Bachelor of Health Science

Our degree provides the foundations for a range of health and science careers. You'll study core bioscience, research and public-health topics. From your second year, you'll choose a health-science or biomedical specialisation in line with your career aspirations.

You'll graduate with expertise in:

• disease and injury prevention
• health research
• health promotion
• basic epidemiology.

We offer flexible study options and a hands-on approach that will have you job-ready for your chosen career. You'll graduate with the skills and knowledge to work on government health programs and private-practice initiatives, and with NGOs.

You can progress further in the health field with our top-rated graduate program. Study more-advanced topics and gain high-level research skills with a masters or doctoral degree.

When you graduate, you may find employment in areas such as:

• public health
• health promotion
• health and community organisations
• pharmaceutical industries
• professional associations
• health foundations
• health administration
• public health research programs
• policy and development
• program development with non-government organisations.
• education.

Use Labour Market Insights to find average salaries in Australia for various health services professions, including:

• health services managers
• health promotion professionals.

Job growth is very strong for health and welfare service managers, nutrition professionals, and other health diagnostic and promotion professionals (Labour Market Insights).

To successfully attain the Bachelor of Health Science, students will be required to complete 288 credit points consisting of:

• 96 credit points of First Year Core studies;
• 96 credit points of Public Health Major studies;

Plus One of the following:

Option A:

• 96 credit points of Indigenous Health Major studies;

Option B:

• 96 credit points of Minor studies (Two Minor sets in total).

Students that complete the first year of College Core studies can elect to graduate with the following (Option A) double Major:

• Majors in Public Health and Indigenous Health.

Students that complete the first year of College Core studies and a single Major in Public Health, can elect to graduate with (Option B) two minors to complement their Major, as follows:

• Indigenous Health (HMIIND);

• Health (Sport Science Minor) (SMIHEA);

• Health and Nutrition (HMIHNU), and;

• Bioscience (HMIBIO).

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.