This programme is designed for students who plan to apply for the Master's programme in speech pathology.
Completing the foundation programme does not mean you will automatically be admitted to the Master's programme. A maximum of 15 students are admitted to the Master's programme every other year.
Completing the foundation programme means you are eligible to apply to the Master's programme.
Students must have completed the following courses or comparable courses before starting the MS programme in speech pathology. Comparable courses will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
At least 120 ECTS towards a BA/BS/BEd degree. The courses in the preparatory programme may count towards a BA/BS/BEd degree, fully or to some extent, in accordance with the rules at the relevant faculty.
Check below to see how the programme is structured.
This programme does not offer specialisations.
The course provides students with an overview of speech pathologists' main subject areas within an Icelandic setting. This is a vast and diverse domain, ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia and aphasia in adults, to language impairment and speech sound disorders in children. The course will intertwine essential terms and knowledge with more practical approaches to the material. Furthermore, students should gain the skills necessary to acquaint themselves with relevant research and peer-reviewed articles within the field of speech-language pathology.
The course gives an introduction to linguistics and methods of linguistic analyses. The goal is to acquaint students with the nature of human languages and the main features of Icelandic grammar.
The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.
Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.
This course is a survey of linguistic research on first language acquisition, in particular, although we will also look at bilingualism and the acquisition of second and foreign languages. We will be concerned with the question of how young children acquire their native language. The primary focus is on (1) the biological foundations of language and the effects of the language environment on young children's language acquisition, and (2) grammatical development in language acquisition, i.e. how children develop the system of rules - syntactic, semantic, morphological, phonological - which comprise the grammar of their language, and acquire its vocabulary. In the course, we will concentrate on Icelandic language development, although we also look at language development in English and other languages.
The number of student in this course is limited to 70.
An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.
The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.
This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research. Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.
Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis.
The course provides students with an overview of speech pathologists' main subject areas within an Icelandic setting. This is a vast and diverse domain, ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia and aphasia in adults, to language impairment and speech sound disorders in children. The course will intertwine essential terms and knowledge with more practical approaches to the material. Furthermore, students should gain the skills necessary to acquaint themselves with relevant research and peer-reviewed articles within the field of speech-language pathology.
The course gives an introduction to linguistics and methods of linguistic analyses. The goal is to acquaint students with the nature of human languages and the main features of Icelandic grammar.
The main topics of this course are descriptive statistics and exploratory data analysis. Measures of central tendency and spread will be covered as well as Pearson's correlation and simple linear regression. The use of graphs to display distributions and relationships is emphasised. Sampling designs, probability theory and sampling distributions are also addressed.
Distance learning is not an option for this course. Students are expected to attend all lectures.
This course is a survey of linguistic research on first language acquisition, in particular, although we will also look at bilingualism and the acquisition of second and foreign languages. We will be concerned with the question of how young children acquire their native language. The primary focus is on (1) the biological foundations of language and the effects of the language environment on young children's language acquisition, and (2) grammatical development in language acquisition, i.e. how children develop the system of rules - syntactic, semantic, morphological, phonological - which comprise the grammar of their language, and acquire its vocabulary. In the course, we will concentrate on Icelandic language development, although we also look at language development in English and other languages.
The number of student in this course is limited to 70.
An introductory course in Icelandic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. The basics of acoustic phonetics and Icelandic articulatory phonetics will be introduced, accompanied by training in phonetic transcription. The main concepts of phonology will be presented, followed by an overview of sound alternations in Icelandic and their conditions. Basic concepts in morphology will be presented and the main word formation processes in Icelandic and their productivity will be dealt with. Grammatical categories in Icelandic will be outlined, the inflection of the main parts of speech will be described, and an overview given of inflectional classes and variations.
The main subject of the course is inferential statistics. The course will cover, for example, estimation based on sample information, confidence intervals, sample distribution, hypothesis tests, t-tests and chisquare-tests. Students work on assignments in parallel with lectures.
This course provides an overview of developmental literature, theory and research. Topics include cognitive, social and physical development from birth to adolescence, described in the context of developmental theory and research. Students complete individual empirical research projects and submit a research report, as well as sitting multiple choice examinations.
Overview of psychometrics and measurement theory, test construction and interpretation of psychological tests. Exercises and classroom demonstrations emphasize conventional item analysis, reliability and exploratory factor analysis.
Changes may occur for the autumn semester in August and September and for the spring semester in December and January. You will find your final timetable in Ugla when the studies start.
Note! This timetable is not suitable for planning your work schedule if you are a part-time employee.
The University of Iceland collaborates with over 400 universities worldwide. This provides a unique opportunity to pursue part of your studies at an international university thus gaining added experience and fresh insight into your field of study.
Students generally have the opportunity to join an exchange programme, internship, or summer courses. However, exchanges are always subject to faculty approval.
Students have the opportunity to have courses evaluated as part of their studies at the University of Iceland, so their stay does not have to affect the duration of their studies.
The foundation programme does not confer any specific professional recognition. After completing the MS in speech pathology and a 6-month traineeship with a certified speech therapist, you can apply to the Directorate of Health to become a certified speech therapist.
Speech therapists work in:
This list is not exhaustive.
The student organisation for Icelandic and general linguistics is called Mímir.
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