The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Business (Innovation and Enterprise) requires the completion of 144 units of study (four years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time). It is available only to students who wish to complete the Health Promotion major in the Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Health Sciences or the Bachelor of Business (Innovation and Enterprise) and receive credit for some, or all, of the topics already completed.

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

To qualify for the Bachelor of Health Sciences/ Bachelor of Business (Innovation and Enterprise), a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic with:

  • a Health Sciences component of 67.5 units; and
  • a Bachelor of Business (Innovation and Enterprise) component of 76.5 units, according to the program of study 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.

Core - Year 1 topics

BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1011 Accounting for Managers (4.5 units)
HLTH1003 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care (4.5 units)
HLTH1101 Health Promotion for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
HLTH1305 Health Practitioner Practice 1 (4.5 units)
HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units)
INNO1002 Entrepreneurial Thinking: Science and Technology Development and Commercialisation (4.5 units)
INNO1003 Crowd, Cloud and Open Innovation: Leveraging your Ecosystem for Innovation (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)
HLTH1004 Human Bioscience (4.5 units)
HLTH1304 Communication and Interprofessional Practice (4.5 units)
HLTH2102 Indigenous Health for Health Sciences (4.5 units)
HLTH2106 Project Management for Health Promotion (4.5 units)
INNO2002 Emerging Market Innovation (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

BUSN1022 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
HLTH2101 Critical Social Analysis of Health (4.5 units)
HLTH2105 Health: A Psychological Perspective (4.5 units)
HLTH3105 Quantitative Methods for Social Health Research (4.5 units)
HLTH3107 Managing Chronic Conditions (4.5 units)
INNO2001 Social Entrepreneurship: Doing Good While Doing Well (4.5 units)
PHCA3506 Evaluation in Primary Health Care (4.5 units)

Core - Year 4 topics

BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 E-Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3055 Strategic Management (4.5 units)
HLTH3102 Qualitative Methods for Social Health Research (4.5 units)
HLTH3106 Health Work Internship (4.5 units)
INNO3001 Innovation that Works: Building Innovative Business Models (4.5 units)
INNO3002 New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurial Strategies, Resources & Teams (4.5 units)
INNO3003 Funding Your Ideas: Pitching & Funding Corporate & Entrepreneurial Ventures (4.5 units)