Qualification regulations for the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours

Qualification Regulations

Part I

These regulations are to be read in conjunction with all other Statutes and Regulations of the University including General Regulations for Undergraduate Degrees, Undergraduate Diplomas, Undergraduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas, and Graduate Certificates.

Part II

Admission

1. Admission to the Degree of Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours requires that the candidate will:

(a) meet the University admission requirements as specified; and will have:

(b) been selected into the Qualification based on a selection process that will include a written application, criminal record check, interview and referee checks; and

(c) achieved an IELTS of 7.0 with no band less than 7.0 within the preceding two years if English is not the applicant’s first language.

Qualification requirements

2. Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours shall follow a parts-based programme of study, which shall consist of courses totalling at least 480 credits, comprising Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 courses, as specified in the Schedule to the Qualification; and including attending field trips, workshops, tutorials, and laboratories as required.

Specialisations

3. There are no specialisations for this qualification.

Academic requirements

4. Every candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours shall perform to the satisfaction of Academic Board or their delegate supervised clinical practice, in accordance with the requirements of the following courses:

271.390 Field Work and Clinical Skills

271.796 Advanced Clinical Practicum I

271.798 Advanced Clinical Practicum II

Student progression

5. In order to progress from Part 1 to Part 2, or Part 2 to Part 3 a candidate must have passed all courses in the preceding Part.

6. For progression to Part 4 of Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours, candidates must have maintained at least a B+ grade average in the Part 3 courses.

7. The Degree of Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours may be awarded with First Class Honours or with Second Class Honours Division I or Second Class Honours Division II or with Third Class Honours. The class of Honours awarded shall be determined by the examiners on the performance of the candidate in Part 4 of the programme.

Completion requirements

8. A candidate’s programme of study may not exceed eight consecutive years, unless a specified time of suspension or extension has been approved by the Academic Board. Permission must be sought in advance of any suspension or extension by applying in writing to the College Pro Vice-Chancellor or their delegate. Suspensions or extensions granted will appear on the academic transcript.

9. Candidates may be graduated when they meet the Admission, Qualification and Academic requirements within the prescribed timeframes; candidates who do not meet the requirements for graduation may, subject to the approval of Academic Board, be awarded the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy should they meet the relevant qualification requirements.

Unsatisfactory academic progress

10. For candidates enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours the following will lead to exclusion from the qualification:

(a) failure to complete a compulsory course in two successive attempts;

(b) failure to pass courses totalling at least 75 credits or failure to pass at least 60 percent of an approved part-time programme of study in any academic year;

(c) failure to complete the degree within eight consecutive years, unless a suspension or extension has been granted under Regulation 8.

Transitional provisions

11. Subject to any Maximum Time to Completion regulations and the Abandonment of Study provisions specified in the Part I regulations to the degree, candidates who commenced study towards the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours prior to 01 January 2021 will be permitted to substitute 271151, if already completed, for 214101. These transition arrangements expire 01 December 2027.

12. Subject to any Maximum Time to Completion regulations and the Abandonment of Study provisions specified in the Part I regulations to the degree, candidates enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours prior to 01 January 2024 who have successfully completed both 271395 and 271396 may substitute these for 271390. Such students may take Special Topic course 230793 instead of 271781. These transition arrangements expire 31 December 2026.

Schedule for the Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours

Course planning key

Prerequisites: Courses that need to be completed before moving onto a course at the next level. For example, a lot of 200-level courses have 100-level prerequisite courses.
Corequisites: Courses that must be completed at the same time as another course are known as corequisite courses.
Restrictions: Some courses are restricted against each other because their content is similar. This means you can only choose one of the offered courses to study and credit to your qualification.

Key terms for course planning

Courses: Each qualification has its own specific set of courses. Some universities call these papers. You enrol in courses after you get accepted into Massey.
Course code: Each course is numbered using 6 digits. The fourth number shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
Credits: Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
Specialisations: Some qualifications let you choose what subject you'd like to specialise in. Your major or endorsement is what you will take the majority of your courses in.

Part One

172133 Introduction to Language Studies 15

Introductory skills of analysing language, at the level of discourse, morphology, syntax, semantics and phonology.

Regulations for The Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy with Honours - BSpchLngThHons