Undergraduate areas of study - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Health science

The Bachelor of Health Science is a three-year, full-time course offered at the Peninsula campus. The course provides foundation in learning in health science with major study options in health promotion and health policy and management. In addition, students may select a minor sequence in bioscience. Graduates will find employment in hospitals, health networks, community organisations, and public health in government and related organisations in local, national and international agencies. Other students will take the Bachelor of Health Science as a preparation for graduate entry into medical or physiotherapy degree courses, nutrition and dietetics, or chiropractic, or go on to take postgraduate qualifications in hospital management or public health. All students undertake half-day fieldwork visits, a one-week rural placement in year one, and a community-based placement for 2 days per week over one semester in third year.

Health science/social work

The Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Social Work is a four-year, full-time course offered at the Peninsula campus. The course is for students who are interested in a career in social work concerned with the health sector, and provides an overview of health concepts and the health and social care system in which they will be practising.

The course brings together core components from the Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Social Work. The health science component of the course covers population health and health promotion, as well as community and capacity building theory and practice. The social work component covers the theory and practice of working with individuals, families, groups and communities and is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

The course includes fieldwork placements (14 weeks of full-time or equivalent in years three and four) as well as half-day site visits and a one-week rural placement in year one.