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Undergraduate: Course rule and topic informationBachelor of Health Sciences(BHlthSc)Program of study
INTRODUCTION The Bachelor of Health Sciences requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Bachelor of Health Sciences can also be taken in a combined degrees program with:
The combined degrees program in Health Sciences and Nursing allows a student to meet the requirements for nursing registration as well as complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences specialty stream in Health Education and Promotion, Health Management, Disability Studies, or Mental Health Nursing with endorsement as a mental health nurse. The combined degrees program with Commerce fulfils the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) enabling students to complete sufficient core topics to qualify as an accountant. It also allows students to complete the award of the Bachelor of Health Sciences by providing the equivalent of all core topics and a specialty stream in Health Management. Students in the Health Management, Life Sciences, Disability and Community Rehabilitation, and Health Education streams may take elective topics from the Globalisation program. This option is not available to students in the combined degrees programs or Paramedic stream. An Honours year is also available to students who have completed the Bachelor of Health Science or another qualification which the Faculty Board (upon recommendation of the Honours Committee) agrees is equivalent; and achieved a GPA of at least 5 in the ordinary degree. Honours can be taken in two semesters full-time or in four semesters part-time. COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The multidisciplinary course is designed to equip students with generic skills necessary for employment in the health industry and prepare them for the increasingly complex context of health care. Learning outcomes It prepares students for a variety of roles, particularly in the areas of advanced life support (paramedic), disability, health administration/management, health education/promotion, the life sciences, nutrition and occupational health and safety. COURSE RULE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008] To qualify for the Bachelor of Health Sciences a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, including compulsory core topics and the program for one of the six optional streams as set out below. The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress. Except with the permission of the Course Committee, a student may not proceed to higher year core topics unless they have satisfactorily completed the previous year's core topics. All students undertake a set of core topics plus the program for one of six streams:
CORE TOPICS First Year
# Students undertaking the Paramedic stream undertake HLTH3207 Emergency Law and Ethics (6 units) in their Third Year of study. * Students undertaking the Life Sciences or Nutrition streams are not required to take this topic. Second Year
Third Year
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