B.A.S.L.P. or Bachelor in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology is an undergraduate Audiology programme. The Course includes Speech pathology, Language Pathology and Audiology. The allied subjects are linguistics, Electronics, Acoustics, Psychology and Statistics. The basic medical subjects that prepare the foundation in the clinical competence are Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and the specialized medical subjects are Otolaryngology, Neurology, and Paediatrics. The duration of the BASLP Programme shall extend over six Semesters of coursework (three academic years) plus two Semesters (one academic year) of an internship. Each semester shall consist of 16 weeks of study (excluding the time spent for the conduct of the final examination of each semester).
M.Sc. Audiology or Master of Science in Audiology is a postgraduate Audiology course. Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Its practitioners, who treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage, are audiologists. The duration of Master of Science in Audiology is mostly of two academic years, but it may vary from institute to institute and also may be on a part-time basis by certain institutes. The syllabus for the course is divided into four semesters and it is career orienting one that opens many job scopes for them after its completion.
M.Sc. Speech Language Pathology or Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology is a postgraduate Speech Therapy course. Speech-language pathology is concerned with normal and disordered human communication and swallowing. Students are prepared to assume varied professional responsibilities including the assessment, treatment, and management of speech, voice, language, and swallowing disorders. Course works and clinical internships are integrated and sequenced. The duration of the course is two years and its syllabus is divided into four semesters and it is also career orienting in nature.
Bengaluru Central University inherits the legacy of the 160 year old of the central college campus. It all started in the year 1858 when the British started a modest school called the ‘Bangalore High School’ with five students after some leading citizens of the city petitioned the British. It formed the nucleus of what would evolve into an important component of one of India’s leading universities before it would become an independent university in post-independent India.
In 1875, perhaps as a sign of its growing influence as an institution of higher education, (it had 43 students at this point!) the ‘High School’ changed its name to ‘Central College’ when it became a First-Grade College, one of the oldest in India. Some of the early names associated with Central College include Charles Walters, H. J. Bhabha, John Cook, R. H. Piggot, M. T. Narayana Iyengar, John Guthrie Tait, F. R. Sell, Dr. E. P. Metcalfe and Prof. C. R. Narayana Rao among other. All these people were responsible for the College to acquire great reputation as a leading institute of higher education in India.
In 1916, the desire of many of the citizens of Mysore was sated when the University of Mysore was established with Maharajah’s College in Mysuru (formerly Mysore) and Central College in Bengaluru forming the two main colleges under its aegis. Right from its early days, Central College was essentially a science campus. Around the time when the college became part of the University of Mysore, it acquired its imposing look with two big laboratories on either side of the main central block with its tall clock tower.
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