Please note that applications for 2025 entry are no longer being accepted. Applications for 2026 will open in July 2025.
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As a graduate of the Master of Speech Pathology, you will develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to work as an autonomous speech pathologist, responding to the needs of individuals and communities who experience difficulties with communication and swallowing.
In this course you will develop the tools you need to provide safe, ethical and quality person, family and community-centred practice in complex and changing environments. Working across a range of health, education and private settings, you will provide evidence-based services to people and communities in local, national and global contexts.
Effective communication skills will enable you to work in partnership with others and collaboratively in interprofessional teams, reflective of the industry.
You will also develop the skills to lead, advocate, and innovate to develop socially responsible and sustainable actions that support every individual’s right to optimal communication and swallowing.
This full-time course runs over four semesters, with 50 credit points (4 units) each semester. A 3-year part-time pathway is available and runs over six semesters. While our hub for Speech Pathology is located in Launceston, our delivery is specifically designed to be place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania.
Throughout the four stages of the course, you will engage in online and independent learning, including weekly interactive webinars with staff for all units. You will need to be available to attend two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and engage in work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course as part of the units.
The WIL opportunities will include a supervised professional placement experience (PEP) in each semester of the program. WIL and part-time PEP will involve placements collocated to your place of residence, where possible, while block placements may occur across Tasmania. Please note this means you are currently unable to undertake the course from interstate.
Course objectives
This accredited course will prepare you for a successful and rewarding career as a speech pathologist.
Learning outcomes
Practical experience
Professional Experience Placement
Your studies will include compulsory Professional Experience Placements. These supervised professional placements occur in semester of the course, and are collocated to your place of residence where possible to help you build networks and connections for your future career. Block placements may occur across Tasmania, and please note this means you are currently unable undertake the course from interstate.
Safety in Practice Compliance
This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
Career outcomes
Speech Pathologists are in high demand across the health sector with employment for speech pathologists projected to increase in Australia by 16.6% by May 2028, and 29.0% by 2033*. There is a huge unmet demand for this profession which has seen 100% of our graduating cohort securing jobs before they have graduated.
Our Speech Pathology will provide you with qualifications that can lead to various job opportunities in Tasmania, Australia and overseas.
*Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, 2023 Occupational Projections.
Professional Accreditation
Graduates of the Master of Speech Pathology at the University of Tasmania are eligible for certified practicing membership of Speech Pathology Australia. The course currently holds Provisional Accreditation.
For further membership requirements, please visit the SPA website.
If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information.
Course structure
To graduate from the Master of Speech Pathology, a student must satisfactorily complete 200 credit points of study sixteen (16) core units.
Full Time
Year 1 - First Semester of Study
This unit introduces you to an interprofessional framework and foundational concepts related to joining a regulated profession and that are shared across allied health disciplines. Within the interprofessional framework, allied health students develop an understanding of the professional contexts in…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA705 Becoming an Allied Health Professional
This professional experience placement unit brings together core fundamental speech pathology practice knowledge and skills and requires you to apply them in supervised practice with children and adults. The focus is on professional experiential learning, including application of core theoretical…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will provide you with foundational knowledge of human development, and communication and swallowing across the lifespan, to allow focus on developing clinical observation skills necessary for planning assessment, intervention, and evaluation while integrating key theoretical and practice frameworks.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA760 Communication and Swallowing Across the Lifespan
This unit introduces you to the speech pathology role supporting every individual's right to optimal communication and swallowing, and the foundational speech pathology theoretical, clinical reasoning and practice frameworks that will be applied and integrated throughout the Master of Speech…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 1 - Second Semester of Study
Speech Pathology Practice 2 extends your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in Optimising Communication and Swallowing 1 and 2. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in on-campus intensive…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit will extend your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to language and literacy needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus and you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA762 Optimising Language and Literacy
This unit consolidates and extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to voice, feeding and swallowing needs of individuals and communities with multifactorial considerations. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA763 Optimising Swallowing, Feeding and Voice
This unit explores how colonisation impacts the contemporary health situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their access to and engagement with health services . Cultural safety, self-determination, collaboration and anti-racism are central concepts within this unit. You…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Online | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGA746 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Year 2 - Third Semester of Study
Speech Pathology Practice 3 continues to extend your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in Optimising Communication and Swallowing 3 and 4, and Developing as Allied Health Collaborators. You will integrate and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is the second of three interprofessional units in the program, and builds on knowledge and skills related to public health, social determinants of health, ICF, biopsychosocial practice, client-centred care, client safety and quality, and interprofessional collaborative practice. You…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA746 Developing as Allied Health Collaborators
This unit extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to cognitive and lifelong disability needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus, and you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA764 Optimising Cognition and Lifelong Disability
This unit extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to speech and fluency needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus, and you will develop skills…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Year 2 - Fourth Semester of Study
This unit consolidates knowledge and skills related to collaborative leadership and public health and synthesises them with skills and shared frameworks critical for allied health professionals working in community-based settings. Principles of population health and prevention and promotion strategies are…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CXA713 Transitioning to Community-Based Allied Health Practice
This capstone unit consolidates your clinical reasoning and requires you to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes developed throughout the course. In this unit, you prepare to enter the speech pathology profession and respond to individual, family,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA766 Integrated Speech Pathology Practice
Speech Pathology Practice 4 will, in combination with Speech Pathology Practice 5, consolidate your core knowledge, integration and application of concepts and skills developed across the course. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in practical activities and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Speech Pathology Practice 5 consolidates your core knowledge, integration and application of concepts and skills developed across the course. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in practical activities and as you work in supervised practice in either…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Part Time
Year 1 - First Semester of Study
This unit introduces you to an interprofessional framework and foundational concepts related to joining a regulated profession and that are shared across allied health disciplines. Within the interprofessional framework, allied health students develop an understanding of the professional contexts in…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA705 Becoming an Allied Health Professional
This unit will provide you with foundational knowledge of human development, and communication and swallowing across the lifespan, to allow focus on developing clinical observation skills necessary for planning assessment, intervention, and evaluation while integrating key theoretical and practice frameworks.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA760 Communication and Swallowing Across the Lifespan
This unit introduces you to the speech pathology role supporting every individual's right to optimal communication and swallowing, and the foundational speech pathology theoretical, clinical reasoning and practice frameworks that will be applied and integrated throughout the Master of Speech…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 1 - Second Semester of Study
This professional experience placement unit brings together core fundamental speech pathology practice knowledge and skills and requires you to apply them in supervised practice with children and adults. The focus is on professional experiential learning, including application of core theoretical…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will extend your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to language and literacy needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus and you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA762 Optimising Language and Literacy
This unit explores how colonisation impacts the contemporary health situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their access to and engagement with health services . Cultural safety, self-determination, collaboration and anti-racism are central concepts within this unit. You…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Online | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGA746 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Year 2 - Third Semester of Study
This unit is the second of three interprofessional units in the program, and builds on knowledge and skills related to public health, social determinants of health, ICF, biopsychosocial practice, client-centred care, client safety and quality, and interprofessional collaborative practice. You…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CXA746 Developing as Allied Health Collaborators
This unit extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to cognitive and lifelong disability needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus, and you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA764 Optimising Cognition and Lifelong Disability
This unit extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to speech and fluency needs of individuals and/or communities. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan focus, and you will develop skills…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Year 2 - Fourth Semester of Study
Speech Pathology Practice 2 extends your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in Optimising Communication and Swallowing 1 and 2. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in on-campus intensive…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit consolidates and extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to voice, feeding and swallowing needs of individuals and communities with multifactorial considerations. The unit adopts a case-based and lifespan…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA763 Optimising Swallowing, Feeding and Voice
Year 3 - Fifth Semester of Study
Speech Pathology Practice 3 continues to extend your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in Optimising Communication and Swallowing 3 and 4, and Developing as Allied Health Collaborators. You will integrate and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Speech Pathology Practice 4 will, in combination with Speech Pathology Practice 5, consolidate your core knowledge, integration and application of concepts and skills developed across the course. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in practical activities and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Year 3 - Sixth Semester of Study
This unit consolidates knowledge and skills related to collaborative leadership and public health and synthesises them with skills and shared frameworks critical for allied health professionals working in community-based settings. Principles of population health and prevention and promotion strategies are…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CXA713 Transitioning to Community-Based Allied Health Practice
This capstone unit consolidates your clinical reasoning and requires you to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes developed throughout the course. In this unit, you prepare to enter the speech pathology profession and respond to individual, family,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CXA766 Integrated Speech Pathology Practice
Speech Pathology Practice 5 consolidates your core knowledge, integration and application of concepts and skills developed across the course. You will integrate and apply your understanding and skills in practical activities and as you work in supervised practice in either…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Please note the closing time and date for receipt of second round applications for 2025 (Semester 2 commencement) is 11:59PM (AEDT) Friday 31st January 2025.
Admission to the Master of Speech Pathology is highly competitive and achieving the entry requirements does not guarantee an offer for this course.
Applicants who meet the entry requirements are ranked on academic performance and the number of offers are made based on the number of places available.
To be eligible to apply you will need to fulfill the following criteria:
- A bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or a PhD from an Australian higher education provider
- Achieved a minimum GPA requirement of 5.0 from their most recent course of eligible study
- Completed the equivalent of the following pre-requisites within the last 10 years:
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of human anatomy, including detailed head, neck and thorax anatomy
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of linguistics and phonetics
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of study in research methods and/or evidence-based practice.
Students without the pre-requisites should make contact to discuss bridging opportunities.
Completion of the pre-requisites can occur via enrolment in UTAS units, other Australian universities that offer bridging courses, and via Open University.
Those UTAS units that are accepted as prerequisites for M7G are:
- CXA112 Anatomy and Physiology of Head, Neck and Thorax
- CXA113 Introduction to Linguistics for Speech Pathology
- Any one of the following Research Methods units (CZZ103, PSY211, CXA328)
A domestic student is required to have completed their tertiary education in English in Australia or in any of the following countries: New Zealand, Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America.
Where tertiary education has been completed where the language of instruction was not in English, the offer will be conditional on the applicant providing evidence of a level of English competency with an IELTS Academic minimum score of 7.0 overall and a minimum score of 7.0 in each individual band within the previous 24 months. The IELTS result must be no older than two years and six months at the expected course commencement date. We will accept comparable scores from equivalent English language tests:
- TOEFL(iBT) 94 (no skill below: Reading 24; Listening 24; Speaking 23; Writing 27)
- PTE Academic 65 with no score lower than 65
- OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking)
Tasmanian Quota
At least 60% of places will be offered to Tasmanians where sufficient eligible applications are received, which is defined as:
Applicants who meet the domestic admission requirements and can demonstrate they:
- Are currently resident in Tasmania at the time of application, and/or;
- Have completed TCE/IB in Tasmania
Applicants who have recently completed secondary education:
A subquota of up to 50% of the Tasmanian quota exists for school leaver applicants who will have completed TCE/IB in Tasmania in the year preceding entry to the University of Tasmania subject to the following conditions:
- Applicants must have completed their Certificate of Education within the last 12 months;
- Applicants will be ranked according to their ATAR;
- Applicants must be enrolled in one of the following UTAS undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science (53J), Bachelor of Biomedicine (M3X), Bachelor of Nutrition Science (53H), Bachelor of Psychological Science (53F);
- Applicants entering this guaranteed pathway will be required to:
- study full-time within the under-graduate program,
- complete all relevant pre-requisite units during the undergraduate program, and
- complete the undergraduate degree with a GPA of 5.0.
- Applicants cannot defer commencement of study in the chosen UTAS undergraduate degree.
Quota for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
A quota of up to 15% of places will be available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who meet all entry requirements.
Safety In Practice Requirements
This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
For International students
APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Please note the closing time and date for receipt of second round applications for 2025 (Semester 2 commencement) is 11:59PM (AEDT) Friday 31st January 2025.
A Quota of up to 15% of places will be offered to International students.
English Language Requirements
IELTS Academic minimum score of 7.0 overall and a minimum score of 7.0 in each individual band*
OR completion of a course delivered in Australia and accredited by the Professional Body with which certification is sought,
OR successfully completed a relevant tertiary qualification in English in any of the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America within the previous 24 months.
*The IELTS result must be no older than two years at the expected course commencement date. This requirement will not be waived.
We will accept comparable scores from equivalent English language tests:
- TOEFL(iBT) 94 (no skill below: Reading 24; Listening 24; Speaking 23; Writing 27)
- PTE Academic 65 with no score lower than 65
- OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking)
All Other Requirements
Admission to the Master of Speech Pathology is highly competitive and achieving the entry requirements does not guarantee an offer for this course. Applicants who meet the entry requirements are ranked on academic performance and the number of offers are made based on the number of places available.
In addition to the English Language requirements you will need to fulfill the following criteria to be eligible to apply:
- A bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or a PhD from any of the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America.
- Achieved a minimum GPA requirement of 5.0 from their most recent course of eligible study
- Completed the equivalent of the following pre-requisites within the last 10 years:
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of human anatomy, including detailed head, neck and thorax anatomy
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of linguistics and phonetics
- one unit (12.5 credit points or equivalent) of study in research methods and/or evidence-based practice.
Students without the pre-requisites should make contact to discuss bridging opportunities.
Completion of the pre-requisites can occur via enrolment in UTAS units, other Australian universities that offer bridging courses, and via Open University.
Those units that are accepted as prerequisites for M7G are:
- CXA112 Anatomy and Physiology of Head, Neck and Thorax
- CXA113 Introduction to Linguistics for Speech Pathology
- Either one of the Research Methods units in the Certificate (CZZ103, PSY211, CXA328)
Safety In Practice Requirements
This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
Credit transfer
Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.
Articulation
There is no articulation from and to other courses.
Alternative entry pathways
NIL
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
Commonwealth supported places are available for this course. For eligible domestic postgraduate students, this means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
You can find the student contribution for each unit of study on the individual unit pages. The units for this course are found in the course structure section.
You may also be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information on student loans and a CSP eligibility checker can be found at Australian Government Study Assist.
An important note on Youth Allowance and AustudyThe Department of Social Services has approved some accredited and professionally-oriented master’s courses for student payments through Youth Allowance or Austudy. This means if you enrol in one of these courses, you may be eligible for student payments. However, this is not the case for all master’s courses. Please visit Scholarships, Fees and Costs for further information.
Further informationDetailed information for domestic students including the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
International students
2025 Total Course Fee (international students): $ 96,863 AUD *.
Course cost based on a rate of $47,250 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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- International
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