Unit Synopsis
You will develop an understanding of the functional anatomy and physiology relevant to communication and swallowing. Topics covered include surface anatomy and the anatomical relationships of bones, muscles, blood vessels and nerves within each of the pertinent body regions. You will be required to demonstrate your understanding of the application of these topics to speech pathology practice.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 OR BMSC11007 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 1 and BMSC11008 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 2 SPCH11001 Introduction to Communication and Swallowing SPCH12008 Phonetics OR SPCH13005 Acoustics and Phonetics
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
| 2. Case Study | 40% |
| 3. Practical Assessment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 28.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 53.85% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE feedback, informal feedback and staff reflection
Students indicated that having the weekly lectures available before the week started would assist study.
It is recommended that weekly lectures be released the week before so that students have adequate time to review prior to the tutorial.
Lectures were made available a week early.
Source: SUTE feedback, informal feedback and staff reflection
The inclusion of weekly practice practical sessions was helpful in preparing students for the end of term practical assessment.
It is recommended that lecturers continue to implement practice practical sessions in the weekly tutorials.
Practice practical sessions continued to be included in the weekly tutorials.
Source: SUTE Staff reflection
Students reported that having specific learning outcomes for recorded lectures helped to support and direct their independent study.
It is recommended that learning outcomes be added to any lectures that do not currently have them.
In Progress
Source: In class feedback Staff reflection SUTE
Lecturer reflection indicated that students without prior experience in an anatomy lab require more time to apply functional anatomy to speech pathology.
It is recommended that the balance of time and content across recorded lectures and in-person tutorials be reviewed to ensure sufficient time for discussion and functional application of knowledge.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Define the skeletal structures, innervation and musculature serving respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing.
- Describe the functional importance of each structure/muscle/nerve relative to respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing.
- Explain the relationship between structure and function of the speech, hearing and swallowing mechanism as it pertains to clinical practice in speech pathology.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||
| 2 - Case Study | • | • | |
| 3 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |