Speech and Language Therapy and Surdopedagogy

Undergraduate Study Programmes

Information about the Study Programme

Name:	SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY AND SURDOPEDAGOGY
Type:	first cycle university study programme
Duration:	4 years
Število ECTS:	240
Orientations:	the programme does not have orientations
Modules of the Study Programme:	the programme does not have modules
Professional Title of the Graduates:	Prof. Logo. in Surdoped. (UN)

Conditions for Enrolment and Criteria for Selection in the case of Limited Enrolment

Year 1 access requirements comprise:

a) candidates who completed 'matura';

b) candidates who completed a four-year secondary school programme prior to 1 June 1995.

In the mentioned study programme the following candidates may enrol:

a) A person without speech and language disorders;

b) A person who expresses himself/herself using non-verbal communication.

The prerequisites relating to speech and language disorders and nonverbal expressiveness shall be established with a communication test prior to the enrollment in the programme.

Criteria in the event of limited enrolment:

In the event of limited enrolment candidates will be selected on the basis of their:

- overall success during final examination, 'matura'	60 %,
- overall end-of-year grades in Years 3 and 4 of secondary school	40 %.

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Subject Schedule of the Study Programme:

*Year 1 (1^st and 2^nd semester)* *Subject*	*ECTS*
Anatomy and Physiology	4
Anatomy, Physiology and Voice and Speech Pathology	3
Didactics	4
Research Methods in the Field of Special and Rehabilitation Pedagogy	5
Communication, Language and Speech Development	4
Developmental Psychology with Pedagogical Psychology	10
Voice Therapy / Rehabilitation of Voice Disorders	4
The Theory of Education	4
Fundamentals in Speech and Language Therapy and Pedagogy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing	4
Foreign Language (English or German)	4
An Introduction to Special and Rehabilitation Pedagogy – Groups of People with Special Needs, Education	5
An Introduction to Special and Rehabilitation Pedagogy – Theoretical and Legal Bases	5
Professional Elective Subject	4

*Year 2 (3^rd in 4^th semester)* *Subject*	*ECTS*
Articulatory, Acoustic and Instrumental Phonetics	4
Audiology and Electro-Acoustics	5
Linguistic Sciences	5
Diagnostics in Speech and Language Therapy	5
Methods of Working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Early Childhood	5
Practice 1	3
Practice 2	3
The Recognition and Assessment of Special Needs	5
The Psychology of People with Special Needs	5
Psychomotoric Development and Learning	4
Structure and Use of Sign Language	4
Teaching and Instructing People with Special Needs	4
Professional Elective Subject	4
General Elective Subject	4

*Year 3 (5^th in 6^th semester)* *Subject*	*ECTS*
The Philosophy of Education	5
Communication Development in Deaf and Hard of Hearing	3
Speech, Swallowing and Eating disorders	3
Methods of Working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing with School-Aged Children and with Adults	5
Listening, Language and Speech Rehabilitation	5
Fluency disorders	3
Neurology	4
Literacy	4
The Fundamentals of Social Pedagogy	4
Practice 3	3
Practice 4	3
Psychiatry and Behaviour and Emotional Disorders	3
Speech and Language Disorders	4
Perception Phonetics	3
Professional Elective Subject	4
Professional Elective Subject	4

*Year 4 (7^th in 8^th semester)* *Subject*	*ECTS*
Diagnostics and Characteristics of People with SSLD	3
Speech and Language in Intellectual disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders	4
The Individualised Programme	7
Rehabilitation of Developmental Neurologically Based Communication Disorders	5
Rehabilitation of Neurologically Based Communication Disorders in Adults	4
Neurolinguistics and Neuropsychology	5
Fundamental Strategies for Working with the Blind and Visually Impaired	4
Practice 5	4
Practice 6	3
The Sociology of Education	4
Strategies for Working with People with Severe Specific Learning Disabilities	5
General Elective Subject	4
General Elective Subject	4
Graduation Project	4