Bachelor of Health Sciences
M2014BHSc
- Credit points
- 144
- Duration
- 3 yr full-time
- Qualification
- Level 7 - Bachelor Degree
- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
- Campus
- Caulfield
The Bachelor of Health Sciences will provide you with a sound foundation in health science and a broad overview of health care, and with skills in identifying, investigating, analysing and assessing health issues. This foundation provides the opportunity for you to tailor your degree to pursue a variety of career paths in the health sciences. The course is suited to those who wish to have flexibility in determining which area of the health sciences they wish to progress. The common thread is the commitment to an evidence- based approach to delivering quality health care efficiently and effectively. You will apply scientific approaches to the study and improvement of health, considering physiological, behavioural, developmental, social and environmental aspects of human health and disease. At the conclusion of the first semester of second year, you will have the opportunity to map your own course and focus your studies on a particular area within the health sciences.
Structure
You must complete the following units
- BMA1011Foundations of anatomy and physiology for health practice 1⤳
- BMA1012Foundations of anatomy and physiology for health practice 2⤳
- HSC1100Research and evidence in health⤳
- HSC1200Public health and prevention⤳
- HSC1300Human health and disease⤳
- HSC1400Healthcare systems⤳
- HSC2100Current health challenges⤳
- HSC2200Health across the lifespan⤳
- HSC2300Health promotion and disease prevention⤳
- HSC3100Health evidence into practice 1⤳
- HSC3200Health evidence into practice 2⤳
- PBH2001Foundations of epidemiology⤳
- PBH3002Infectious disease prevention and control⤳
- PBH3009Chronic disease prevention and control⤳
You must complete one Level 2 unit (6 credit points) and one Level 3 unit (6 credit points) from the following units. Note 1. Semester 2 commencement students who would like to enrol in PBH2006 must contact their student support team for a personalised course map. Note 2: PBH3013 is a summer unit. Students who choose PBH3013 are advised to complete it in Summer between years 2 and 3. Enrolment in Summer semester after year 3 may mean that graduation is delayed.
- PBH3008Global and public health⤳
- PBH3010Health data in practice⤳
- PBH3013Social media and health⤳
- HSC2400Career skills for health professionals⤳
- PBH2002Foundations of biostatistics⤳
- PBH2005Health program planning⤳
- PBH2006Treatment and technologies⤳
- PBH2008Health policy and politics⤳
- PBH3014Public health placement⤳
- FOR3001Principles of forensic medicine and science⤳
You must complete 48 credit points of undergraduate elective units chosen from across the faculty or from any discipline across the University (including to complete a minor from another course), as long as you have the required prerequisites, co-requisites and meet any other restrictions. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties. You should also be aware of travel and timetabling limitations. No more than four Level 1 free elective units (24 credit points) may be completed. Undergraduate units have codes which commence with the numbers 1-3, and the level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code. For example: ABC1555, ABC2555, ABC3555. IMPORTANT NOTE: For students who are enrolled in one of the the double degrees listed below, 48 credit points worth of units are cross credited from the partner course towards the Bachelor of Health Sciences to fulfil the required Part C electives. - Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Health Sciences (A2017) - Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Health Sciences (C2008)