Bachelor of Health Sciences

A rewarding career in a health-related field gives you the chance to reduce health disparity and help people – whether in Australia or overseas – to lead fuller, healthier, and happier lives. As a Bachelor of Health Sciences graduate, you can be confident you will acquire a solid grounding in multiple fields of health sciences, and be prepared for a successful career in the fastest-growing employment sector in Australia.

Become a specialist in two major areas, and choose elective units to broaden your skillset further. Depending on your first two selections, you can also consider a third major area of study. Combining your interests with multiple majors can increase your competitiveness for a variety of health roles and can open the door to further study. Workplace learning opportunities are also on offer, giving you the chance to apply your knowledge in a real-world context while building your own professional networks in the health sector.

After a flexible course that focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of people in local and global communities?

If you want to work in the health and human services sector tackling the big issues in health, our degree gives you the opportunity to learn from leaders in their field and build genuine industry connections. You’ll get the chance to explore and combine your specific interests while gaining unique expertise relevant to contemporary issues in health.

Choose from 12 diverse and stimulating majors that will equip you with a sought-after and transferable skill set to launch a successful career in the booming health industry. Major study areas include:

• disability and inclusion
• environmental health
• exercise science
• family, society, and health
• food studies
• health promotion
• health and sustainability
• medical biotechnology
• nutrition
• physical activity and health
• psychological science
• psychology for professional development.

Work-integrated learning is incorporated within this course, allowing students the opportunity to engage with industry and complete a range of authentic tasks. A core unit at third-year level, based on inter-professional learning (IPL), provides students the opportunity to draw together their cross-disciplinary learning to demonstrate the knowledge and the skills they have acquired throughout the course and apply them to real-world issues. HSH324 Integrated Learning for Practice involves interdisciplinary teams working to develop responses to real-world problems for presentation to a professional audience.

Students have the option to complete a 120-hour field education placement unit (HSH303 Health Practicum) that provides you with an opportunity to transfer your knowledge and skills to a practical setting, where you can further your learning through real field experience. This placement enables you to consolidate your skills under the supervision of qualified practitioners, which assists you to be work-ready after graduation.