Language and Communication Impairment in Children MSc, PG Certificate, PG Diploma

PGCert, PGDip and MSc:

• Children’s Learning
• Language and Communication
• Spoken and Written Language
• Developing an Evidence Basefor Practice

PGDip and MSc:

• Research Methods A
• Research Methods B (optional for PGDip)

Optional modules for PGDip and MSc levels only may include:

• Communication Diversity and Difficulties
• Literacy: Difficulties and Intervention
• Case Study; Research Methods B
• Speech Difficulties

For Communication Diversity and Difficulties, you can choose up to two specialist topics for assessment, such as:

• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Developmental Language Disorder
• Language and Behaviour
• Language and Environment
• Literacy Difficulties
• Early Years
• Adolescence
• Multilingual Contexts

We provide material online for weekly study across the full calendar year. There are two or three (optional) study weekends per year in Sheffield.

Essential reading material is available electronically. Online activities support your study and build links with tutors and other students.

Modules are normally assessed by written assignments.

MSc students are also assessed on their research dissertation.