Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Health Sciences

Optional Streams

To be read in conjunction with the Program of Study [July, 2008] requirements for the Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Students select one of the following:

DISABILITY AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION

First Year

DSRS1201	Perspectives of Disability	4.5
DSRS1209	Human Diversity	4.5
	and either
DSRS1206	Health Issues and Disability, OR	4.5
DSRS1210	Interpersonal and Group Skills	4.5

Second Year

DSRS2214	Practicum A - Disability and Community Rehabilitation	6
	and either
DSRS1202	Lifespan Development, OR	4.5
DSRS1211	Introduction to Neurological Rehabilitation	4.5

And one option selected from the following:

Third Year

One topic selected from:

DSRS3106	Employment and Disability	6
DSRS2217	Ethical and Legal Issues	6
DSRS3208	Principles of Learning and Instruction 3	6
DSRS3209	Counselling	6
DSRS3210	Case Management	6
	Electives	24

HEALTH EDUCATION/HEALTH PROMOTION

	First Year
HLPE1504	Health Promotion	4.5
	Electives	9
	Second Year
HLPE2514	Drugs, Politics and Public Health	6
HLPE2515	Health Education: Theory, Planning and Practice	6
HLTH2006	Project Management for Health Promotion	6
	Electives	6
	Third Year
HLTH3003	Health Work Placement	6
PHCA3917	Evaluation in Primary Health Care	6
	Electives #	18

# A new elective for Third Year is HLTH3008 Remote and Indigenous Health (6 units) is offered online with a week's placement in Alice Springs. Interested students should contact the stream coordinator.

HEALTH MANAGEMENT

	First Year
BUSN1005	Introduction to Management	4.5
	Electives	9
	Second Year
BUSN1001	Accounting for Managers	4.5
BUSN2015	Marketing Management	6
COMP1101	Information Communication Technology 1A	4.5
	Electives	9
	Third Year
BUSN2009	Human Resource Management	6
HLTH3003	Health Work Placement	6
HLTH3004	Contemporary Issues in Health Service Management	6
	Electives	12

LIFE SCIENCES

	First Year
BIOL1101	Evolution of Biological Diversity	4.5
BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	4.5
	and
CHEM1101	Chemistry 1A, or	4.5
CHEM1201	Introduction to Chemistry A	4.5
	and
CHEM1102	Chemistry 1B, or	4.5
CHEM1202	Introduction to Chemistry B	4.5

Following First Year, students are able to choose a sequence of stream topics to construct a major which may be, but is not limited to, one of the following areas: neuroscience, biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology or genetics.

Students must select their stream topics in consultation with the stream coordinator.

	Second Year
	Stream Topics (Second Year level)	12
	Electives	12
	Third Year
HLTH3003	Health Work Placement	6
	Other Stream Topics (Third Year level)	12
	Electives	12

NUTRITION

First Year

BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	4.5
NUTD1000	Fundamentals of Nutrition	4.5
	and either:
CHEM1101	Chemistry 1A	4.5
CHEM1102	Chemistry 1B	4.5
	or
CHEM1201	Introduction to Chemistry A	4.5
CHEM1202	Introduction to Chemistry B	4.5

Second Year

BIOL2141	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	6
MMED2927	Human Physiology 2A	3
NUTD3004	Sociocultural Issues in Food and Nutrition	3
NUTD2001	Food, Nutrition and Health*	3
MMED2928	Human Physiology 2B	3
MMED3912	Biochemistry of Human Disease	3
	Elective	3

Third Year

NUTDxxxx	Population Nutrition and Health	6
NUTD3012	Public Health and Community Nutrition	6
NUTD3014	Nutrients' Role and Function	6
HLTH2006	Project Management	6
	Electives	6

PARAMEDIC*

First Year

HLTH1201	Paramedic Practice 1	4.5
HLTH1202	Paramedic Practice 2	4.5
HLTH1203	Paramedic Practice 3	4.5
HLTH1204	Health and Welfare for Health Care Professionals	4.5

Second Year

HLTH2201	Pathophysiology of Nervous System	6
HLTH2202	Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular System	6
HLTH2203	Pathophysiology of Respiratory System	6
NURS2108	Mental Illness and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs	6

Third Year

HLTH3201	Paramedic: Professional Issues	6
HLTH3202	Pathophysiology of Body Systems	6
HLTH3204	Applied Pharmacology	6
HLTH3206	Applied Paramedic Practice	6
HLTH3207	Emergency Law and Ethics	6

Students undertaking the conversion course must consult with the Stream Coordinator, Bachelor of Health Sciences (Paramedic) regarding their prescribed program of study.

Except with the permission of the Faculty Board, a student in the paramedic studies stream may not proceed to higher year topics of the paramedic major unless they have satisfactorily completed the previous year's paramedic major topics.

* Only students who have gained admission to the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Paramedic) [SATAC Code 21491] may choose this stream.