You'll also explore Clinical Analysis of Speech, Language and Communication, learning to assess and identify communication differences, alongside Developmental Psycholinguistics: The Acquisition of a First Language, which examines how people learn to speak and understand language. These foundational courses are paired with Professional Skills, ensuring you develop not just clinical expertise but also the communication abilities you'll need as a healthcare professional.
Year 2: Expanding Into Specialization
By your second year, you're ready to explore broader contexts and applications of communication therapy. The curriculum introduces you to Prevention and Early Intervention of Communication Difficulties, equipping you to support children and families before problems become entrenched. You'll also study Communication and Ageing: A Clinical Perspective, recognizing that communication challenges span every age group, and Neurogenic Disorders, understanding how brain injuries and neurological conditions affect communication. These courses are complemented by clinical placements under qualified supervision, where you'll observe and directly participate in real-world therapy in various settings.
Year 3: Clinical Expertise and Advanced Topics
Your final year deepens your clinical competence and introduces sophisticated concepts. You'll complete Language Pathology and Communication Therapy units that integrate everything you've learned, tackle Clinical Linguistics to understand the linguistic foundations of disorders, and engage in Client Presentation case studies. By this stage, you're working alongside experienced speech language pathologists in diverse clinical environments, becoming an autonomous professional ready to enhance communication and quality of life for your future clients.
Focus Areas
Speech language pathology, swallowing disorders, communication development across the lifespan, psychological and educational foundations, behavioral and biomedical sciences.
Learning Outcomes
By graduation, you'll become an autonomous professional capable of enhancing individuals' ability to communicate effectively and/or swallow safely, thus improving the quality of life of both clients and those around them.
Professional Alignment
The program is designed to prepare you for professional practice as a speech language pathologist, grounding your training in recognized clinical standards and supervised practice.
Additional Opportunities
As a student, you may benefit from Erasmus+ opportunities to study in institutions abroad, enriching your education with international perspectives and experience.
In the BSc (Hons) Communication Therapy at the University of Malta—now offered through the Department of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders—you'll dive straight into hands-on learning from day one, building real-world skills as a speech language pathologist through active observation and direct participation in clinical placements. These placements happen under the supervision of qualified professionals in diverse settings, giving you practical experience with communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan, while tying in related fields like psychology, audiology, and linguistics. It's the kind of training that turns theory into confidence, preparing you to make a real difference in people's lives.
Here's how our program stands out with specific experiential opportunities tailored to communication therapy:
- Clinical placements: Supervised hands-on work in various real-world settings, focusing on observation and direct client interaction to assess and treat speech, language, and swallowing issues.
- Erasmus+ study abroad: Opportunities to gain international experience at partner institutions, broadening your skills in global contexts.
- Summer School via Speech-Language Pathology International Network (SLP-IN): Intensive week-long collaboration with European and international students and staff on specialized clinical and scientific topics, complementing your coursework.
- Research dissertation or project: In your final year, you'll conduct independent, research-based work on communication disorders, honing skills in evidence-based practice.
- Client Presentation units (e.g., CMT3311): Practical sessions applying clinical analysis to real cases, building your ability to handle morphosyntactic and neurogenic disorders.
In the BSc (Hons) Communication Therapy at the University of Malta—now offered through the Department of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders—you'll dive straight into hands-on learning from day one, building real-world skills as a speech language pathologist through active observation and direct participation in clinical placements. These placements happen under the supervision of qualified professionals in diverse settings, giving you practical experience with communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan, while tying in related fields like psychology, audiology, and linguistics. You'll also get international exposure through Erasmus+ opportunities and the department's annual Summer School, where students and staff collaborate intensively on specialized clinical topics.
This practical focus prepares you to become an autonomous professional who truly makes a difference—here's how it plays out in the program:
- Clinical placements in varied real-world settings, supervised by expert speech language pathologists, for direct client interaction and skill-building from early years through to advanced neurogenic disorders and ageing.
- Client Presentation units (like CMT3311), where you'll handle real cases to develop clinical analysis of speech, language, and communication.
- Research dissertation or project in your final year, applying everything you've learned to cutting-edge topics in human communication sciences.
- Summer School via the Speech-Language Pathology International Network (SLP-IN), an intensive week-long Erasmus project on specialized clinical and scientific topics with European peers.
- Erasmus+ study abroad options to gain global perspectives on speech language pathology practices.
Academic Requirement: Qualification equivalent to Malta Matriculation Certificate requiredSelection Criteria: Admission based on meeting entry requirements and selection procedures set by the Faculty of Health SciencesRequirement: English language proficiency required for admissionAcademic qualification certificatesApplication through the University of Malta admission systemSupporting documents as required for eligibility assessmentAdmission Basis: Based on academic qualifications and faculty selection proceduresThe university does NOT provide country-specific admission requirements in list formatMedia PlannerContent StrategistDigital Marketing SpecialistSocial Media ManagerPublic Relations OfficerBrand ManagerJournalistAdvertising ExecutiveCorporate Communications ManagerBroadcast Producer
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