Courses by faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

NOTE: This course has had one or more changes made to it since publication on 1 October 2012. For details of changes, please consult the 2013 Handbook change register2013 Handbook change register (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/2013-change-register.html).

The degree not only provides a sound foundation for social work practice but also develops knowledge and skills in critical analysis in various arts disciplines.

Course objectives for the Bachelor of Arts are available at http://monash.edu/pubs/handbooks/courses/0002.html. Course objectives for the Bachelor of Social Work are available at http://monash.edu/pubs/handbooks/courses/0004.html

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placements.

This course has been accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Graduates will qualify for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

This course includes two units of study of 'the individual' (psychology or behavioural studies), two units of study of 'society' (sociology) and at least one unit in Australian Indigenous studies.

The course is undertaken in the following sequence:

(a.) first year is composed of seven arts and one social work unit

(b.) second year is composed of five arts units and three social work units

(c.) third year includes three arts units (which complete the major sequence); the rest are social work units (including the first field placement)

(d.) the final year is composed of social work units only, including the second field placement.

Arts component

The arts component must include a major and minor study as follows:

• arts discipline major (48 points)
• arts discipline minor in a different area of study (24 points)
• an additional arts discipline first-year sequence in a third area of study (12 points)
• a further six point arts unit

The APAC accredited psychology major is available for students who wish to complete a further two psychology units on a single unit (full fee) basis. Refer to the Psychology area of study at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/psychology/ug-med-psychology.html

Social work component

All social work units are compulsory core units.

Arts majors, minors and sequences

Refer to the arts areas of study at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-arts.html.

First year

Semester one

• ATS1365 Introduction to sociology 1
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A or ATS1261 Understanding human behaviour
• SWK1011 Introduction to human services practice
• one first-year arts unit sequence

Semester two

• ATS1251 Introduction to Australian Indigenous studies
• ATS1366 Introduction to sociology 2
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B or ATS1262 Introduction to social behaviour
• one first-year arts unit sequence

Second year

Semester one

• SWK3220 Social work in a globalised world
• SWK3230 Social work research
• two second-year arts units

Semester two

• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services
• two second-year arts units
• one second or third-year arts unit*

Third year

Semester one

• SWK3400 Critical social work 1 - individuals and families: Context and practice
• two third-year arts units

Semester two

• SWK3410 Critical social work 2 - community work: Context and practice
• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• one third-year arts unit

Fourth year

Semester one

• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4031 Working with complexity
• SWK4400 Critical Social Work 3 - Group work and community engagement: context and practice
• SWK4450 Social policy and social justice

Semester two

• SWK4401 Critical social work 4 - individual, health and society: Context and practice
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

* Requirements for majors/minors can vary. Students should refer to the 'Areas of study'.

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Social Work

NOTE: This course has had one or more changes made to it since publication on 1 October 2012. For details of changes, please consult the 2013 Handbook change register2013 Handbook change register (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/2013-change-register.html).

This honours course allows students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Work to undertake social work honours in the fourth year of the double degree. Entry to honours is by invitation to students who have achieved grades of at least distinction level in third year social work units.

The course aims to develop skills necessary for research by studying the methodological, theoretical and ethical issues that underpin social work research. Students are provided with the same learning and practice opportunities as students in the pass degree, however, the honours program also aims to reward academic excellence. Students in the honours program are expected to develop and complete a research project which will include a critical literature review, ethics approval where indicated and a 10,000 - 12,000 word thesis.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0002.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3864.html.

Credit will be granted for units successfully completed in the first three years of 3870 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work.

Entry to honours is by invitation to students who have achieved high grades in third year social work units.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placements.

This course has been accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

This course includes two units of study of 'the individual' (psychology or behavioural studies) and two units of study of 'society' (sociology) and at least one unit in Australian Indigenous studies.

The course is undertaken in the following sequence:

(a.) first year is composed of seven arts and one social work unit

(b.) second year is composed of five arts units and three social work units

(c.) third year includes three arts units (which complete the major sequence); the rest are social work units (including the first field placement)

(d.) the final year is composed of social work units only, including the second field placement and the honours component.

Arts component

The arts component must include a major and minor study as follows:

• arts discipline major (48 points)
• arts discipline minor in a different area of study (24 points)
• an additional arts discipline first-year sequence in a third area of study(12 points)
• a further six point arts unit

Requirements for majors/minors can vary. Students should refer to the 'Areas of study'..

Social work component

All social work units are compulsory core units.

Arts majors, minors and sequences

Refer to the arts areas of study at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-arts.html.

First year

Semester one

• ATS1365 Introduction to sociology 1
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A or ATS1261 Understanding human behaviour
• SWK1011 Introduction to human services practice
• one first-year arts unit sequence

Semester two

• ATS1251 Introduction to Australian Indigenous studies
• ATS1366 Introduction to sociology 2
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B or ATS1262 Introduction to social behaviour
• one first-year arts unit sequence

Second year

Semester one

• SWK3220 Social work in society
• SWK3230 Social work research
• two second-year arts units

Semester two

• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services
• two second-year arts units
• one second or third-year arts unit*

Third year

Semester one

• SWK3400 Critical social work 1 - individual and families: Context and theory
• two third-year arts units

Semester two

• SWK3410 Critical social work 2 - community work: Context and practice
• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• one third-year arts unit

Fourth year

Semester one

• SWK4001 Honours research methods
• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4032 Working with complexity: Honours
• SWK4400 Critical Social Work 3 - Group work and community engagement: context and practice
• SWK4451 Social policy and social justice: Honours

Semester two

• SWK4002 Honours project seminar
• SWK4003 Honours dissertation
• SWK4401 Critical social work 4 - individual, health and society: Context and practice
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)

This course provides a non-specialised degree in biomedical sciences leading to an honours program, or an in-depth specialised program in one area of biomedical science through the selection of relevant elective units.

The course is designed as a series of interlinked and consecutive sequences of units. This allows students to readily acquire fluency and proficiency in the concepts, language and fundamentals of the biomedical sciences. The distinctive feature of this educational approach is that students are allowed some flexibility in their choice of units so that they are able to construct a sequence of studies suitable to their own requirements and career aspirations.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad knowledge in the area of biomedical science spanning the molecular, cellular, organ and body systems levels
• demonstrate an in depth knowledge in one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• demonstrate technical skills relevant to one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• develop, apply, integrate and generate biomedical science knowledge in professional contexts to analyse challenges and to develop effective solutions
• collect, organise, analyse and interpret biomedical science data meaningfully using experimental and computational approaches
• communicate ideas and results effectively to diverse audiences and in a variety of formats
• work and learn in both independent and collaborative ways with others to encompass diverse abilities and perspectives
• exercise personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen

This course consists of core and elective units.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• 12 points of electives from any faculty*

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body: An evolutionary and functional perspective
• BMS2021 Biochemistry in human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• 12 points of electives from any faculty*

Third year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• 24 points of level three electives from the biomedical science area**
• 12-points of electives from any faculty*

* Up to six units may be taken from outside the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. The faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Engineering, Information Technology and Science offer units suitable as electives in various years of the program.

** Generally these units begin with the prefixes BCH, BME, BND, BNS, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, MIS, PHA and PHY.

An additional honours year is available to eligible students by completing course 3418 Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science

This degree provides a challenging course of study in biomedical science for high- achieving students, leading to an honours program, or an in-depth specialised program in one area of biomedical science through the selection of relevant elective units.

Depending on prior experience and capabilities (such as previous tertiary study, including secondary school year 12 enhancement studies), students may be given exemptions from some core units, allowing them to accelerate their studies and compete the degree in less than three years. Students may also take additional units that enrich the study program while completing this course in three years. The program undertaken by each student will be planned according to student interest and with consideration of academic background.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad knowledge in the area of biomedical science spanning the molecular, cellular, organ and body systems levels
• demonstrate an in depth knowledge in one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• demonstrate technical skills relevant to one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• develop, apply, integrate and generate biomedical science knowledge in professional contexts to analyse challenges and to develop effective solutions
• demonstrate understanding of the importance of biomedical science to human health and society
• collect, organise, analyse and interpret biomedical science data meaningfully using experimental and computational approaches
• communicate ideas and results effectively to diverse audiences and in a variety of formats
• work independently to undertake a scientific literature review and work collaboratively to implement a research project
• work and learn in both independent and collaborative ways with others to encompass diverse abilities and perspectives
• exercise personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen

With the assistance of an assigned mentor, an individual course of study will be devised for each student in this program. A sustained high level of achievement must be demonstrated throughout the course.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• 12 points of elective units*

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body: An evolutionary and functional perspective
• BMS2021 Biochemistry in human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• 12 points of elective units*

Third year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• 24 points of level three electives from the biomedical science area**
• 12 points of elective units*

* Up to six units may be taken from outside the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. The faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Engineering, Information Technology and Science offer units suitable as electives in various years of the program.

** Generally these units begin with the prefixes BCH, BME, BMS, BND, BNS, CEL, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, MIS, PHA and PHY.

Electives

The electives must include at least one of the following 'research in action' units in the second or third year of the course:

• BCH3990 Action in biochemistry research project
• DEV3990 Action in developmental biology research project
• IMM3990 Immunology in action research project
• MIC3990 Action in microbiology research project
• MIS3990 Action in stem cells research project
• PHA3990 Action in pharmacology research project
• PHY3990 Action in physiology research project

Minimum grade for course completion

Students are required to maintain at least a distinction average (70 per cent) across their best 48 points in each calendar year to remain in this course. Students who do not meet this standard will be required to transfer to course 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

An additional honours year is available to eligible students by completing course 3418 Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

Students who do not maintain the required academic standard or who choose not to complete the fourth year of study may exit with 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science providing all requirements for that award have been met.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Scholar Program)

This is a high-profile course designed for high- achieving students who expect to pursue honours studies and a career in biomedical research. It provides opportunities for students to develop research, communication and team-work skills during their undergraduate studies.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad knowledge in the area of biomedical science spanning the molecular, cellular, organ and body systems levels
• demonstrate an in depth knowledge in one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• demonstrate technical skills relevant to one or more discipline areas of biomedical science
• demonstrate advanced knowledge and technical skills in a focussed area of biomedical science
• develop, apply, integrate and generate biomedical science knowledge in professional contexts to analyse challenges and to develop effective solutions
• demonstrate understanding of the importance of biomedical science to human health and society
• collect, organise, analyse and interpret biomedical science data meaningfully using experimental and computational approaches
• work independently to undertake a scientific literature review and work collaboratively to design, develop and implement a research project
• communicate ideas and results effectively to diverse audiences and in a variety of formats
• work and learn in both independent and collaborative ways with others to encompass diverse abilities and perspectives
• exercise personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen

Progression to fourth (honours) year

To be eligible for progression into the fourth (honours) year, students must have completed all core units and achieve a minimum of a distinction average (70 per cent) in at least 24 points of studies at third-year level.

With the assistance of an assigned mentor, an individual course of study will be devised for each student in this program.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• 12 points of electives from any faculty*

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body: An evolutionary and functional perspective
• BMS2021 Biochemistry in human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• 12 points of electives from any faculty*

Third year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• 24 points of level three electives from the biomedical science area**
• 12-points of electives from any faculty*

Fourth year

• BMS4100 Biomedical science research project
• BMS4200 Advanced studies in biomedical science

Electives

The electives must include at least one of the following 'research in action' units in the second or third year of the course:

• BCH3990 Action in biochemistry research project
• DEV3990 Action in developmental biology research project
• IMM3990 Immunology in action research project
• MIC3990 Action in microbiology research project
• MIS3990 Action in stem cells research project
• PHA3990 Action in pharmacology research project
• PHY3990 Action in physiology research project

* Up to six units may be taken from outside the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences subject to prerequisite conditions and the teaching faculty permission.

** Biomedical Science electives include all level 3 units with the prefixes BCH, BME, BND, BNS, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, MIS, PHA and PHY.

Minimum grade for course completion

Students are required to maintain at least a distinction average (70 per cent) across their best 48 points in each calendar year to remain in this course. Students who do not meet this standard will be required to transfer to course 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

Students who do not maintain the required academic standard or who choose not to complete the fourth year of study may exit with 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science providing all requirements for that award have been met.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science Advanced with Honours

This double degree provides a professional education in the disciplines of biomedical science and a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/2230.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0179.html.

For further details visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/

The course consists of three main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business
• a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics. All units taken as part of this major must be from the Clayton campus.
• a major in biomedical science.

• Accounting
• Actuarial studies
• Business law and taxation
• Business modelling
• Econometrics and business statistics
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial and insurance mathematics
• International commerce
• Management Studies
• Marketing
• Sustainability

Students must complete 32 units over a maximum of 10 years as follows:

Commerce component

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

(i.) six compulsory common core units (36 points)

• AFC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) a major of eight units (48 points):*

• the major must come from the approved majors listed under 'Areas of study'
• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

* Note: One or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - where this is the case, students must complete additional unit/s as detailed below.

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 points).

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

• a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the faculty on the Clayton campus
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, second-year level units require the successful completion of three first-year-level units and third-year-level units require the successful completion of two second-year-level units.

Biomedical Science component

(b.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences as follows:

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology

Second year

• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS2042 Human genetics

Third year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics

Fourth year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• two third-year elective units from the area of biomedical science:*

* Generally these are units with the prefixes ANT, BCH, BME, BMS, BND, BNS, CEL, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, PHA and PHY.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Commerce

The program introduces students to a range of interdisciplinary units covering areas of modern biomedical sciences, human biology and public health and develops a strong grounding in one of five branches of engineering. The strong research and design focus that is characteristic of the engineering programs combined with the interdisciplinary approach of the biomedical science component produces graduates in two disciplines who are able to make a unique contribution to both medical science and engineering.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/2230.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0032.html.

Graduates who complete the work experienced required by Engineers Australia are eligible for membership. For more information about professional recognition of Faculty of Engineering courses visit http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/undergrad/eng-03.html

This course consists of core and elective units undertaken in the fields of biomedical science and one of five engineering disciplines (chemical, civil, electrical and computer systems, materials or mechanical engineering).

The total number of credit points required will depend on the stream of engineering completed, and the award of an honours degree in engineering is based on academic achievement.

Elective units

Over the course of the double degree program, students must take at least two elective units at level three from the biomedical sciences areas (generally these units begin with the prefixes BCH, BME, BND, BNS, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, MIS, PHA and PHY). These can be identified via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/units/index-bycode.html.

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Engineering in the field of chemical engineering

IMPORTANT NOTE: this is a new course structure for students entering the program from 2013 onwards. All students who entered the program prior to 2013 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html. Please contact your course adviser if unsure of course progression.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues, and organisms
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• ENG1010 Process systems analysis
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics,* or PHS1080 Foundation physics,* or ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering,* or ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

Total 48 points

* Students requiring foundation studies must undertake this unit from this group of options.

Second year

• BMS2021 Biochemistry in human function
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• CHE2161 Fluid mechanics
• CHE2162 Material and energy balances
• CHE2163 Heat and mass transfer
• CHE2164 Engineering thermodynamics
• CHM2735 Chemistry - principles and practice
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A,* or ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

Total 54 points

Third year

• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• CHE3161 Chemistry and chemical thermodynamics
• CHE3162 Process control
• CHE3165 Separation processes
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B,* or CHE3166 Process design

Total 48 points

Fourth year

• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• CHE3163 Sustainable processing 1
• CHE3164 Reaction engineering
• CHE3166 Process design,* or CHE3171 Bioprocess technology
• CHE3167 Transport phenomena and numerical methods
• CHE4161 Engineering in society
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Fifth year

• CHE3171 Bioprocess technology, or one 6-point chemical engineering elective
• CHE4162 Particle technology
• CHE4170 Design project (12 points)
• CHE4171 Biochemical engineering
• CHE4180 Chemical engineering project (12 points)
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 54 points

Total 252 points: 18 points of common units; biomedical component 96 points; chemical engineering component 138 points.

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Engineering in the field of civil engineering

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• ENG1020 Engineering structures
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
• PHS1080 Foundation physics*, or ENG1090 Foundation mathematics*, or ENG1040 Engineering dynamics, or ENG1050 Engineering materials

Total 48 points

* Students requiring foundation studies must undertake this unit from this group of options.

Second year

All students

• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
• CIV2242 Geomechanics
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

In addition students must complete units in one of the following streams as outlined below.

Forensic and biomechanics stream

• CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
• CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry structures

Public health stream

• CIV2207 Computing and water modelling
• CIV2263 Water systems

Total 54 points

Third year

All students

• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering
• CIV3221 Building structures and technology
• CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental geoengineering

In addition students must complete units in their chosen stream as outlined below.

Forensic and biomechanics stream

• CIV2207 Computing and water modelling
• CIV2263 Water systems

Total 48 points

Public health stream

• CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
• CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry
• CIV3204 Engineering investigation

Total 54 points

Fourth year

All students

• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• CIV3222 Bridge design and assessment
• CIV3247 Geomechanics
• CIV3264 Urban water and wastewater systems
• CIV3283 Road engineering

In addition students must complete units in their chosen stream as outlined below.

Forensic and biomechanics stream

• 6 point civil engineering elective from the list below
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 54 points

Public health stream

• CIV3205 Project management for civil engineers
• 6 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Fifth year

All students

• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• CIV4210 Project A
• CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4
• 12 points of civil engineering electives from the list below

In addition students must complete units in their chosen stream as outlined below.

Forensic and biomechanics stream

• CIV3205 Project management for civil engineers
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Public health stream

• 18 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Civil engineering electives

Forensic and biomechanics stream

• CIV3203 Civil engineering construction
• CIV4234 Advanced structural analysis
• CIV4249 Foundation engineering
• CIV4261 Integrated urban water management
• CIV4284 Transport systems

Public health stream

• CIV3203 Civil engineering construction
• CIV4248 Ground hazards and environmental geotechnics
• CIV4261 Integrated urban water management
• CIV4268 Water resources management

Total 252 points: biomedical component 108 points; civil engineering component 144 points

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Engineering in the field of electrical and computer systems engineering)

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• ENG1030 Electrical systems
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers**
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics, * or PHS1080 Foundation physics, * or ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering,* or ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

Total 48

* Students requiring foundation studies must undertake this unit from this group of options.

** Students commencing the course without VCE specialist mathematics or its equivalent, will have the co-requisite for this unit waived and will receive additional assistance.

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• ECE2011 Signal processing
• ECE2021 Electromagnetism
• ECE2031 Circuits and control
• ECE2071 Computer organisation and programming
• ECE2072 Digital systems
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B,* or biomedical engineering unit or ECSE elective

Total 48

Third year

• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• ECE2041 Telecommunications
• ECE2061 Analogue electronics
• ECE3022 Wireless and guided electromagnetism, or ECE3051 Energy systems
• ECE3093 Optimisation, estimation and numerical methods

Total 48

Fourth year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• ECE3051 Electrical power engineering, or ECE3022 Wireless and guided electromagnetism
• ECE3073 Computer systems, or ECE3062 Electronic systems and control
• ECE3091 Engineering design
• ECE3092 Systems engineering and reliability analysis
• biomedical engineering unit from the list below or electrical and computer systems engineering elective
• 6 point elective from the electrical and computer systems engineering elective list
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 54

Fifth year

• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• ECE3062 Electronic systems and control or ECE3073 Computer systems
• ECE4094 Project A
• ECE4095 Project B
• ECE4099 Professional practice
• biomedical engineering unit from the list below (if not already completed),*** or electrical and computer systems engineering elective
• 6 point electives from the electrical and computer systems elective list
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

*** If a biomedical engineering unit is not offered in a particular semester, then another ECSE elective may be taken subject to head of department approval.

Total 54

Biomedical engineering units

• ECE4081 Medical instrumentation
• ECE4084 Biomechanics of human musculo skeletal systems
• ECE4086 Medical imaging technology
• ECE4087 Medical technology innovation
• ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing

Electrical and computer systems engineering electives

• ECE4012 Applied digital signal processing
• ECE4023 Radio frequency electronics
• ECE4024 Wireless communications
• ECE4032 Advanced control
• ECE4033 Industrial instrumentation and measurement technologies
• ECE4042 Communications theory
• ECE4043 Optical communications
• ECE4044 Telecommunications protocols
• ECE4045 Network performance
• ECE4053 Electrical energy - generation and supply
• ECE4054 Electrical energy - power converters and motor control
• ECE4055 Electrical energy - power electronic applications
• ECE4058 Electrical energy - high voltage engineering
• ECE4063 Large scale digital design
• ECE4064 Electronic test technology
• ECE4074 Advanced computer architecture
• ECE4075 Real time embedded systems
• ECE4076 Computer vision
• ECE4077 Advanced computing techniques
• ECE4081 Medical instrumentation
• ECE4084 Biomechanics of human musculoskeletal systems
• ECE4086 Medical imaging technology
• ECE4087 Medical technology innovation
• ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing

Total 252 points: 12 points of common units, biomedical component 96 points; electrical and computer systems engineering component 132 points.

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Engineering in the field of materials engineering

Students are able to undertake level three and four materials engineering units at either third or fourth year.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organs
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• ENG1050 Engineering materials
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineers or ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics
• PHS1080 Foundation physics*, or ENG1090 Foundation mathematics* or ENG1091 Mathematics for engineers

Total 48 points

* Students requiring foundation studies must undertake this unit from this group of options.

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics or ENG1060 Computing for engineering (if ENG2091 already completed)
• MTE2541 Nanostructure of materials
• MTE2542 Microstructural development
• MTE2545 Polymers and ceramics I
• MTE2547 Structure property relationships in materials

Total 48 points

Third year

• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• ENG1060 Computing for engineering or MTE3545 Functional materials and devices (if ENG1060 already taken)
• MTE2544 Functional materials
• MTE2546 Mechanics of materials
• MTE2548 Biomaterials I
• MTE3541 Materials durability
• MTE3544 Management and practice in materials engineering

Total 54 points

Fourth year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• MTE3542 Microstructural design in structural materials
• MTE3543 Microstructure to applications: The mechanics of materials
• MTE3545 Functional materials and devices or MTE4596 Biomaterials II (if MTE3545 already taken)
• MTE3546 Polymers and ceramics II
• MTE3547 Materials characterisation and modelling
• 18 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 54 points

Fifth year

• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• MTE4525 Project I
• MTE4526 Project II
• MTE4571 Materials engineering design and practice
• MTE4572 Polymer and composite processing and engineering
• MTE4573 Processing and engineering of metals and ceramics
• MTE4596 Biomaterials II or MTE4597 Nanomaterials (if MTE4596 already taken)
• 6 point elective from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Total 252 points: biomedical component 102/108 points; materials engineering component 150/144 points

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics*, or PHS1080 Foundation physics*, or ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering, or BMS1052 Human neurobiology (if ENG1091 already completed)

Total 48 points

* Students requiring foundation studies must undertake this unit from this group of options.

Second year

• BMS1052 Human neurobiology, or BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease (if BMS1052 already completed)
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• ENG1060 Engineering computing
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• MEC2401 Dynamics I
• MEC2404 Fluid mechanics I
• MEC2405 Thermodynamics

Total 54 points

Third year

• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease, or BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics (if BMS2052 already completed)
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics, or 6 point elective from the biomedical science area (if BMS2062 already completed)
• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• MEC2402 Engineering design I
• MEC2403 Mechanics of materials
• MEC2407 Electromechanics
• MEC3455 Solid mechanics
• MEC3459 Materials selection for engineering design*

Total 54 points

Fourth year

• MEC3416 Engineering design II*
• MEC3451 Fluid mechanics II
• MEC3453 Dynamics II
• MEC3454 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• MEC3457 Systems and control
• MEC3458 Experimental project
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Fifth year

• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• MEC4401 Project I
• MEC4404 Professional practice
• MEC4407 Engineering design III**
• 6 point elective from the biomedical science area, or one 6 point mechanical engineering elective from the list below (if no foundation unit was required)
• 6 point mechanical engineering elective from the list below
• 12 points of electives from the biomedical science area

Total 48 points

Mechanical engineering electives

• MEC4402 Final year project - Thesis
• MEC4416 Heat and mass transfer
• MEC4417 Refrigeration and air-conditioning
• MEC4418 Control systems
• MEC4425 Micro/nano solid and fluid mechanics
• MEC4426 Computer-aided design
• MEC4427 Systems integrity and maintenance
• MEC4428 Advanced dynamics
• MEC4444 Industrial noise and its control
• MEC4446 Composite structures
• MEC4447 Computers in fluids and energy
• MEC4456 Robotics

Total 48 points

* Offered from 2014 onwards

** Offered from 2015 onwards

Total 252 points: biomedical component 108 points; mechanical engineering component 144 points

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Electrical and Computer Systems
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Materials Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Electrical and Computer Systems
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Materials Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering

Where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree the actual award(s) conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. It also promotes ethical thinking and a focus on justice and fairness. It enhances students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts, leading to employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment.

Biomedical science studies introduce students to a range of interdisciplinary units covering areas of modern biomedical sciences and human biology. The interdisciplinary approach of the biomedical science component produces graduates who are able to make a unique contribution to both medical science and law.

The objectives of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities.

On completion of the Biomedical Science component, students will:

• have a basic knowledge of the biomedical sciences in a range of important multidisciplinary areas
• have mastered the essential analytic procedures of written and oral communication relevant to biomedical sciences
• be graduates who are well prepared for potential employment opportunities in most facets of the health care and related industries
• be well prepared to embark on further vocational training or postgraduate studies in the biomedical sciences or other discipline areas
• have received training relevant to a range of knowledge-intensive health care industries
• have acquired skills in modern information technologies
• have been exposed to the research frontier at which advances in biomedical science are occurring
• have an appreciation of the ethical and social attitudes and responsibilities which arise as a professional, practicing biomedical scientist.

Admission to practice: disciplinary reports

Warning to students of consequences of cheating or general misconduct

Students should note that a domestic applicant applying for admission to practise law in Victoria is required by the Admission Rules 2008 to provide to the Board of Examiners:

(1.) a report from the University disclosing any disciplinary action taken against the student during the course (including any finding under the University Discipline Statute that the student has cheated in an assessment); and

(2.) an affidavit stating that the applicant has made full written disclosure of "every matter which a reasonable applicant would consider that the Board of Examiners might regard as not being favourable to the applicant". This may include an incident of academic or general misconduct, even if it did not lead to disciplinary action.

The Board of Examiners will consider these matters in assessing whether the applicant is a "fit and proper person to be admitted to the legal profession".

The Law component of this degree is recognised by the Council of Legal Education (CoLE). For further information refer to: http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/law-03.html

The Bachelor of Laws course consists of 156 points including 12 compulsory units which must be completed by all students enrolled in an LLB program plus a further six 'quasi-compulsory' units which must be completed by students who wish to be qualified for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor in Victoria. The remainder of the program consists of law elective units chosen by the student. Students must also refer to 'Bachelor of Laws - basic course structure' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/law-08.html. The award of an honours degree in law is based on the weighted average of marks obtained in Monash law units.

The biomedical science component requires that students must complete 96 points of biomedical science units, including 14 compulsory units and two elective units.

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organism
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1104 Research and writing

Total: 48 points

Second year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body: An evolutionary and functional perspective
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B

Total: 48 points

Third year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• 12 points of level three units elected from biomedical science disciplines*

Total: 48 points

Fourth year

• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B

Students intending to practice law in Victoria must complete the quasi-compulsory units below as three of their elective law units:

• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• 18 points of law elective units

Total: 54 points

Fifth year -

• LAW3101 Administrative law

Students intending to practice law in Victoria must complete the quasi-compulsory units below as three of their elective law units:

• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• 30 points of law elective units

* Generally these units begin with the prefixes BCH, BME, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, MIS, PHA and PHY and can be found via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-bycode.html.

Total: 54 points

Students may undertake honours in biomedical science at the end of three years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science program and completed a minimum of 144 points of total study. Refer to the entry for 3418 Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Biomedical Science at the end of three years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science program and completed a minimum of 144 points of total study.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree the actual award(s) conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The course provides students with an opportunity to combine studies in biomedical sciences with studies in a number of areas of science, and prepares students for honours and postgraduate study or for employment.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/2230.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0050.html.

This course consists of a minor and a major sequence in different areas of science, along with a specified number of core units in science and in biomedical sciences. The major sequence in science must be taken from a specified list of science areas of study (listed under the Science component below).

Students in this course may not take elective units other than science units and approved units from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Biomedical science component

Students must complete the following units:

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body: An evolutionary and functional perspective
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• at least two level three elective units from the biomedical sciences areas (generally these are units with the prefixes BCH, BME, BMS, BND, BNS, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, PHA and PHY - information about units is available via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/units/index-bycode.html).

Science component

Students must complete 96 points of science units including:

(a.) a major sequence in one of the available science areas of study listed below (48 points)

(b.) a minor sequence in a different science area of study (24 points)

(c.) the following core unit:

• SCI2010 Scientific practice and communication (6 points)

(d.) science electives to complete a total of 96 points of science studies.

Available areas of study

The Faculty of Science requires science studies to be chosen from the science units listed in the section 'Science areas of study and sequences' in this handbook available via http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/undergrad/sci-aos-clayton.html.

The major sequence must be taken from offerings at the Clayton campus in one of the following:

• chemistry
• ecology and conservation biology
• genetics
• marine and freshwater biology
• mathematics and statistics
• physics
• plant sciences
• zoology

Notes:

Depending on the science major and/or minor sequences chosen, some of these units must be replaced with equivalent biomedical science units as follows:

(i.) if a major or minor sequence requires BIO1011 (Biology I) and BIO1022 (Biology II), then BMS1021 must be replaced with an elective unit from the biomedical science areas

(ii.) in a physics major or minor sequence, BMS1031 must be replaced with an elective unit from the biomedical science areas.

Within the science component students must complete a minimum of four level-three science units (24 points), and a maximum of six level-one science units (36 points) can be taken overall.

It is highly recommended that students discuss their choice of science units at each stage with the Student Academic Services staff in the Faculty of Science office (contact details at http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/contact/undergrad.html).

Recommended study sequences

Students would normally follow one of the following paths:

Major or minor in a science area that requires BIO1011 and BIO1022

Stage one

• BIO1011 Biology I
• BIO1022 Biology II
• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• one 12-point approved level one science sequence

Stage two

• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in ecology and conservation biology, genetics, marine and freshwater biology, plant sciences or zoology
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in a different science area of study

Major or minor in physics

Stage one

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• PHS1011 Physics or PHS1080 Foundation physics
• PHS1022 Physics

plus one pair of:

• MTH1020 Analysis of change and MTH1030 Techniques for modelling
• MTH1030 Techniques for modelling and MTH2010 Multivariable calculus

Note: Students with a strong mathematics background and a keen interest in the subject could replace the units MTH1030 and MTH2010 with their advanced versions MTH1035 and MTH2015 respectively. Students will need to seek permission to enrol in these units at the Faculty of Science, Student Academic Services office (contact details at http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/contact/undergrad.html).

Stage two

• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in physics
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in a different science area of study

Major or minor in chemistry or mathematics and statistics

Stage one

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• two 12-point approved level one science sequences

Stage two

• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in chemistry or mathematics and statistics
• 12 points of science units to complete a minor sequence in a different science area of study

For all sequence combinations

Stage three

• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• SCI2010 Scientific practice and communication
• one science elective unit
• 6 points of elective units from the biomedical science areas (see 'Biomedical science requirements' above), except for students undertaking a major sequence in chemistry or mathematics, in which case BMS2011 will be taken
• 12 points of science units towards a major sequence in chemistry, ecology and conservation biology, genetics, marine and freshwater biology, physics, plant sciences, mathematics and statistics, or zoology

Stage four

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• at least two level three elective units from the biomedical sciences areas (see 'Biomedical science requirements' above)
• 12 points of science units to complete a major sequence in chemistry, ecology and conservation biology, genetics, marine and freshwater biology, physics, plant sciences, mathematics and statistics, or zoology
• 12 points of elective science units

Students may apply for admission to an honours program in science, following the completion of an approved combination of at least 144 points of units including all of the science requirements for the double degree course. Students who are considering doing honours in science prior to completing the double degree should consult with the Faculty of Science regarding their unit selection prior to re-enrolling for level three.

Students who wish to undertake honours in biomedical sciences prior to the completion of the BBiomedSc/Bsc course must have completed at least 144 units of study, including all of the BBiomedSc requirements.

Students may be eligible to exit the double degree program and graduate with either a Bachelor of Biomedical Science or a Bachelor of Science after three years, depending on the units studied. Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Science prior to the completion of the double degree course must have completed at least 144 points of studies, including all of the science requirements for the double degree course. Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science prior to the completion of the double degree course must have completed at least 144 points of studies, including all of the biomedical science requirements for the double degree course.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Science

This course prepares students for potential employment as paramedics in ambulance and community-based emergency health services (CBEH). Paramedics provide unscheduled health care for individuals experiencing a health emergency in the community, and initiate care and determine appropriate referral of patients to enable continuing care needs. A paramedic is also required to work with other emergency services to respond to mass casualty incidents in a range of situations.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate personal and professional development through the fostering of appropriate ethical and professional behaviours as an emergency health care provider
• describe population based health issues and illness in society and demonstrate cultural and social awareness related to community based emergency health
• identify local and global networks that support and enhance community based emergency health practice
• demonstrate clinical competence in the community based emergency health setting using a patient-centric, systematic clinical approach, that utilises effective communication techniques and clinical problem solving, and
• identify, describe, design and evaluate enhancements to community based emergency health practice using the best available evidence and appropriate frameworks, and
• review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise a variety of resources in order to respond to community based emergency health issues based on science, knowledge and evidence

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Medical and fitness assessment

Students must complete a medical and fitness assessment. This is a prerequisite for clinical placements offered by Victorian ambulance services.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus rural and metropolitan clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding costs and purchase arrangements upon commencement.

This course consists of 24 compulsory units, including one unit taken over the summer semester between second and third year.

First year

First semester

• BEH1011 Clinical concepts of paramedic practice
• BEH1041 Human development and health across the lifespan
• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• IPE1011 Foundations of health in primary clinical care

Second semester

• BEH1102 Clinical concepts of paramedic practice 2
• BEH1022 Pharmacotherapy in community-based emergency health
• BMA1902 Human structure and function 2
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts

Second year

First semester

• BEH2011 Professionalism and community based emergency health systems
• BEH2021 Evidence based practice, research and population health within community based emergency health services
• BEH2121 Paramedic management of maternal and neonatal health
• BEH2131 Paramedic management of cardiovascular conditions

Second semester

• BEH2012 Paramedic management of cardiac and respiratory conditions
• BEH2022 Paramedic management of trauma and environmental conditions
• BEH2141 The paramedic in the community

Summer semester

• BEH2032 Paramedic clinical practice 1

Third year

First semester

• BEH3011 Paramedic management of medical conditions
• BEH3121 Paramedic management of toxicological and environmental conditions
• BEH3031 Paramedic clinical practice 2
• BEH3051 Paramedic management of mental health

Second semester

• BEH3012 Clinical education, leadership and emergency preparedness
• BEH3022 Research and contemporary challenges in community based emergency health
• BEH3032 Paramedic management of critical care specialty situations
• BEH3042 Advanced paramedic clinical practice 3

Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)

This course offers learning that encompasses the biomedical and social aspects of health, including the physiology of disease, epidemiology, health care systems, health promotion, policy analysis and health sociology. The course has a global orientation, examining Australian and international health challenges. Graduates will be able to undertake roles as health policy and health promotion practitioners or to move into clinical or public health research. Employment may be found in hospitals and community health organisations, government health departments, non-government health agencies and research centres. Students may also take the course as a preparation for graduate study in medicine, nursing or allied health.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• identify and explain the determinants of illness, health and wellbeing
• develop, implement and evaluate public health programs
• recognise social and cultural diversity and apply the skills and resources required for working across diverse populations in global and Australian contexts
• demonstrate awareness of equity, human rights and social justice in relation to health in Australian and international contexts
• access, critically appraise and apply the best available evidence to the professional practice of public health
• conduct ethical research using appropriate paradigms
• integrate knowledge of relevant public policy and health and social care systems into practice
• demonstrate professional skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, working in a team, operating from an ethical framework, reflective practice and ongoing professional development

96 credit points.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. All students are required to obtain these checks prior to participating in practical units. Students are only required to obtain a Police Check if on placement. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Students are only required to obtain a Working with Children Check if on placement. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

The Faculty recommends that all students accept responsibility for having up-to-date immunisations before commencing this course. Recommended immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Fieldwork practice units

This course provides opportunities for students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placements.

Graduates of this course are eligible to join the Public Health Association of Australia, the Australian Health Promotion Association and the Australian Epidemiology Association.

This course consists of:

(a.) health science core units (72 points)

(b.) health science/public health electives (36 points)

(c.) electives at first, second and third-year level (36 points)

(d.) a minimum of eight first-year level units (48 points) and a maximum of ten first-year level units (60 points)

(e.) a minimum of 36 points at third-year level

Health science/public health electives

Students extend their core studies in health science by choosing from a set of health science elective units, which provide opportunities to develop and strengthen learning in areas including health programs, health policy and public health research.

Electives

Electives may be taken from the lists of health science/public health elective units outlined under 'Requirements' and/or from anywhere in the University. Electives must be taken at first, second and third year.

First year

Semester one

• HSC1061 Data evidence and critical thinking in health
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health
• HSC1101 Biological bases of health and disease 1
• one first-year level elective

Semester two

• HSC1052 Health and social care systems and policy
• HSC1102 Biological bases of health and disease 2
• HSC1112 Global health: Opportunities and challenges
• one first-year level elective

Second year

Semester one

• HSC2101 Health promotion: Global and local
• HSC2141 Analysing patterns of health and disease
• one health science/public health elective unit
• one second-year level elective

Semester two

• HSC2022 Culture, society and health
• HSC2142 Research methods in the health sciences
• one health science/public health elective
• one second-year level elective

Third year

Semester one

• HSC3041 Disease prevention and control
• two health science/public health elective units
• one third-year level elective

Semester two

• HSC3002 Health for all in a global world
• two health science/public health elective units
• one third-year level elective

Health science/public health elective units

(a.) Students complete two level-two units from the following:

• HSC2041 Working with people
• HSC2051 Health program planning
• HSC2062 Communicating health
• HSC2092 Community development and partnerships
• HSC2102 Introduction to clinical research
• HSC2111 Treatments and technologies

(b.) Students complete four level-three units from the following:

• HSC3001 Health law and ethics
• HSC3011 Contemporary health challenges
• HSC3052 Health promotion in primary and clinical settings
• HSC3061 Health promotion evaluation
• HSC3072 Health policy and politics
• HSC3082 Health program and practicum
• HSC3132 Action in public health research
• HSC3102 Environmental determinants of health and disease
• HSC3131 Quantitative research design and methodology

Bachelor of Health Science

This flexible degree takes a unique, international approach to health sciences and reflects existing and projected demands for the current and future multidisciplinary, multi-skilled workforce in Australia and internationally. The degree combines the strengths of business theory and skills and with theory and skills in public health. With work experience post-graduation, graduates are expected to find employment in a wide range of settings which require a public health management, marketing, or economics focus.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html).

The course's learning outcomes are dependent upon the core studies across the four years of the course. They are enhanced and enriched by complementary major sequences and individual elective choices.

At minimum, this course aims to develop graduates who will:

(a.) be critical and creative scholars who:

• produce innovative solutions to problems
• apply research skills to business and health challenges
• communicate effectively and perceptively

(b.) be responsible and effective global citizens who:

• engage in an internationalised world
• exhibit cross cultural competence
• demonstrate ethical values

(c.) have a comprehensive understanding of their discipline and be able to provide discipline-based solutions relevant to the business, professional and public policy communities that we serve

(d.) have a well-developed understanding of multidisciplinary decision-making in systems and organisations

(e.) achieve a broad education based on independent learning, critical thinking, problem-solving and evaluation.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3882.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3806.html.

144 credit points.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. All students are required to obtain these checks prior to participating in practical units. Students are only required to obtain a Police Check if on placement. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Students are required to obtain these checks prior to participating in practical units. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

The Faculty recommends that all students accept responsibility for having up-to-date immunisations before commencing this course. Recommended immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Fieldwork practice units

This course provides opportunities for students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

Health Science

• Public Health Association of Australia
• Australian Health Promotion Association
• Australian Epidemiology Association

Business

For information about professional recognition of Faculty of Business and Economics courses visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/

Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and the correct choice of units.

This course comprises:

• 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in the Bachelor of Health Science component at the Caulfield campus
• 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Business component at the Caulfield campus.

Students must complete a minimum of 36 points at third-year-level, and a total of 32 units.

Health science component

Students must complete:

• health science core units (60 points)
• health science/public health elective units (36 points) from the units listed under public health in the 'Areas of study'

Business component

Students must complete:

• business core units (36 points)
• a business major of eight units (48 points)* from the majors listed under 'Areas of study'
• business electives at second and/or third-year level (12 points). Business electives must be chosen from Faculty of Business and Economics units and may be taken from the lists of Business major sequence units provided. Electives must be taken at second and/or third year level.

* Depending on the major chosen, one or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the business units studied in first and second year - where this is the case, students will complete additional electives to meet the required number of points in the business component of this course.

Business major

Majors available are:

• accounting
• banking and finance
• business law
• econometrics
• economics
• human resource management
• management
• marketing

Health science/public health electives

Refer to requirements for:

• health science

First year

Semester one

• AFF1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTF1010 Commercial law
• HSC1061 Data evidence and critical thinking in health
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health

Semester two

• HSC1052 Health and social care systems and policy
• HSC1112 Global health: Opportunities and challenges
• MGF1010 Introduction to management
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

Second year

Semester one

• ECF1100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• HSC1101 Biological bases of health and disease 1
• HSC2141 Analysing patterns of health and disease

Semester two

• HSC1102 Biological bases of health and disease 2
• HSC2022 Culture, society and health
• one health science/public health elective unit
• one business major unit

Third Year

Semester one

• HSC2101 Health promotion: Global and local
• one business major unit
• one health science/public health elective unit
• one business elective

Semester two

• HSC3002 Health for all in a global world
• one business major unit
• one health science/public health elective unit
• one business elective

Fourth Year

Semester one

• two business major units
• two health science/public health elective units

Semester two

• three business major units
• one health science/public health elective unit

Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Health Science

This course equips students for careers in social work with specialised knowledge of the health and social care system.

All students undertake a foundation year in applied, social and health sciences. Study covers areas of research, communication, health systems, health promotion, and the determinants of health. Later-year core units include studies in epidemiology and public health, indigenous health and wellbeing, and health promotion, plus social work subjects.

Although the course is principally intended to prepare graduates for a career in social work, the health science major sequence completed by all students also provides a grounding in health promotion and community development and partnerships, and expands career options.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html).

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• access, critically appraise, interpret and apply the best available evidence to the professional practice of public health and social work
• recognise and respect social and cultural diversity, and apply the skills and resources required for working across diverse populations in global and Australian contexts
• develop, implement and evaluate public health programs
• identify and explain the determinants of illness, health, wellbeing and functioning
• enact the principles of social justice and human rights in their professional social work careers
• engage sensitively and confidently with individuals, groups and communities in local, national, and international social work contexts
• employ outstanding interpersonal skills for effective engagement and social action
• incorporate knowledge of the social welfare system, the law, and concepts of power and oppression into the social work approach
• apply sophisticated knowledge of individual development, and the impact of key life events on individual wellbeing, in social work practice
• critically analyse aspects of society, especially the impact of social, political and economic arrangements on individual and community wellbeing
• demonstrate competence in the theory and practice of social work assessment, intervention and evaluation individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations
• demonstrate professional skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, working in a team, operating from an ethical framework, reflective practice and ongoing professional development.

144 credit points.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

The Faculty recommends that all students accept responsibility for having up-to-date immunisations before commencing this course. Recommended immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placement.

This course is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Graduates qualify for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Graduates of this course are eligible to join the Public Health Association of Australia, the Australian Health Promotion Association and the Australian Epidemiology Association.

The normal pattern of study is 24 points per semester. Depending on the point value of units, this may equate to three or four units per semester, or in semesters where a field placement is undertaken, this is reduced to two units plus the placement.

The course is undertaken in the following sequence:

• first year is comprised of six health science units, one social work unit and one psychology unit
• second year is comprised of six health science units and two social work units
• third year includes two health science units (these complete the health science major sequence); the remainder are social work units (including the first field placement)
• the final year is comprised of social work units only, including the second field placement.

All units are compulsory.

First year

Semester one

• HSC1061 Data, evidence and critical thinking
• HSC1101 Biological basis of health and disease 1
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• SWK1011 Introduction to human services practice

Semester two

• HSC1052 Health and social care systems and policy
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health
• HSC1102 Biological basis of health and disease 2
• HSC1112 Global health: Opportunities and challenges

Second year

Semester one

• HSC2062 Communicating health
• HSC2101 Health promotion: Global and local
• SWK3220 Social work in globalised world
• SWK3230 Social work research

Semester two

• HSC2022 Culture, society and health
• HSC2051 Health program planning
• HSC2141 Analysing patterns of health and disease
• HSC3002 Health for all in a global world

Third Year

Semester one

• HSC3011 Contemporary health challenges
• HSC3041 Disease prevention and control
• SWK3400 Critical social work 1 - Individual and families: context and practice

Semester two

• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• SWK3410 Critical social work 2: Community work, context and practice
• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services

Fourth year

Semester one

• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4031 Working with complexity
• SWK4400 Critical social work 3 - Group work and community engagement: Context and practice
• SWK4450 Social policy and social justice

Semester two

• SWK4401 Critical social work 4 - Individual, health and society: context and practice
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

Bachelor of Health Science
Bachelor of Social Work

This honours course allows students who are enrolled in 3870 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Social Work to undertake social work honours in the fourth year of the double degree. Entry to honours is by invitation to students who have achieved grades of at least distinction level in third year social work units.

The course aims to develop skills necessary for research by studying the methodological, theoretical and ethical issues that underpin social work research. Students are provided with the same learning and practice opportunities as students in the pass degree, however, the honours program also aims to reward academic excellence. Students in the honours program are expected to develop and complete a research project which will include a critical literature review, ethics approval where indicated and a 10,000-12,000 word thesis.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3882.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/3864.html.

Credit will be granted for units successfully completed in the first three years of 3870 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Social Work.

Entry to honours is by invitation to students who have achieved high grades in third year social work units.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

In order to meet health requirements for working in the healthcare facilities and for the protection of other students, and themselves, students may need to comply with certain precautionary procedures. These may consist of confidential tests for immune status (including blood tests and skin tests), receiving vaccines and having x-rays where the evidence indicates that these are appropriate.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placements.

This course is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

This course consists of compulsory social work units in addition to the required number and sequence of health science units. Students undertake the core social work honours units in the final year.

First year

Semester one

• HSC1061 Data, evidence and critical thinking in health
• HSC1101 Biological basis of health and disease 1
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• SWK1011 Introduction to human services practice

Semester two

• HSC1052 Health and social care systems and policy
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health
• HSC1102 Biological basis of health and disease 2
• HSC1112 Global health: Opportunities and challenges

Second year

Semester one

• HSC2062 Communicating health
• HSC2101 Health promotion: Global and local
• SWK3220 Social work in a globalised world
• SWK3230 Social work research

Semester two

• HSC2022 Culture, society and health
• HSC2051 Health program planning
• HSC2141 Analysing patterns of health and disease
• HSC3002 Health for all in a global world

Third Year

Semester one

• HSC3011 Contemporary health challenges
• HSC3041 Disease prevention and control
• SWK3400 Critical social work 1 - Individual and Families: Context and practice

Semester two

• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• SWK3410 Critical social work 2: Community work, context and practice
• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services

Fourth year

Semester one

• SWK4001 Honours research methods
• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4032 Working with complexity: Honours
• SWK4400 Critical social work 3 - Group work and community engagement: Context and practice
• SWK4451 Social policy and social justice: Honours

Semester two

• SWK4002 Honours project seminar
• SWK4003 Honours dissertation
• SWK4401 Critical social work 4 - Individual, health and society: Context and practice
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

Bachelor of Health Science
Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)

The five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) curriculum is designed as an integrated structure incorporating four themes, within which units are taught in an interdisciplinary fashion by staff from across the faculty and from a wide range of clinical environments in an interdisciplinary fashion. The basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the curriculum will be related to clinical and other problems or issues. Learning in an appropriate medical context is an overarching principle of the curriculum.

During the early years of the course, the basic medical and behavioural sciences (anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, psychology and sociology) are introduced within interdisciplinary units. These units will all have a major focus on clinical issues through clinical case studies.

The course features extended semester durations and requires approximately 25 formal contact hours per week, though in years three to five, it is expected that students will spend around 40 hours per week working in a clinical site. This provides students with time for self-directed study, and the time and opportunity to be in control of their own learning and to develop skills in problem-solving and the critical appraisal of information.

The degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery may be awarded at either pass or honours standard. The conferring of this award with honours is based on academic achievement.

Patient-centred learning activities

A patient-based learning model will be used, where the knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the content of the curriculum are brought to life via formal patient-centred teaching exercises. Most of the learning activities are designed to support students as they work with patient-centred scenarios.

The themes

The faculty has adopted a four-theme structure. These themes are:

• Theme 1 - Personal and professional development
• Theme 2 - Population, society, health and illness
• Theme 3 - Scientific basis of clinical practice
• Theme 4 - Clinical skills

The four themes will run through all years of the course, but will not be of equal weight; nor will they be of constant weight throughout the course.

Theme 1

'Personal and professional development' will focus on the doctor as an individual. This theme concentrates on the personal attributes and qualities needed by medical students and, ultimately, medical practitioners. It covers elements of health enhancement, professional responsibilities, communication skills, information technology, medical informatics and computing skills, ethics and legal issues, and clinical effectiveness.

Theme 2

'Population, society, health and illness' provides the structure to develop students' abilities to deal with broader society and population issues. Students will consider the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of illness and the practice of medicine, including an emphasis on rural and remote Australia. Other elements of this theme will be built around health promotion, epidemiology, public health, community diversity, population and global health, and a range of other societal issues. The history and philosophy of the scientific approach to medicine will also be included, extending this to approaches to knowledge and information, and an understanding of evidence-based medicine.

Theme 3

'Scientific basis of clinical practice' includes much of the human systems-based teaching in the course. The knowledge and concepts that underpin medicine, both in the basic medical sciences and in the clinical sciences, will be delivered within this theme. In the early semesters, the basic sciences of anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and psychology of each system will be taught in an integrated manner and from a relevant clinical perspective.

Theme 4

The 'Clinical skills' theme encompasses the whole range of clinical skills, from the earliest to the later parts of the course. Practice in clinical skills (including procedural skills) is stressed early and often. The approach in clinical skills development will be to develop defined clinical competencies. This will begin with clinical aspects of communication skills and move through history taking and physical examinations to the more advanced clinical and procedural skills.

In the early years of the course, this theme will include general practice and rural visits, and an introduction to community clinics and hospitals. Multi-professional education will be promoted through educational interactions with nurses, paramedics, radiographers and other health care professionals. The rural health activities in the early years of the course will provide opportunities for our students to interact with a range of health care professionals. The later years will include advanced elective experience in diverse medical work places, both within and outside the hospital environment.

Community Based Practice Program

The Community Based Practice Program (CBP) is an integral and innovative component of the MBBS course for second-year medical students. It provides a meaningful context for future medical practitioners to gain an understanding of issues that relate to social justice, equity and diversity in communities. The Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education in partnership with key community-based organisations are responsible for the administration and coordination of CBP.

Students must complete a community-based placement, attend orientation and integration lectures, and complete a report so that they understand the context and links between health and illness, medicine and social justice.

Rural practice

The five-year curriculum encourages all students to spend time in rural areas. To meet the requirements of the Australian Government funded RCTS program (Rural Clinical Training and Support ), students that hold a Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) will be required to undertake a minimum of four weeks' experience in rural areas. A cohort of students will be given the opportunity to spend up to two years in a rural site.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will:

• be knowledgeable, skilful, reflective and compassionate
• be innovative in their approach to and solution of problems
• be skilled at accessing, appraising, and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• be committed to the health of populations as well as individuals
• be concerned with issues of equity, quality and humanity in health care and act as advocates for the disadvantaged and dispossessed
• maintain high standards throughout their professional life by a commitment to life-long learning and teaching
• have the skill to address the key questions relevant to the community and to medicine
• be capable of leadership and yet are comfortable working as a team member
• uphold the community's trust and expectations of the role of a doctor
• be advocates for health by practising preventative medicine and health promotion
• recognise the essential role of research in underpinning medical practice

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Health requirements

For the protection of other students, patients and themselves, students in the MBBS course should comply with certain precautionary procedures.

This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council advice that educational institutions training students in health sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by vaccination against risks of infection.

The faculty's own policy requires that all students accept responsibility for having a satisfactory immunisation status at the commencement of the MBBS course. Immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.

Prospective students should note that, prior to enrolment, they are provided with detailed written information about the effect that HIV, hepatitis B or other infections may have on the ability of health care workers to practice their profession. During the early weeks of first year, arrangements will be made by the faculty for students to have consultations with medical practitioners, to check that their immunisation status is satisfactory and to receive advice about additional vaccination requirements. It should be noted that students will be responsible for covering the costs incurred with this process.

First Aid Certificates

It is highly recommended that students hold or attain by the end of first semester, a current registered Level 2 or Senior First Aid Certificate.

Student registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

In keeping with a student's professional responsibilities, all MBBS students must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and must keep the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences informed of any matters that would impact on that registration.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the deputy dean (MBBS curriculum).

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placements.

Years one and two

Prior to the commencement of the course, students will attend a compulsory transition program, designed to focus on transition to university life, personal ethics, healthy lifestyle, group support and introduction to communication skills.

Throughout the first two years, blocks of systems-based sub-units will be presented with a mix of basic medical science content, patient-based presentations and discussions in small groups. These sub-units combine basic content with generic skills and are set in appropriate clinical contexts, largely through the use of patient-oriented learning. Topics include:

• cardiovascular
• endocrinology
• gastrointestinal
• genomics
• human behaviour
• human development and growth
• immunology and infection
• metabolism
• molecules, cells and tissues
• musculo-skeletal
• neurosciences
• nutrition
• renal
• reproduction
• respiratory.

Years three and four

In the third and fourth years, the clinical content is delivered in blocks of clinical rotations, with a mix of advanced and applied medical science, patient-oriented presentations, and discussions in small tutorial groups. A diversity of clinical settings is used, including a range of hospitals, ambulatory clinics and the rural environment. The emphasis will be on students gaining real clinical experience, participating in patient care and understanding how health care teams work.

In the third year, students will study 'Integrated medicine and surgery' which will be taught together with a series of problem-based and core-based learning sessions. The fourth year will be largely taken up with the core clinical rotations* of 'Women's and children's health' and 'General practice and psychological medicine'.

Year five

The fifth year of the course is focused on facilitating the transition of students into the medical workplace as trainee interns and will be structured as a series of clinical rotations*. Students will participate in a range of learning experiences designed to substantially enhance their clinical reasoning, diagnostic and case management skills. Students will consolidate and enhance their knowledge, clinical skills and professional behaviours in five clinically orientated rotations:

• aged care
• emergency medicine
• medical
• surgical
• specialty.

In addition, students will undertake a student elective rotation in a clinical area of personal interest, subject to faculty approval.

* Students choose from a range of placements offered by the faculty or may arrange to undertake an elective rotation in another faculty approved healthcare facility or university in Australia or overseas.

First year

• MED1011 Medicine 1
• MED1022 Medicine 2

Second year

• MED2031 Medicine 3
• MED2000 Year 1 and 2 final grade
• MED2042 Medicine 4

Third year

• MED3051 Medicine and surgery 1
• MED3062 Medicine and surgery 2
• MED3200 Introductory clinical studies

Fourth year

• MED4000 Year 3 and 4 final grade
• MED4171 Specialty clinical practices 1
• MED4182 Specialty clinical practices 2
• MED4200 Integrated clinical studies

Fifth year

• MED5091 Advanced clinical practice 1
• MED5092 Advanced clinical practice 2
• MED5100 Final MBBS grade
• MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety

Prior to graduation, eligible students may intermit their studies and apply for 0041 Bachelor of Medical Science which provides an optional one year honours research compliment to this course.

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) curriculum is designed as an integrated structure incorporating four themes, within which units are taught by staff from across the faculty and from a wide range of clinical environments, in an interdisciplinary fashion. This course may be awarded at either pass or honours standard. The basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the curriculum are related to clinical and other problems or issues. Learning in appropriate medical and other health professional contexts is an overarching principle of the curriculum.

During the early years of the course, the basic medical and behavioural sciences (anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, psychology and sociology) are introduced within interdisciplinary units. These units will all have a major focus on clinical issues through clinical case studies.

The course is delivered in about 20 formal contact hours per week. This provides opportunity for self-directed study, and for students to be given the time and opportunity to be in control of their own learning and to develop skills in problem-solving and the critical appraisal of information.

For first year, semesters are of 12 weeks duration. In second year, semesters are of 12 weeks duration. In third and fourth years, the course has been structured as two semesters of 18 weeks each. In fifth year, the semesters are a notional 18 weeks, although there may be some requirement for more flexible arrangements.

The degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery may be awarded at either pass or honours standard. The conferring of this award with honours is based on academic achievement.

Patient-centred learning activities

A patient-based learning model will be used, where the knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the content of the curriculum are brought to life via formal patient-centred teaching exercises. Most of the learning activities are designed to support students as they work with patient-centred scenarios.

The themes

The faculty has adopted a four-theme structure. These themes are:

• Theme 1 - Personal and professional development
• Theme 2 - Population, society, health and illness
• Theme 3 - Scientific basis of clinical practice
• Theme 4 - Clinical skills.

The four themes will run through all years of the course, but will not be of equal weight; nor will they be of constant weight throughout the course.

Theme 1

'Personal and professional development' will focus on the doctor as an individual. This theme concentrates on the personal attributes and qualities needed by medical students and, ultimately, medical practitioners. It covers elements of communication skills, information technology, medical informatics and computing skills, ethics and legal issues, and clinical effectiveness.

Theme 2

'Population, society, health and illness' provides the structure to develop students' abilities to deal with broader society and population issues. Students will consider the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of illness and the practice of medicine, including an emphasis on rural and remote Australia. Other elements of this theme will be built around health promotion, epidemiology, public health, community diversity, population and global health, and a range of other societal issues. The history and philosophy of the scientific approach to medicine will also be included, extending this to approaches to knowledge and information, and an understanding of evidence-based medicine.

Theme 3

'Scientific basis of clinical practice' includes much of the human systems-based teaching in the course. The knowledge and concepts that underpin medicine, both in the basic medical sciences and in the clinical sciences, will be delivered within this theme. In the early semesters, the basic sciences of anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and psychology of each system will be taught in an integrated manner and from a relevant clinical perspective.

Theme 4

The 'Clinical skills' theme encompasses the whole range of clinical skills, from the earliest to the later parts of the course. Practice in clinical skills (including procedural skills) is stressed early and often. The approach in clinical skills development will be to develop defined clinical competencies. This will begin with clinical aspects of communication skills and move through history taking and physical examinations to the more advanced clinical and procedural skills.

In the early years of the course, this theme will include general practice and rural visits, and an introduction to community clinics and hospitals. Multi-professional education will be promoted through educational interactions with nurses, paramedics, radiographers and other health care professionals. The rural health activities in the early years of the course will provide opportunities for our students to interact with a range of health care professionals. The later years will include advanced elective experience in diverse medical work places, both within and outside the hospital environment.

Community Based Partnerships

The Community Based Partnerships (CBP) program is an integral and innovative component of the new MBBS course for second-year medical students. CBP provides a meaningful context for future medical practitioners to gain an understanding of issues that relate to social justice, equity and diversity in the wider community.

Students must complete a community-based placement, attend orientation and integration lectures, and complete a report so that they understand the context and links between health and illness, medicine and social justice.

Rural practice

The five-year curriculum will include an experience in rural areas for all students. This includes one day in a rural community in first year and a two-week rural program undertaken in Year 2 of the course.

The Monash University Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery program will strive to graduate doctors who:

• are knowledgeable, skilful, reflective and compassionate
• are innovative in their approach to and solution of problems
• are skilled at accessing, appraising, and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic and environmental context of health and illness and psychological wellbeing and delivery of care
• are committed to the health of populations as well as individuals
• are concerned with issues of equity, quality and humanity in health care and act as advocates for the disadvantaged and dispossessed
• maintain high standards throughout their professional life by a commitment to life-long learning and teaching
• have the skill to address the key questions relevant to the community and to medicine
• are capable of leadership and yet are comfortable working as a team member
• uphold the communities trust and expectations of the role of a doctor
• are advocates for health by practising preventative medicine and health promotion
• recognise the essential role of research in underpinning medical practice.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Health requirements

For the protection of other students, patients and themselves, students in the MBBS course should comply with certain precautionary procedures.

This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council advice that educational institutions training students in health sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by vaccination against risks of infection.

The faculty's own policy requires that all students accept responsibility for having a satisfactory immunisation status at the commencement of the MBBS course. Immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.

First Aid Certificates

It is highly recommended that students hold or attain by the end of first semester a current registered Level 2 or Senior First Aid Certificate.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the Deputy Dean (MBBS Curriculum).

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placements.

Years one and two

In the first week of the first year of the course, students will attend a residential transition program, designed to focus on transition to university life, personal ethics, healthy lifestyle, group support and introduction to communication skills.

Throughout the first two years, blocks of systems-based sub-units will be presented with a mix of basic medical science content, patient-based presentations and discussions in small groups. These sub-units combine basic content with generic skills and are set in appropriate clinical contexts, largely through the use of patient-oriented learning. Topics include:

• cardiovascular
• endocrinology
• gastrointestinal
• genomics
• human behaviour
• human development and growth
• immunology
• infection
• metabolism
• molecules, cells and tissues
• musculo-skeletal
• neurosciences
• nutrition
• renal
• reproduction
• respiratory.

Years three and four

Years three to five will be based at the Clinical School in Johor, with clinical studies centred in the Sultanah Aminah Hospital, a tertiary and referral hospital in Johor Bahru. In the third and fourth years, the clinical content is delivered in blocks of clinical rotations, with a mix of advanced and applied medical science, patient-oriented presentations, and discussions in small tutorial groups. A diversity of clinical settings is used, including a range of hospitals, ambulatory clinics and the rural environment. The emphasis will be on students gaining real clinical experience, participating in patient care and understanding how health care teams work.

In the third year, students will study 'Integrated medicine and surgery' which will be taught together with a series of problem-based and core-based learning sessions. The fourth year will be largely taken up with the core clinical rotations of 'Women's and children's health' and 'General practice and psychological medicine'.

Year five

The fifth year of the course is focused on facilitating the transition of students into the medical workplace as trainee interns and will be structured as a series of clinical rotations. In order to comply with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) accreditation requirements students will be required to undertake a clinical rotation in Australia.*

Students will participate in a range of learning experiences designed to substantially enhance their clinical reasoning, diagnostic and case management skills. Students will consolidate and enhance their knowledge, clinical skills and professional behaviours in five clinically orientated rotations: aged care, emergency medicine, medical, surgical and specialty. In addition, students will undertake a student elective rotation in a clinical area of personal interest, subject to faculty approval.

* Students choose from a range of placements offered by the faculty.

First year

• MED1011 Medicine 1
• MED1022 Medicine 2

Second year

• MED2031 Medicine 3
• MED2000 Year 1 and 2 final grade
• MED2042 Medicine 4

Third year

• MED3051 Medicine and surgery 1
• MED3062 Medicine and surgery 2
• MED3200 Introductory clinical studies

Fourth year

• MED4000 Year 3 and 4 final grade
• MED4171 Specialty clinical practices 1
• MED4182 Specialty clinical practices 2
• MED4200 Integrated clinical studies

Fifth year

• MED5091 Advanced clinical practice 1
• MED5092 Advanced clinical practice 2
• MED5100 Final MBBS grade
• MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The four-year graduate-entry Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) curriculum is designed as an integrated structure incorporating four themes, within which units are taught in an interdisciplinary fashion by staff from across the faculty, and from a wide range of clinical environments in an interdisciplinary fashion. The basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the curriculum are related to clinical and other problems or issues. Learning in appropriate medical and other health professional contexts is an overarching principle of the curriculum.

During the early years of the course, the basic medical and behavioural sciences (anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, psychology and sociology) are introduced within interdisciplinary units. These units will all have a major focus on clinical issues through clinical case studies.

For all years, semesters are of 18 weeks' duration. The course requires about 28 contact hours per week. This provides students with time for self-directed study, and the time and opportunity to be in control of their own learning and to develop skills in problem-solving and the critical appraisal of information.

The degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery may be awarded at either pass or honours standard. The conferring of this award with honours is based on academic achievement.

Patient-based learning activities

A patient-based learning model will be used, where the knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the content of the curriculum are brought to life via formal patient-focused learning activities. Most of the learning activities are designed to support students as they work with patient-centred scenarios.

The themes

The faculty has adopted a four-theme structure. These themes are:

• Theme 1 - Personal and professional development
• Theme 2 - Population, society, health and illness
• Theme 3 - Scientific basis of clinical practice
• Theme 4 - Clinical skills.

The four themes will run through all years of the course, but are not to be of equal weight; nor are they of constant weight throughout the course.

Theme 1

'Personal and professional development' focuses on the doctor as an individual. This theme concentrates on the personal attributes and qualities needed by medical students and, ultimately, medical practitioners. It covers elements of communication skills, information technology, medical informatics and computing skills, ethics and legal issues, and clinical effectiveness.

Theme 2

'Population, society, health and illness' provides the structure to develop students' abilities to deal with broader society and population issues. Students consider the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of illness and the practice of medicine, including an emphasis on rural and remote Australia. Other elements of this theme are built around health promotion, epidemiology, public health, community diversity, population and global health, and a range of other societal issues. The history and philosophy of the scientific approach to medicine is also included, extending this to approaches to knowledge and information, and an understanding of evidence-based medicine.

Theme 3

'Scientific basis of clinical practice' includes much of the human systems-based teaching in the course. The knowledge and concepts that underpin medicine, both in the basic medical sciences and in the clinical sciences, are delivered within this theme. In the early semesters, the basic sciences of anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and psychology of each system will be taught in an integrated manner and from a relevant clinical perspective.

Theme 4

The 'Clinical skills' theme encompasses the whole range of clinical skills, from the earliest to the later parts of the course. Practice in clinical skills (including procedural skills) is stressed early and often. The approach in clinical skills development is to develop defined clinical competencies. This begins with clinical aspects of communication skills and moves through history taking and physical examinations to the more advanced clinical and procedural skills.

In the early years of the course, this theme includes general practice and rural visits, and an introduction to community clinics and hospitals. Multi-professional education is promoted through educational interactions with nurses, paramedics, radiographers and other health care professionals. The rural health activities in the early years of the course provide opportunities for our students to interact with a range of health care professionals. The later years will include advanced elective experience in diverse medical work places, both within and outside the hospital environment.

Community Based Practice Program

The Community Based Practice (CBP) Program is an integral component of the MBBS course for Year A medical students. It provides a meaningful context for future medical practitioners to gain an understanding of the socioeconomic determinants of health, social justice, equity, and diversity in communities.

Students must complete a period of placement in based in a community agency. Field educators guide students through the work of the agency, allowing students to interact with community members and agency clients. The richness of this interaction promotes and cements an understanding of the links between health, well-being, and illness.

Rural practice

The graduate entry curriculum is rurally contextualised, and, in addition, includes a week focused on Indigenous health. Additionally, students are encouraged to join the rural students club, 'Wildfire'.

The Monash University Gippsland Medical School will strive to graduate doctors who:

• are knowledgeable, skilful, reflective and compassionate
• are innovative in their approach to and solution of problems
• are skilled at accessing, appraising, and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic and environmental context of health and illness and psychological wellbeing and delivery of care
• are committed to the health of populations as well as individuals
• are concerned with issues of equity, quality and humanity in health care and act as advocates for the disadvantaged and dispossessed
• maintain high standards throughout their professional life by a commitment to have the skill to address the key questions relevant to the community and to medicine
• are capable of leadership and yet are comfortable working as a team member
• uphold the community's trust and expectations of the role of a doctor
• are advocates for health by practising preventative medicine and health promotion
• recognise the essential role of research in underpinning medical practice.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Health requirements

For the protection of other students, patients and themselves, students in the MBBS course should comply with certain precautionary procedures.

This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council advice that educational institutions training students in health sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by vaccination against risks of infection.

The faculty's own policy requires that all students accept responsibility for having a satisfactory immunisation status at the commencement of the MBBS course. Immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.

Prospective students should note that, on enrolment, they are provided with detailed written information about the effect that HIV, hepatitis B or other infections may have on the ability of health care workers to practice their profession. Students are expected to enrol in Year A, with their immunisation status up to date.

First Aid Certificates

It is highly recommended that students hold, or attain by the end of first semester, a current registered Level 2 or Senior First Aid Certificate.

Student registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

In keeping with a student's professional responsibilities, all MBBS students must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and must keep the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences informed of any matters that would impact on that registration.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the Deputy Dean (MBBS Curriculum).

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placements.

Year A

The overall aim of semester one, Year A, is to introduce students to basic principles of the four themes. Teaching and learning activities include problem-based learning and other tutorials, small group sessions, lectures, seminars, and practical work.

The transition needs of graduate entry students differ from those of undergraduate entry students, who enter an MBBS program as a continuation of (usually) full-time study. This course accommodates the diverse academic and vocational backgrounds of graduate entry students through a range of activities commencing in the first week of year A.

Year A introduces ethical and legal issues, population health (basic epidemiology and biostatistics) and knowledge management, and the social context of health, illness and medicine. Significant curriculum time will be allocated to fundamental learning in the key biomedical sciences covering cell biology, basic pathological processes and anatomy and physiology. Students are introduced to the clinical environment in the first weeks of Year A. During the year they are expected to develop appropriate clinical communication and teamwork skills, basic procedural skills, including physical examination procedures.

During Year A, students explore the whole person through a systems-based approach. Content relating to the clinical science that underpins clinical practice is aligned with human lifespan development, in which the students study the stages of human, physical and psychological development from birth to death. Clinical skills sessions and clinical placement days are aligned with each of the systems. Students develop clinical reasoning and focused history-taking skills in the context of these clinical placements. Students commence the Community Based Practice programs. Students in the graduate entry program meet all the objectives of the rural curriculum as prescribed for the undergraduate course, however, the timing and progression of this experience will be different.

In Year A, all students will undertake three modules from the Monash University Indigenous Health curriculum. This study is a mandatory precursor to an Indigenous health community activity. This activity delivers the objectives identified in the CDAMS Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework (2004).

Year B

Year B emphasises the integration of knowledge and skills in medicine and surgery, including pathobiology, diagnostics, therapeutic and clinical skills, further development of evidence-based clinical practice (EBCP), occupational and environmental medicine, law and ethics, integrated with continuing personal and professional development and patient advocacy skills. This is the first opportunity for students to work continuously in a clinical environment to consolidate knowledge and skills which they have developed in Year A, within a consistent and authentic clinical context. Vertical integration of learning in the curriculum is promoted extensively. We will also enable some limited experience for our students with private healthcare providers, community-based practices and industrial sites.

Teaching and learning activities are structured within a framework of problem-based learning (PBL) and experiential activities. Students are placed in clinical attachments for the year (these placements may be selected from a metro or rural site) and rotated through specialty units in medicine and surgery. These placements are structured to balance students' learning needs and to provide an opportunity for students to participate in the daily ward-based care of medical and surgical patients under the supervision of clinical teaching staff. Students are strongly encouraged and supported to be self-directed; they are offered a broad opportunity to acquire the clinically relevant knowledge, skills and experiences that will support them in later years of the curriculum.

Year C

Year C of the graduate entry MBBS course continues to vertically integrate and consolidate generic skills and attributes such as clinical skills, clinical reasoning, professional judgment and professional behaviour. The key focus of the year will be on experiential learning during clinical attachments that link existing knowledge and clinical skills to new clinical contexts and the development of higher level skills in a range of clinical settings.

The approach to teaching and learning in Year C provides students with an experiential learning program built around an inclusive clinical clerkship

in a metro or rural site. Across the year, students are placed in a range of clinical situations encompassing in-patient, ambulatory and community-based settings settings in the core clinical rotations of 'Women's and children's health' and 'General practice and psychological medicine'. Learning within the clinical environment is guided by directed activities covering the core curriculum content identified for key discipline areas. Key concepts and topics are also addressed in a series of illustrative discussion cases (index cases) which map to curriculum objectives and content.

Year D

Year D of the graduate entry MBBS course has a strong focus on transition to internship. Students primarily act as student interns in a range of environments. They undertake a series of clinical attachments which they choose from a range of relevant placement options (rotations). Students also undertake one elective rotation which provides an opportunity to pursue studies in an area of interest, to broaden or deepen their knowledge and skills in a variety of community, health and medicine-related fields. During each of the rotations, students must complete concurrently five designated activities or learning modules. The modules are designed to guide student learning in the clinical environment and are aligned with each rotation to reflect the type of experience the student is most likely to encounter in that particular rotation.

In addition to the rotations program, students undertake a specific program, the Patient Safety Unit, which provides targeted teaching and learning experiences in patient safety. This unit provides a systematic introduction to essential components of risk management and quality improvement and equips the students with the skills necessary to become a safe intern.

Year D equips students to build on their clinical experiences in Years B and C. Overall, the structure and curriculum of Year D is designed to facilitate consolidation and enhancement of clinical skills, and provide opportunities for students to undertake a program that reflects their interests. Students will be able to choose their selective rotations from the total pool of options offered by the Central, Gippsland and Malaysia Medical Schools. Students in Year D will be encouraged to exercise maximum flexibility in choosing their placements to meet the curriculum requirements in a variety of learning situations. Limitations to that choice will, of course, apply in situations of poor assessment outcomes in previous learning activities, requiring directed Year D activities, or in the event that a potential placement becomes politically or geographically unsafe (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) regulations apply).

The conferring of this award with honours is based on academic achievement.

Year A

• GMA1011 Medicine 1
• GMA2000 Final grade
• GMA2022 Medicine 2

Year B

• GMB3031 Medicine and surgery 1
• GMB3042 Medicine and surgery 2
• GMB3200 Introductory clinical studies

Year C

• GMC4200 Integrated clinical studies
• GMC4151 Specialty clinical practices 1
• GMC4162 Specialty clinical practices 2
• GMC4000 Final grade

Year D

• GMD5071 Advanced clinical practice 1
• GMD5100 Final MBBS grade
• GMD5082 Advanced clinical practice 2
• GMD5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

This combined program is a recognition by the faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Law that the burgeoning area of medical law requires a pool of graduates with an academic grounding in both professions. Monash is the only university in Australia that offers this joint degree.

For full details of the patient-centred learning activities and themes of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) component of this course, refer to course 0040 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

The Monash University Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery program will strive to graduate doctors who:

• are knowledgeable, skilful, reflective and compassionate
• are innovative in their approach to and solution of problems
• are skilled at accessing, appraising, and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic and environmental context of health and illness and psychological wellbeing and delivery of care
• are committed to the health of populations as well as individuals
• are concerned with issues of equity, quality and humanity in health care and act as advocates for the disadvantaged and dispossessed
• maintain high standards throughout their professional life by a commitment to life-long learning and teaching
• have the skill to address the key questions relevant to the community and to medicine
• are capable of leadership and yet are comfortable working as a team member
• uphold the community's trust and expectations of the role of a doctor
• are advocates for health by practising preventative medicine and health promotion
• recognise the essential role of research in underpinning medical practice.

The objectives of the LLB program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Health requirements

For the protection of other students, patients and themselves, students in the MBBS course should comply with certain precautionary procedures.

This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council advice that educational institutions training students in health sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by vaccination against risks of infection.

The faculty's own policy requires that all students accept responsibility for having a satisfactory immunisation status at the commencement of the MBBS course. Immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.

Prospective students should note that, prior to enrolment, they are provided with detailed written information about the effect that HIV, hepatitis B or other infections may have on the ability of health care workers to practice their profession. During the early weeks of first year, arrangements will be made by the faculty for students to have consultations with medical practitioners, to check that their immunisation status is satisfactory and to receive advice about additional vaccination requirements. It should be noted that students will be responsible for covering the costs incurred with this process.

First Aid Certificates

It is highly recommended that students hold or attain by the end of first semester, a current registered Level 2 or Senior First Aid Certificate.

Student registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

In keeping with a student's professional responsibilities, all MBBS students must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and must keep the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences informed of any matters that would impact on that registration.

Admission to law practice: disciplinary reports

Warning to students of consequences of cheating or general misconduct

Students should note that a domestic applicant applying for admission to practise law in Victoria is required by the Admission Rules 2008 to provide to the Board of Examiners:

(1.) a report from the University disclosing any disciplinary action taken against the student during the course (including any finding under the University Discipline Statute that the student has cheated in an assessment); and

(2.) an affidavit stating that the applicant has made full written disclosure of "every matter which a reasonable applicant would consider that the Board of Examiners might regard as not being favourable to the applicant". This may include an incident of academic or general misconduct, even if it did not lead to disciplinary action.

The Board of Examiners will consider these matters in assessing whether the applicant is a "fit and proper person to be admitted to the legal profession".

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the Deputy Dean (MBBS Curriculum).

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placements.

Law component

The law component requires that students must complete 144 points of study, including 18 compulsory units and a further 36 points of elective law units. Refer also to 'Bachelor of Laws - basic course structure' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2010handbooks/undergrad/law-08.html.

MBBS component

The MBBS component requires that students must complete 240 points of study, comprising 48 points in each year, except fourth and sixth year which are comprised entirely of law units.

Prior to the commencement of the course, students will attend a compulsory transition program, designed to focus on transition to university life, personal ethics, healthy lifestyle, group support and introduction to communication skills.

Years one and two

Throughout the first two years, blocks of systems-based sub-units will be presented with a mix of basic medical science content, patient-based presentations and discussions in small groups. These sub-units combine basic content with generic skills and are set in appropriate clinical contexts, largely through the use of patient-oriented learning. Topics include:

• cardiovascular
• endocrinology
• gastrointestinal
• genomics
• human behaviour
• human development and growth
• immunology and infection
• metabolism
• molecules, cells and tissues
• musculo-skeletal
• neurosciences
• nutrition
• renal
• reproduction
• respiratory.

Years three and four

In the third and fourth years, the clinical content is delivered in blocks of clinical rotations, with a mix of advanced and applied medical science, patient-oriented presentations, and discussions in small tutorial groups. A diversity of clinical settings is used, including a range of hospitals, ambulatory clinics and the rural environment. The emphasis will be on students gaining real clinical experience, participating in patient care and understanding how health care teams work.

In the third year, students will study 'Integrated medicine and surgery' which will be taught together with a series of problem-based and core-based learning sessions. The fourth year will be largely taken up with the core clinical rotations* of 'Women's and children's health' and 'General practice and psychological medicine'.

Year five

The fifth year of the course is focused on facilitating the transition of students into the medical workplace as trainee interns and will be structured as a series of clinical rotations*. Students will participate in a range of learning experiences designed to substantially enhance their clinical reasoning, diagnostic and case management skills. Students will consolidate and enhance their knowledge, clinical skills and professional behaviours in five clinically orientated rotations:

• aged care
• emergency medicine
• medical
• surgical
• specialty.

In addition, students will undertake a student elective rotation in a clinical area of personal interest, subject to faculty approval.

* Students choose from a range of placements offered by the faculty.

The structure as outlined below would allow a student to complete the double-degree program within seven years.

First year

• MED1011 Medicine 1
• MED1022 Medicine 2

(48 points)

Second year

• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1104 Research and writing
• MED2000 Year 1 and 2 final grade
• MED2031 Medicine 3
• MED2042 Medicine 4

(60 points)

Third year

• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• MED3051 Medicine and surgery 1
• MED3062 Medicine and surgery 2
• MED3200 Introductory clinical studies

(60 points)

Fourth year

• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• 18 points of law electives

(54 points)

Fifth year

• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• MED4000 Year 3 and 4 final grade
• MED4171 Specialty clinical practices 1
• MED4182 Specialty clinical practices 2
• MED4200 Integrated clinical studies

(54 points)

Sixth year

• LAW3101 Administration law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• 12 points of law electives

(54 points)

Seventh year

• MED5091 Advanced clinical practice 1
• MED5092 Advanced clinical practice 2
• MED5100 Final MBBS grade
• MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety
• 6 points of law electives

(54 points)

Eligible students may chose to intermit their studies in this course and undertake course 0041 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science.

Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (with Honours)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree the actual award(s) conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

This course prepares graduates for increasingly complex health care situations in Australia and internationally. Graduates will possess attributes that prepare them as competent beginning-level Registered nurses who can provide leadership and care across the age continuum, and have the scope of practice to provide care in multiple settings, including primary health care and health promotion.

Students will incrementally develop knowledge for the safe practice of clinical skills in a variety of health care facilities and services over the course of their studiesand develop a broad range of knowledge in relevant disciplines, enabling them to critically analyse health care situations, concepts and perspectives.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• meet currently accepted standards of nursing practice as set down in the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competencies for the Registered Nurse
• provide holistic nursing care as a first-level practitioner in a variety of health care settings compatible with the broad health care needs and goals of Australia's multi-cultural society
• encompass caring as a foundational concept for nursing practice
• demonstrate effective communication in the health care setting
• practice safely and maintain legal and ethical standards of practice
• identify the health care needs and problems of individuals and groups of people in a variety of settings
• set priorities in respect of health care needs and problems and make referrals when appropriate
• plan, implement and evaluate care activities which encourage individuals and groups to achieve independence or self-help in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health
• demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of political, historical, cultural, social and professional forces which have influenced nursing in the past and which provide the potential for change within nursing
• understand the scientific principles underlying safe physical care of the client
• appreciate the importance of participating in further education
• understand and appreciate the importance of nursing research and critically analyse and apply research findings to nursing practice
• develop an ability to work within a team and adopt a collaborative approach to health care both at an interpersonal and an interdisciplinary level
• participate in quality improvement programs to ensure quality care practices
• participate in health teaching to individuals and group

Students who have successfully completed a TAFE:

• Certificate IV in Health (Nursing) may apply for credit for up to 24 credit points in the first year of the course
• Diploma of Nursing may apply for credit for up to 48 credit points in the first year of course.

Students who have completed or commenced other relevant studies may also be considered for credit.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Drug Administration Policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. All students in this course will be required to attend a variety of clinical placements including mental health placements. Travel to metropolitan and rural sites may be required. Clinical experience makes up approximately 50 per cent of the Bachelor of Nursing course. Clinical placements begin in the first year of the degree and will increase in duration and complexity as the student progresses.

Generally speaking, students on clinical experience will take on shift work, including weekend shifts and night duty, and work a supervised, unpaid 40 hour week. Make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator and unit coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate or other acceptable documentation.

A student may be denied access to or withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses related to clinical placements. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Successful completion of the course will lead to eligibility for registration as a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

This course consists of 20 compulsory units comprising 18 core units and two electives, many of which have clinical practice requirements.

The following course requirements refer to the Bachelor of Nursing course approved from 2012. Students enrolled prior to 2012 should consult archived Handbook for the year they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks.

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function
• NUR1001 Professional and scholarly communication
• NUR1010 Foundations of nursing practice
• NUR1105 Foundations of leadership in practice

Semester two

• BMA1912 Human bioscience in nursing
• NUR1102 Health assessment in clinical practice
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
• NUR1205 Population and socio-cultural health research utilisation

Second year

Semester one

• NUR2003 Contexts of health care
• NUR2106 Integrated nursing practice 1
• NUR2107 Person centred mental health care

Semester two

• NUR2206 Integrated nursing practice 2
• NUR2207 Mental health clinical practice
• elective

Third year

Semester one

• NUR3001 Evidence based practice
• NUR3002 Integrated nursing practice 3
• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice
• elective

Semester two

• NUR3004 Preparing for practice
• NUR3005 Chronic illness management in primary care

Bachelor of Nursing

This course aims to develop a graduate nurse who is committed to the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health and to the prevention of disease. It is anticipated that this first-level practitioner will be skilled in the delivery of holistic health care and be able to apply an extensive body of knowledge from relevant disciplines in varied practice settings in both community and hospital settings. Students are expected to develop the skill of critical analysis in relation to the theory and practice of nursing, and also develop skills according to accepted standards of nursing practice.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• meet currently accepted standards of nursing practice as set down in the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) National Competencies for the Registered Nurse
• provide holistic nursing care as a first-level practitioner in community and health care settings compatible with the broad health care needs and goals of Australia's multi-cultural society
• encompass caring as a foundation concept for nursing practice
• demonstrate effective communication in community and health care settings
• practice safely and maintain legal and ethical standards of practice
• identify the health care needs of individuals and groups of people in community and health care settings
• set priorities in respect of health care and education needs and problems and make referrals when appropriate
• plan, implement and evaluate care activities which encourage individuals and groups to achieve independence or self-help in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health
• demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of political, historical, cultural, social and professional forces which have influenced nursing in the past and which provide the potential for change within nursing
• understand the scientific principles underlying safe physical care of the client
• appreciate the importance of participating in further education
• understand and appreciate the importance of nursing research and critically analyse and apply research findings to nursing practice
• work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team approach to health and community care both at an interpersonal and an interdisciplinary level
• participate in quality improvement programs to ensure quality care practice
• plan and deliver health teaching to individuals and groups

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Drug administration policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Clinical experience is obtained in a wide variety of health agencies throughout Victoria, Australia and overseas.

Clinical experience makes up approximately 50 per cent of the Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health) course. Generally speaking, students on clinical experience will take on shift work, including weekend shifts and night duty and work a supervised unpaid 40 hour week. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. Make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate.

A student may be denied access to or withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical Expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses related to clinical placements/fieldwork. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

National accreditation with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.

This course consists of 22 core units, drawn from both nursing and public health/health promotion.

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health
• NUR1001 Professional and scholarly communication
• NUR1101 Perspectives of health and wellness

Semester two

• BMA1912 Human bioscience in nursing
• HSC1072 Health promotion 1
• NUR1102 Health assessment in clinical practice
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts

Second year

Semester one

• NUR2003 Contexts of health care
• NUR2106 Integrated nursing practice 1
• NUR2107 Person-centred mental health care

Semester two

• HSC2051 Health program planning
• NUR2206 Integrated nursing practice 2
• NUR2207 Mental health clinical practice

Third year

Semester one

• HSC3052 Health promotion in primary and clinical settings
• NUR3001 Evidence-based health care
• NUR3002 Integrated nursing practice 3
• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice

Semester two

• NUR3004 Preparing for practice
• NUR3005 Chronic illness management in primary care

Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health)

This course offers the student the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge in nursing and prepares the graduate for a career in nursing or further study at postgraduate level.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• provide person-centred nursing care as a beginning practitioner in a variety of health care settings within local and global contexts
• incorporate cultural, spiritual, developmental and social dimensions in the assessment of an individual and in the planning, implementation and evaluation of their care
• practice in a safe manner that meets accepted legal, ethical and professional standards, including the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse
• enhance practice through the use of reflection in various aspects of the nursing role
• communicate effectively both with the individuals for whom they care and those with which they work
• use and apply evidence-based practice as a foundation for nursing care
• contribute effectively to the delivery of high quality health care to individuals, families, groups and communities
• develop and implement health promotion and education programs to change/improve the health status of individuals, families, groups and communities

Students who have successfully completed a TAFE:

• Certificate IV in Health (Nursing) may apply for credit for up to 24 credit points in the first year of the course
• Diploma in Nursing may apply for credit for up to 48 credit points in the first year of the course.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Drug administration Policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Clinical experience makes up approximately 50 percent of the course. Generally speaking, students on clinical experience will take on shift work, including weekend shifts and night duty and work a supervised, unpaid 40 hour week. Make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Successful completion of the course and meeting the requirements for registration outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia will lead to eligibility for registration as a registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Details regarding the boards requirements can be found at http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards.aspx

This course consists of compulsory units and an elective covering three themes and four streams. In first year students focus on the theme of healthy living; in second year the focus shifts to pathophysiology and in third year it considers all aspects of health care in acute care and community. The following major streams run throughout the curriculum:

• personal and professional development
• scientific basis of clinical practice
• society, population, health and illness
• nursing knowledge and skills.

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• NUR1002 Health, illness and professional nursing
• NUR1101 Perspectives of health and wellness
• NUR1201 Appreciating research and scholarship

Semester two

• BMA1912 Human bioscience in nursing
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
• NUR1203 Evidence-based nursing practice

Second year

Semester one

• NUR2002 Nursing practice in context 1
• NUR2006 Principles of nursing pharmacology
• SRH2002 Indigenous health and wellbeing

Semester two

• NUR2004 Nursing practice in context 2
• NUR2104 Mental health practice 1
• elective

Third year

Semester one

• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice
• NUR3104 Mental health practice 2
• NUR3106 Introduction to high acuity nursing

Semester two

• NUR3009 Transition to nursing practice
• NUR3204 Integrated Community Care

Bachelor of Nursing Practice

NOTE: This course has had one or more changes made to it since publication on 1 October 2012. For details of changes, please consult the 2013 Handbook change register2013 Handbook change register (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/2013-change-register.html).

This course aims to produce a nurse midwife who is a highly capable individual able to work in partnership with the interdisciplinary team in general nursing and midwifery practice settings.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

(a.) Bachelor of Nursing component:

• Refer to the single degree entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/courses/0727.html.

(b.) Bachelor of Midwifery component:

• practice within the scope of practice and standards set down by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) national competencies for midwives
• provide beginning-level holistic health care for women and their families in our multicultural society
• practice within ethical and legal guidelines
• plan, implement and evaluate care in a way that reflects attitudes which are congruent with the philosophy of valuing women, women-centred care, and woman-midwife partnership
• demonstrate knowledge that is evidence-based and underpinned by sound political, historical, cultural and social understandings of health
• appreciate the significance of ongoing education and research to improve practice
• work both as a primary carer and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals in providing comprehensive care through women's reproductive life

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Drug administration policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. Clinical experience may be obtained in a wide variety of health agencies throughout Victoria and Australia, and includes the potential for practice overseas.

Clinical experience makes up approximately 50 percent of the Bachelor of Nursing Practice and Bachelor of Midwifery course. Generally speaking, students on clinical experience will take on shift work, including weekend shifts and night duty and work a supervised, unpaid 37.5 hour week. Make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate. Clinical experience outside of clinical placement blocks is also required which will neccessitate students having access to private transport.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Successful completion of this course will lead to eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse and Midwife.

Students must complete 25 compulsory units, many incorporating clinical placements.

Students must complete:

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• MID1003 The childbearing journey
• NUR1101 Perspectives of health and wellness
• NUR1201 Appreciating research and scholarship

Semester two

• BMA1912 Human bioscience in Nursing
• MID1002 Making practice connections
• NUR1203 Evidence-based nursing practice

Second year

Semester one

• MID2004 Being with birthing woman
• MID2105 Supporting birthing women
• NUR2002 Nursing practice in context 1

Semester two

• NUR2004 Nursing practice in context 2
• NUR2104 Mental health practice 1
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts

Third year

Semester one

• MID3103 Childbearing obstacles
• MID3104 Navigating childbearing challenges
• NUR3104 Mental health 2
• SRH2002 Indigenous health and wellbeing

Semester two

• MID3202 Supporting the newborn infant
• NUR3204 Integrated community care

Fourth year

Semester one

• MID4001 Preparation for practice (Midwifery)
• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice
• NUR3106 Introduction to high acuity nursing

Semester two

• MID3201 Midwifery practice elective
• NUR2003 Context of health care
• NUR3009 Transition to nursing practice

Bachelor of Midwifery
Bachelor of Nursing Practice

This integrated course offers students the opportunity to gain skills and qualifications in nursing and emergency health and inter-professional practice. The course prepares graduates for employment opportunities in an expanded scope of practice roles in nursing and paramedic environments. The career prospects for the graduate are enhanced due to a dual qualification and the synergies which the two professions share.

On completion of the course the graduate will be qualified for a career in three areas; as a registered nurse, a paramedic or a paramedic nurse. Qualified paramedic nurses will undertake a key role in community-based triage, pre-hospital and in-hospital care and retrieval and will have an essential role in multi-victim disasters.

The graduate will:

• work in an inter-professional practice context
• provide holistic, person centred nursing and paramedic care as a beginning practitioner in a variety of health care settings within local and global perspectives
• incorporate the individual's cultural, spiritual, and social values in planning, implementing and evaluating care
• practice in a manner that is reflective of the ethical and legal dimensions of the professions
• act as a reflective practitioner recognising the learning needs of themselves and others
• interpret and apply evidence-based practice as a foundation for nursing and paramedic care
• demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• demonstrate an understanding of contexts in which health care is delivered within national and global perspectives
• practice in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC)Competencies

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Medical fitness test

Students must complete a medical and fitness assessment. This is a prerequisite for clinical placements offered by Victorian ambulance services.

Drug administration policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Generally speaking, students on clinical experience will take on shift work, including weekend shifts and night duty and work a supervised, unpaid 40 hour week. Make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Successful completion of the course will lead to eligibility for registration as a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and to apply for employment as a paramedic within Australian ambulance services. International recognition of the qualifications occurs for both professions.

First year

Semester one

• BEH1011 Clinical concepts of paramedic practice
• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• NUR1001 Professional and scholarly communication
• NUR1010 Foundations of nursing practice

Semester two

• BEH1102 Clinical concepts of paramedic practice 2
• BMA1912 Human bioscience in nursing
• NUR1102 Health assessment in clinical practice
• NUR1205 Population and socio-cultural health research

Second year

Semester one

• IPE1011 Foundations of health in primary clinical care 1
• NUR2106 Integrated nursing practice 1
• NUR2107 Person centred mental health care

Semester two

• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
• NUR2206 Integrated nursing practice 2
• NUR2207 Mental health clinical practice 1

Third year

Semester one

• BEH2131 Paramedic management of cardiovascular conditions
• NUR3001 Evidence based health care
• NUR3002 Nursing practice context 3
• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice

Semester two

• BEH2012 Paramedic management of respiratory conditions
• BEH2022 Paramedic management of trauma
• BEH2142 The paramedic in the community

Summer semester A

• BEH2032 Paramedic clinical practice 1

Fourth year

Semester one

• BEH2121 Paramedic management of maternal and neonatal health
• BEH3011 Paramedic management of medical conditions
• NEH4001 Preparing for interprofessional practice

Semester two

• BEH3032 Paramedic management of critical care specialty situations
• NEH4012 Interprofessional practice in community hospital settings
• NUR3005 Chronic illness management in primary care

Students may exit from this double-degree program and enrol in and complete the requirements of one of the single degrees below:

• 0727 Bachelor of Nursing
• 3445 Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic).

Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
Bachelor of Nursing

The versatility of the nurse and midwife is becoming increasingly important in the provision of Australian and international health services. This course produces a nurse who is also a midwife who is a highly capable individual able to work in partnership with the interdisciplinary team in general nursing and midwifery practice settings.

On completion of this course, graduates will be expected to:

• practice within the scope of practice and standards set down by the Australian Nursing Council Inc (ANCI) national competencies for registered nurses and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) national competencies for midwives
• provide beginning-level holistic health care for individuals and communities in our multicultural society
• practice within ethical and legal guidelines
• plan, implement and evaluate care that encourages individuals to achieve optimum health and well being
• demonstrate knowledge that is evidence-based and underpinned by sound political, historical, cultural and social understandings of health
• appreciate the significance of ongoing education and research to improve practice
• work collectively and collaboratively with others on the health care team and value the partnerships formed with people in their care.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Drug administration policy

Students should be aware of their legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and students should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to their particular year of study. For more information please visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/current.html and refer to the section entitled 'Clinical Guidelines'.

Clinical practice units

The clinical practice component makes up approximately 50 per cent of this course, providing students with the opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Students undertake off-campus clinical placements; in years two and three, clinical practice in midwifery units will involve students working a unpaid 16 to 24 hours per week. Students will be rostered to work a mix of day, evening, weekend and night shifts. Attendance on clinical placement is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. Clinical make-up for time missed will be arranged in consultation with the clinical coordinator on receipt of a medical certificate.

Students who do not achieve a satisfactory result in their knowledge and skill level will be denied access to the clinical placement linked to the theory and practice units involved. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed unsafe, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Successful completion of the course will lead to eligibility for registration as both a Registered Nurse and as a Registered Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Students must complete 25 compulsory units, many of which have clinical practice requirements.

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• MID1003 The childbearing journey
• NUR1001 Professional communication
• NUR1010 Foundations of nursing practice

Semester two

• BMA1912 Human bioscience in nursing
• MID1002 Making practice connections
• NUR1102 Health assessment in clinical practice
• NUR1205 Population and socio-cultural health research utilisation

Second year

Semester one

• MID2004 Being with birthing woman
• MID2105 Supporting birthing women
• NUR2106 Integrated nursing practice 1

Semester two

• MID3202 Supporting the Newborn newborn Infantinfant
• NUR2206 Integrated nursing practice 2

Third year

Semester one

• MID3000 Theory and practice of complex midwifery
• NUR2003 Contexts of health care
• NUR2107 Person centred mental health care

Semester two

• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
• NUR2207 Mental health clinical practice
• NUR3005 Chronic illness management in primary care

Fourth year

Semester one

• MID4001 Preparation for Practice practice (Midwifery)
• NUR3001 Evidence health practice
• NUR3002 Integrated nursing practice 3
• NUR3003 Education for clinical practice

Semester two

• MID3110 Professional midwifery practice
• NUR3004 Preparing for practice

Bachelor of Midwifery
Bachelor of Nursing

This course prepares students to become nutrition scientists and qualifies students for careers in a wide variety of fields including, the food industry, nutrition research, government and non-government agencies and public health.

The course has a strong scientific and nutrition foundation in the first two years covering the scientific basis of nutrient requirements and healthy eating, intertwined with practical elements such as assessing dietary intake, food chemistry and composition, and the complex regulatory requirements relating to food. The final year focuses on research skills, culminating in a nutrition-related research project encouraging students to apply the principles of scientific inquiry. The importance of public health nutrition is also a prominent feature of the third year as the challenges associated with the increase in chronic disease are articulated. A choice of electives in year three allows students to tailor the degree to their relevant interests.

The course is built around four themes delivered within a partially integrated curriculum:

• Personal development and professional practice
• Determinants and influences of public health and nutrition
• Nutrition fundamentals of health and disease
• Food: From science to systems.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• understand the associations between nutrition and health and nutrition and disease and integrate and apply this to the practice of nutrition science
• be skilled human nutrition scientists innovative in their approach to analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and evaluation
• possess appropriate oral, written and IT skills, including the ability to present coherent argument, negotiate effectively and manage conflict
• communicate effectively and efficiently with other peers, professionals, clients and the public
• formulate and apply the principles of scientific inquiry to plan and undertake a research project to test a nutrition-related hypothesis
• describe and discuss in detail the impact of nutrients, gene- nutrient interactions and their potential role in the prevention of diet-related diseases
• advocate on behalf of individuals, groups and the profession influencing the wider environment about factors which affect eating behaviour and nutrition standards
• demonstrate effective communication skills to communicate nutritional sciences at an appropriate level to both experts and lay people
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic, political and environmental context of food and eating, nutrition, health and illness and psychological wellbeing
• maintain high standards in professional life through a commitment to life-long learning and excellence of practice

Honours Program

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Nutrition Science may provide an opportunity for progression into the Bachelor of Nutrition Science Honours program.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Depending on the units studied, this course may require students to undertake off-campus placements or fieldwork. Students are responsible for all expenses while undertaking placements/fieldwork.

Graduates may be eligible to apply for registration as an Associate Nutritionist with the letters ANutr. Suitability for Associate Registration is determined by the Registration Committee of the Nutrition Society Australia and applies to qualified graduates with a Bachelor of Science or other suitable qualification in nutrition or an appropriate subject.

This course consists of 11 compulsory units including a research project, and two electives.

First year

Semester one

• BND1001 Personal and professional perspectives in nutrition
• BND1101 Science foundations

Semester two

• BND1002 Evaluating the evidence: Nutrition and population health
• BND1102 Introduction to food and nutrition science

Second year

Semester one

• BND2001 Health across the lifespan
• BND2102 Food: Science, composition, science, safety, standard and skills

Semester two

• BND2002 Applied research methods in nutrition
• BND2103 Integrated science systems

Third year

Semester one

• Public health nutrition
• Nutrition controversies
• two 6-point electives

Semester two

• Research project
• one 6-point elective

Bachelor of Nutrition Science

This course aims to prepare graduates with the professional and personal qualities required for future dietetic practice in a variety of workplace settings. The course integrates academic teaching and learning with clinical, population health, food service, research and management experience and is undertaken in both academic and professional practice placement settings. The first two and a half years of the couse are studied mainly on-campus, and the last eighteen months are spent primarily in professional placements. These include clinical, food service, community nutrition and public health nutrition settings.

The objectives of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics have been classified according to the four themes of the course:

• Personal development and professional practice
• Determinants and influences of public health and nutrition
• Nutrition fundamentals of health and disease
• Food: From science to systems.

Applied and practical learning experiences will transverse all themes to support the integrated approach to the teaching and learning of this course.

The development of skills and knowledge in research relevant and/or applied to nutrition and dietetic practice will underpin each of the four core themes of the program.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• fulfil (and potentially surpass) the National Competency Standards for Entry Level Dietitians as defined by the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) 2009*
• maintain professional and ethical conduct as outlined in the DAA Code of Professional Conduct*
• accept responsibility and practise in a safe and ethical manner in relation to themselves, their peers/colleagues, clients and the community/populations
• be skilled human nutrition scientists innovative in their approach to analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and evaluation
• understand the associations between nutrition and health and nutrition and disease and integrate and apply this to the practice of nutrition and dietetics
• value research and be skilled at accessing, critically appraising and applying the best available evidence to everyday practice
• engage in the expanding knowledge base and be aware of the latest advances in nutrition and dietetics and related areas
• learn independently, in a resourceful and timely manner, and effectively using relevant technology
• possess appropriate oral, written and IT skills, including the ability to present coherent argument, negotiate effectively and manage conflict
• communicate effectively and efficiently with other peers, professionals, clients and the public
• respect and understand the roles of other professionals and work collaboratively within the nutrition and dietetics team and as part of the broader interdisciplinary healthcare team
• work effectively and flexibly with a diverse range of people and function well within teams across a range of settings
• be culturally competent and self-aware
• be reflective, empathetic and compassionate with a concern for issues of equity, equality, humanity and social justice
• advocate on behalf of individuals, groups and the profession influencing the wider environment about factors which affect eating behaviour and nutrition standards
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic, political and environmental context of food and eating, nutrition, health and illness and psychological wellbeing, and delivery of care
• integrate knowledge of relevant public policy and health and social care systems into practice
• integrate advanced food knowledge and food skills into their professional practice
• be committed to the health of populations as well as individuals and be proactive in health promotion
• be client-centred in their approach, respecting the right of clients and their support networks to collaborate in decision-making
• achieve a breadth of education with a tolerance and respect for ambiguity & differing views
• maintain high standards in professional life through a commitment to lifelong learning and excellence of practice

* Available at http://www.daa.asn.au

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

In order to meet health requirements for working in teaching hospitals and professional placement sites and for protection of other students and themselves, students in this course need to comply with certain precautionary procedures. These consist of confidential tests for immune status (including blood tests and skin tests), receiving vaccines and having x-rays where the evidence indicates these are appropriate and there are no specific contraindications in individual cases.

Prospective students should note that on enrolment, students are provided with detailed written information and, as appropriate, counselling about the effect that HIV or hepatitis B infection may have on the ability of health care workers to practise their profession. Additional information is provided to students in their third year when they are in contact with patients as part of their clinical studies.

Professional practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus supervised practice placements. In the practice setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the practice component of each unit. Placement may occur in metropolitan and rural settings.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the placement component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a practicum if required skills, knowledge and professional behaviour are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement.

This course meets the accreditation requirements of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA).

This course consists of 13 compulsory units that fulfill the Dietitians of Association of Australia Entry Level Competencies.

First year

Semester one

• BND1001 Personal and professional perspectives in nutrition
• BND1101 Science foundations

Semester two

• BND1102 Introduction to food and nutrition science
• BND1002 Evaluating the evidence: Nutrition and population health

Second year

Semester one

• BND2102 Food: Science, composition, science, safety, standard and skills
• BND2001 Health across the lifespan

Semester two

• BND2103 Integrated science systems
• BND2002 Applied research methods in nutrition

Third year

Semester one

• Dietetic skills and simulated practice
• Public heath nutrition

Semester two

• Nutrition program planning

Fourth year

Semester one

• Clinical dietetics practice

Semester two

• Professional practice in the healthcare setting

Students may exit with 3956 Bachelor of Nutrition Science after successfully completing three years of this course.

Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

This course uses a combination of traditional and scenario-based learning methods and teaching techniques. Students develop expertise in working cooperatively to seek out information and applying their learning to situations relevant to occupational therapy practice. The curriculum incorporates knowledge from the disciplines of occupational science (the study of humans as occupational beings), as well as the biomedical, behavioural and social sciences.

Students also complete fieldwork education in various practice settings during each year of the course. This provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills, and appreciate the relevance of ongoing learning in the context of supervised health service delivery.

At the commencement of the course, students study foundation units in occupational science, anatomy, physiology, psychology, interprofessional education, health science and occupational therapy practice. This knowledge is then developed and applied to the assessment and intervention processes used by occupational therapists when working with individuals, familes, groups and communities.

Students also undertake annual fieldwork placements, and an inter-professional education block each semester during the course. The latter involves working with students enrolled in other health science courses (for example, physiotherapy, radiography and medical imaging, nutrition and dietetics) around structured academic content focused on mutual understanding, collaboration and teamwork.

Units undertaken in the first and second years are common to all students. There are some differences in the units undertaken at third and fourth years depending on whether the student is undertaking the pass or honours level of the degree.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attributes appropriate for a competent entry level occupational therapy practitioner
• develop strategies to enable individuals, groups and communities to participate in everyday occupations that they want and need to do
• appraise barriers to people's participation and devise strategies to overcome these
• articulate the unique professional contribution of occupational therapy
• demonstrate a client-centred approach to occupational therapy practice
• critically appraise the nature and meaning of occupation, the occupational nature of human beings and the theories and basic principles related to enabling occupation and occupational performance
• explain biomedical and social sciences concepts underpinning occupational therapy practice
• demonstrate a proactive approach in prevention-oriented and health promotion practice, demonstrating commitment to the health of populations as well as individuals
• describe different research approaches and be skilled at applying the best available evidence to everyday practice
• demonstrate occupational therapy practice that is ethical, respectful and collaborative, and assume leadership, supervisory and management roles as appropriate
• create personal strategies to maintain high standards in professional life and contribute to the professional occupational therapy community and engage in lifelong learning
• recognise the intrinsic value of people irrespective of culture, values, beliefs and socio-economic status

Applicants applying for credit must clearly demonstrate that the content of their previous studies is at least equivalent to the Monash Bachelor of Occupational Therapy course components for which they are seeking credit.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

In order to meet health requirements for working in health care facilities and for the protection of other students, and themselves, students may need to comply with certain precautionary procedures. These may consist of confidential tests for immune status (including blood tests and skin tests), receiving vaccines and having x-rays where the evidence indicates that these are appropriate.

Safe Food Handling Certificate

Students will be required to pay for and undertake the relevant study to gain a food handling certificate level one. The certificate is called 'Safe Food Handling' and information can be found at http://www.chisholm.edu.au. The course usually runs for one day and a TAFE organisation is asked to conduct the course on-campus during Semester One of the first year of study..

Fieldwork placements

This course requires students to complete a total of 1000 hours of fieldwork education, as required by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). Participation in fieldwork education is integral to learning and is a requirement of the program in all years. This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork education placements. A mix of metropolitan and rural health services are utilised for fieldwork education. In practice settings, students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under the supervision of qualified occupational therapy staff. Attendance is mandatory for the practice education component. All students will undertake one rural fieldwork education placement sometime during the second, third or fourth year of their bachelor's course. Students should take these matters into consideration when considering casual employment.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories may be required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

This course consists of core and elective units, and for those students in the honours stream, a research project.

First year

Semester one

• BMA1901 Human structure and function 1
• IPE1011 Foundations of health
• OCC1011 Professional issues
• OCC1021 Psychology for occupational therapy

Semester two

• BMA1902 Human structure and function 2
• OCC1012 Occupational science
• OCC1022 Foundations of occupational therapy practice
• OCC1032 Development across the lifespan

Second year

Semester one

• OCC2011 Occupational performance, capabilities and components

Semester two

• OCC2020 Enabling occupation 1A: Performance challenges
• OCC2022 Skills for evidence-based practice 1
• one 6-point elective

Third year

Semester one

• OCC3030 Enabling occupation 1B: Performance challenges
• OCC3041 Skills for evidence-based practice 2
• IPE1010 Health promotion in primary clinical care

Semester two

All students must complete:

• OCC3052 Enabling occupation II: Performance challenges in population health

In addition:

• students not in the honours stream complete OCC3062 Participatory community practice 1: Development
• students in the honours stream complete OCC3072 Occupational therapy honours project 1

Fourth year

Semester one

All students must complete:

• OCC4081 Transition to practice 1

Plus one 6-point elective selected from any unit available in the University, or one of the following:

• OCC4111 Introduction to hand therapy theory, principles and practice
• OCC4121 Adaptive and assistive technology
• OCC4131 Assessment of children: Methods, policy, ethics and issues
• OCC4141 Occupational therapy for young children with a disability and their families
• OCC4142 Occupational therapy for school aged children with disabilities

In addition:

• students not in the honours stream complete OCC4071 Participatory community practice 2: Implementation
• students in the honours stream complete OCC4091 Occupational therapy honours project 2

Semester two

• OCC4082 Advanced professional practice
• OCC4092 Transition to practice 2

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

Monash physiotherapy education is built around five themes delivered within a fully integrated curriculum. Commencing first semester, the curriculum is structured around conditions for which people typically seek physiotherapy. In the later years of the course, the focus moves to learning in a clinical environment. This provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills, and appreciate the relevance of ongoing learning in the context of supervised health service delivery.

Monash physiotherapy education facilitates development of skills through small group learning. Other features of this degree are opportunities to experience interdisciplinary service delivery and inter-professional education, in which students spend some time each semester learning and collaborating with students enrolled in other health science courses, including occupational therapy, nursing, ambulance and paramedic studies, medical imaging, nutrition and dietetics, and social work.

During the first and second years of the course, education in the biomedical and behavioural sciences (anatomy, biomechanics, kinesiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, psychology, radiology, sociology), foundations of physiotherapy practice and research, is provided on campus using a problem-based and patient-centred approach to learning.

On-campus learning continues in the early weeks of year three. The focus then changes to learning in the clinical setting. Clinical education aims to develop knowledge and practice in the delivery of physiotherapy services under the supervision of experienced physiotherapists. Clinical education will be undertaken in a diversity of settings, with challenges increasing across years three and four. Year four also includes paediatrics and the opportunity to undertake elective units in areas of interest. A mix of metropolitan and rural health services are utilised for clinical education.

In the third and fourth years of study, the majority of time is spent in clinical education. Some flexibility may be required of students, both in terms of hours worked at clinics and scheduling of clinical education. Clinical practicum across all years of the course is compulsory.

All students will undertake rural clinical education during third or fourth year. Students should take these matters into consideration when considering casual employment.

Transfer to 3891 Bachelor of Physiotherapy (with Honours) may be possible for high achieving students at the end of first year.

Course themes

Theme 1: Personal and professional development

This theme focuses on the development of personal attributes and skills that assist the student in the transition from student to physiotherapist. It includes verbal and written communication skills and developing an understanding of the importance of relevant ethical and legal issues and the physiotherapy profession.

Theme 2: Population, society and health

This theme provides the structure to learn about and deal with broader society and population issues and is underpinned by an internationally accepted socio-ecological model of health.

Theme 3: Fundamental knowledge of health science

This theme provides the knowledge and skills required for physiotherapy clinical practice. It includes biomedical and behavioural sciences as well as the theory of physiotherapy practice.

Theme 4: Applied practice

This theme develops clinical competencies for physiotherapy practice. It focuses on the incorporation of the best available research evidence with the clinical reasoning skills of assessment, management, evaluation and health care across the lifespan and across a spectrum of patient environments and circumstances.

Theme 5: Research

This theme provides opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills to locate, interpret and critically evaluate research relevant to physiotherapy practice.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• have a standard of knowledge, skills and technical competency appropriate for an entry level practitioner in physiotherapy
• be prepared to maintain high standards in their professional life through a commitment to lifelong learning
• be aware of the latest advances in physiotherapy and related fields, and be positioned to engage in the expanding knowledge base
• appreciate the value of research and be skilled at accessing, critically appraising and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• be effective users of relevant technology
• understand and show respect for the roles of other professionals and be able to work collaboratively within the discipline of physiotherapy and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• have the knowledge and skills to practise in a safe and ethical manner in relation to themselves, their clients and the community
• be client-centred in their approach, respecting the right of clients and their support networks to participate in decision-making
• demonstrate awareness that people's health encompasses their activities and participation as well as their body structures and functions, personal and environmental factors
• be able to supervise, manage and take responsibility, as appropriate, when working in collaboration with other professionals, students, clients and their support networks
• achieve a breadth of education with a tolerance for ambiguity and differing views
• be reflective and compassionate, with a concern for issues of equity, equality, humanity and social justice
• have the ability to learn independently and be innovative in their approach to analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and evaluation
• be able to effectively and efficiently communicate with other professionals, clients and the public
• possess appropriate oral, written and IT skills, including the ability to present coherent argument, negotiate effectively and manage conflict
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic, political and environmental context of illness, health and wellbeing
• be committed to the health of populations as well as individuals and be proactive in prevention-oriented physiotherapy practice and health promotion
• understand the social and ethical dimensions of physiotherapy professional activities
• integrate knowledge of relevant public policy and health and social care systems into their practice
• be able to work effectively with a diverse range of people and settings

Applicants applying for credit must clearly demonstrate that the content of their previous studies is at least equivalent to the Monash Bachelor of Physiotherapy course components for which they are seeking credit.

Due to the complex integrated nature of this course, recognition of prior learning/credit is not usually granted. Applications for credit will only be considered once students are enrolled into the course.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

Students will be required to comply with the faculty Immunisation and Infection Risk Policy, and current recommendations and procedures, to enable them to proceed through the course with an acceptably low level of risk.

Prospective and enrolling students will be provided with detailed written information and, as appropriate, counselling about the effects that HIV or hepatitis B infection may have on the ability of health care workers to practice their profession.

First aid

In addition to the units outlined below, students will complete their 'Apply First Aid' certificate as part of their studies.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.

This course consists of 14 compulsory units.

First year

• PTY1011 Physiotherapy 1
• PTY1022 Physiotherapy 2

Second year

• PTY2031 Physiotherapy 3
• PTY2042 Physiotherapy 4

Third year

• PTY3051 Physiotherapy 5
• PTY3162 Physiotherapy 6A: clinical
• PTY3262 Physiotherapy 6B: clinical
• PTY3362 Physiotherapy 6C: clinical
• PTY3462 Clinical placement

Fourth year

• PTY4172 Physiotherapy 7B - clinical
• PTY4171 Physiotherapy 7A - campus
• PTY4281 Physiotherapy 8A - clinical
• PTY4282 Physiotherapy 8B - campus
• PTY4283 Physiotherapy 8C - campus

Students who demonstrate exemplary performance in the first year of this course may be offered a place in course 3891 Bachelor of Physiotherapy (with Honours), subject to supervisor availability.

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop research skills beyond the extensive research component already existing within the Bachelor of Physiotherapy. Students undertaking this honours program will be well placed with regard to applying for scholarships to pursue higher degrees by research, obtaining formal post graduate research opportunities and applying complex research skills in clinical practice.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• have a standard of knowledge, skills and technical competency appropriate for an entry level practitioner in physiotherapy
• be prepared to maintain high standards in their professional life through a commitment to lifelong learning
• be aware of the latest advances in physiotherapy and related fields, and be positioned to engage in the expanding knowledge base
• appreciate the value of research and be skilled at accessing, critically appraising and applying the best available evidence to their everyday practice
• be effective users of relevant technology
• understand and show respect for the roles of other professionals and be able to work collaboratively within the discipline of physiotherapy and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• have the knowledge and skills to practise in a safe and ethical manner in relation to themselves, their clients and the community
• be client-centred in their approach, respecting the right of clients and their support networks to participate in decision-making
• demonstrate awareness that people's health encompasses their activities and participation as well as their body structures and functions, personal and environmental factors
• supervise, manage and take responsibility, as appropriate, when working in collaboration with other professionals, students, clients and their support networks
• achieve a breadth of education with a tolerance for ambiguity and differing views
• be reflective and compassionate, with a concern for issues of equity, equality, humanity and social justice
• have the ability to learn independently and be innovative in their approach to analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and evaluation
• effectively and efficiently communicate with other professionals, clients and the public
• demonstrate appropriate oral, written and IT skills, including the ability to present coherent argument, negotiate effectively and manage conflict
• demonstrate awareness of the social, ethical, economic, political and environmental context of illness, health and wellbeing
• be committed to the health of populations as well as individuals and be proactive in prevention-oriented physiotherapy practice and health promotion
• understand the social and ethical dimensions of physiotherapy professional activities
• integrate knowledge of relevant public policy and health and social care systems into their practice
• work effectively with a diverse range of people and settings
• sustain collaboration with an academic supervisor
• develop a focused research question
• complete a sophisticated and comprehensive search for relevant information
• construct a systematic review using the principles argued by the Cochrane Collaboration
• extract relevant data from studies included in a review using systematic methods
• apply knowledge of appropriate research design in the development of a high quality research proposal
• demonstrate an understanding of the principles of ethical research through the development and submission of an ethics application to conduct research
• determine and apply data analysis methods appropriate for a research question
• implement a focused research project
• demonstrate the ability to collect, manage and analyse data collected during the conduct of research
• demonstrate the ability to accurately document research findings and develop defensible conclusions
• demonstrate the ability to present research findings and respond in an educated way to enquiries about the research findings
• utilise feedback appropriately
• write a scholarly account of a research project in a 10,000-12,000 word thesis
• demonstrate the ability to adhere to project timelines
• archive relevant documents arising from the conduct of research
• write a final report to the approving ethics committee describing project completion

Eligible students undertaking the Bachelor of Physiotherapy may be offered a place in the Honours Degree of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the end of first year.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

Students will be required to comply with the faculty Immunisation and Infection Risk Policy, and current recommendations and procedures, to enable them to proceed through the course with an acceptably low level of risk.

Prospective and enrolling students will be provided with detailed written information and, as appropriate, counselling about the effects that HIV or hepatitis B infection may have on the ability of health care workers to practice their profession.

First aid

In addition to the units outlined below, students will complete their 'Apply First Aid' certificate as part of their studies.

Clinical practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.

This course consists of 17 compulsory units.

First year

• PTY1011 Physiotherapy 1
• PTY1022 Physiotherapy 2

Second year

• PTY2000 Honours systematic review
• PTY2031 Physiotherapy 3
• PTY2042 Physiotherapy 4

Third year

• PTY3000 Honours research proposal
• PTY3051 Physiotherapy 5
• PTY3162 Physiotherapy 6A: clinical
• PTY3262 Physiotherapy 6B: clinical
• PTY3362 Physiotherapy 6C: clinical
• PTY3462 Clinical placement

Fourth year

• PTY4000 Honours thesis
• PTY4171 Physiotherapy 7A - campus
• PTY4172 Physiotherapy 7B - clinical
• PTY4281 Physiotherapy 8A - clinical
• PTY4282 Physiotherapy 8B - campus
• PTY4283 Physiotherapy 8C - Campus

Conversion to Higher Degree by Research

Students who achieve an honours grade of H2A or above in this course can elect to graduate without honours in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy, and continue their honours research as a master's by research or PhD candidate.

Students may exit this course with a Bachelor of Human Sciences after successfully completing at least 144 points of study.

Bachelor of Physiotherapy (with Honours)

This course is intended for students who wish to apply psychological training to work in a business environment. Students acquire a fundamental understanding of the major principles of psychology and are exposed to a broad cross section of topics relevant to applied and professional psychology. They also acquire a basic knowledge of core business disciplines and specialised knowledge in one business area, and develop an understanding of psychology in a business environment.

Students will enhance their ability to develop careers in psychology, and/or business through the development of effective interpersonal and communication skills, the mastering of essential research design procedures, statistical analyses and methods of written and oral communication relevant to the fields of psychology and business.

On completion of this course, students will have:

• acquired a fundamental understanding of the major principles of psychology
• been exposed to a broad cross section of topics relevant to applied and professional psychology
• acquired a basic knowledge of core business disciplines and specialised knowledge in one business area
• developed effective interpersonal and communication skills
• mastered the essential research design procedures, statistical analyses and methods of written and oral communication relevant to the fields of psychology and business
• developed an understanding of psychology in a business environment
• acquired skills in modern information technologies, which will enhance their effectiveness in employment
• the ability to commence or develop careers in psychology, marketing, management, human resources, or other business areas
• the skills and encouragement to progress to postgraduate studies and/or research.

The Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.

This degree does not make students eligible to register as a psychologist. A career in psychology will require further study and training after completion of the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business.

The course consists of:

• a ten unit major in psychology from the School of Psychology and Psychiatry
• six core business units from the Faculty of Business and Economics
• a major of eight units (48 points)* from the majors offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University Sunway campus listed under 'Areas of study'.

* Depending on the major chosen, one or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the business units studied in first and second year - where this is the case, students will complete electives to meet the required number of points in the business component of this course.

Business and Economics majors

The majors available are:

• accounting
• banking and finance
• business law
• e-business
• econometrics and business statistics
• economics
• international business
• management
• marketing

First year

First semester

• AFW1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A

Second semester

• BTW1042 Malaysian business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Second year

First semester

• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
• PSY2051 Research design and analysis
• two Business and Economics major units

Second semester

• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
• PSY2112 Organisational psychology
• two Business and Economics major units

Third year

First semester

• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
• PSY3051 Perception and personality
• two Business and Economics major units

Second semester

• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
• PSY3062 Research methods and theory
• two Business and Economics major units

Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business

This course is designed for students who wish to study psychology intensively with a view to pursuing a career as a researcher or professional psychologist. In the first three years of the course, students study the core areas of the scientific discipline of psychology, as well as being able to pursue their individual interests in a range of areas relating to the application of psychology. Students are also introduced to other disciplines which complement the study of psychology. In the fourth year, students undertake the honours program in psychology.

On successful completion of the course the student will be expected to able to:

• describe and discuss theories and research, and investigate and critically evaluate issues in the core discipline areas of psychology - perception, cognition, learning, motivation, emotion, language, social and biological bases of behaviour, abnormal psychology, lifespan development, individual differences, history and philosophy of psychology, testing, assessment, intercultural and indigenous psychology
• contribute to discipline knowledge through research, including critical review of scientific literature, identification of research problems, design and conduct of research, application of statistical analyses to evaluate research outcomes, and clear communication of findings according to the professional requirements of the discipline
• describe and discuss the ethical standards and legislative frameworks governing research and practice in psychology, and demonstrate an appreciation of the role of ethics in maintaining the integrity of the profession
• recognise the importance of the relationship between knowledge of the scientific discipline of psychology and the application of this knowledge in the practice of psychology, and to demonstrate this understanding across a number of applications of the discipline
• demonstrate the skills required to maintain professional competence by keeping up with recent developments and contemporary issues in the field and appreciate the importance of ongoing professional development and training and demonstrate a foundation knowledge in a selected range of related discipline areas that complement the theoretical and practical application of psychology.

Progression to fourth year (honours)

Admission to the honours (fourth) year of this course is determined solely by academic merit.

To be eligible for progression into the fourth year, students must achieve a minimum of a distinction average (70 per cent) in core psychology units at the third year level, however the honours program has limited intake, and in practice the cut-off is generally in the 75-80 per cent range.

In addition the applicant must demonstrate a suitable background in research methods.

The Bachelor of Psychology (with Honours) is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC).

This course consists of:

(a.) 24 units in the first three years of the course:

• nine core psychology units which form part of the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council accredited sequence in psychology
• seven psychology elective units
• eight units from a range of recommended non-psychology electives.

(b.) for students who meet the progression requirements, a fourth-year honours program in psychology (48 points).

First year

First semester

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• three non-psychology electives

Second semester

• PSY1022 Psychology 1B
• three non-psychology electives

Second year

First semester

• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
• PSY2051 Research design and analysis
• one psychology elective
• one non-psychology elective

Second semester

• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
• two psychology electives
• one non-psychology elective

Third year

First semester

• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
• PSY3051 Perception and personality
• PSY3260 Advances in psychology, mental health and neuroscience
• one psychology elective

Second semester

• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
• PSY3062 Research methods and theory
• two psychology electives

Fourth year

Full year

• PSY4100 Psychology honours research project

First semester

• PSY4210 Statistics and research design for professional psychology
• PSY4270 Psychological assessment

Second semester

• PSY4220 Ethical and professional issues in psychology

Plus one of:

• PSY4110 Psychology in society
• PSY4120 Mental health and illness
• PSY4130 Developmental and clinical neuroscience

Elective units

Psychology electives

Some of these units can be taken in the second year of study, depending on the prerequisites or corequisites:

• BNS3052 Drugs, brain and altered awareness
• BNS3062 Imaging and brain disorders
• PSY3180 Human neuropsychology
• PSY3190 Addiction studies
• PSY3230 Psychological foundations of the law
• PSY3240 Psychology of music
• PSY3250 Positive psychology
• PSY3270 Neuroscience of cognition behaviour

Non-psychology electives

The 48 points of non-psychology electives must be chosen from a list of recommended electives, or students can apply to the course coordinator for approval of an elective unit not on this list. Some electives may only be offered at one location or by off-campus learning. The non-psychology electives can include units from biology, philosophy, sociology, criminal justice and health sciences.

Recommended first year elective units

• ATS1281 Understanding crime
• ATS1282 Criminal justice in action: Police, courts and corrections
• ATS1365 Introduction to sociology I
• ATS1366 Introduction to sociology II
• ATS1371 Philosophy: Introduction A (Life, death, and morality)
• ATS1835 Philosophy: Introduction B (Time, self, and mind)
• BIO1011 Biology I
• BIO1022 Biology II
• MGW1010 Managing people and organisations*
• MGW1100 Managerial communication*
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice*

* Some units offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics may be available to take as electives, however enrolments in these units may depend on students satisfying the Business and Economics requirements (mathematics prerequisites).

Recommended second year elective units

Non-psychology electives undertaken in second year may be a continuation of the above first-year-level elective units.

Students will be eligible to apply for entry to other fourth-year psychology programs at Monash (e.g. 2088 Graduate Diploma in Psychology) providing the required grades are achieved, or at other universities.

Students who have successfully completed the first three years of this course and do not meet the entry requirements for the fourth-year (honours) will exit with the award of Bachelor of Psychological Science.

Bachelor of Psychology (with Honours)

This course is a multidisciplinary degree that provides students with opportunities to choose pathways in public health promotion, programs and policy, and clinical and public health sciences, leading to a wide range of careers. It also provides a pathway to graduate entry and postgraduate clinical programs (for example medicine, social work, nursing and allied health) as well as honours and higher degrees by research.

The Bachelor of Public Health strive to graduate entry-level practitioners in the fields of public health programs, policy and/or research who can:

• identify and explain the determinates if illness, health and wellbeing
• develop, implement and evaluate public health programs
• recognise social and cultural diversity and the skills and apply the skills and resources required for working across diverse populations in global and African contexts
• demonstrate awareness of equity, human rights and social justice in relation to health in Africa and international contexts
• access, critically appraise and apply the best available evidence to the professional practice of public health
• conduct ethical research using appropriate paradigms
• integrate knowledge of relevant public policy and health and social care systems into practice
• demonstrate professional skills such as, critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, working in a team, operating from an ethical framework, reflective practice and ongoing professional development.

Credit may be granted for formal learning, such as a course offered by a professional body, enterprise, private educational institution, or by any other accredited provider recognised by Monash South Africa.

The maximum amount of credit that can be granted is 72 credit points.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Immunisation and infection procedures

Students must comply with procedures to minimise the risk of cross-infection of communicable diseases, and obtain documentary evidence of relevant vaccinations prior to clinical placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation.

Health requirements

Specific health requirements will pertain to some local and international placements.

This course requires students in some units to undertake off-campus site visits and clinical placements.

The Bachelor of Public Health is accredited by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC). Graduates of this course are eligible to join the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA).

This course consists of:

(a.) health science core units (78 points)

(b.) units in the available health science major (36 points):

(c.) electives at first, second and third-year level (30 points)

(d.) a maximum of eight first-year level units

(e.) a minimum of 36 points at third-year level including those completed in the major

(f.) a total of 24 units.

Electives

Elective units can be drawn from the School of Health Science and other Schools at Monash South Africa. Electives must be taken at first, second and third year levels as appropriate to the course year.

First year

Semester one

• HSC1061 Data, evidence and critical thinking in health
• HSC1081 Foundations of public health
• HSC1101 Biological bases of health and disease 1
• one first-year elective

Semester two

• HSC1052 Health and social care systems
• HSC1102 Biological bases of health and disease 2
• HSC1112 Global health: opportunities and challenges
• one first-year elective

Second year

Semester one

• HSC2101 Health promotion: Global and local
• HSC2141 Analysing patterns of health and disease
• one health science major unit
• one second-year level elective

Semester two

• HSC2022 Culture, society and health
• HSC2142 Research methods in the health sciences
• one health science major unit
• one second-year elective

Third Year

Semester one

• HSC3001 Health, law and ethics
• HSC3041 Disease prevention and control
• one health science major unit or one third-year level elective*

* Students must complete the major or elective unit not undertaken in semester one.

Semester two

• HSC3002 Health for all in a global world
• three major sequence electives

Health science major

Students must complete:

• HSC2051 Health program planning
• HSC2062 Communicating health
• HSC3061 Health promotion evaluation
• HSC3072 Health policy and politics
• HSC3082 Health program and practicum

plus one of:

• HSC2052 Health and social care systems and policy 2
• HSC2092 Community development and partnerships
• HSC3011 Contemporary health challenges
• HSC3052 Health promotion in primary and clinical settings

Bachelor of Public Health

This course provides a professional education in general radiography, digital vascular imaging, computed tomography, general ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging to facilitate entry into the radiography profession. There is a strong emphasis on the development of clinical competency in general radiography and computed tomography. Throughout the course, the biological sciences are closely integrated with radiologic science, and students develop a range of professional skills in relation to the assessment and management of patients. In the final year, students must complete either a research project in an aspect of medical imaging and radiation sciences of interest to them or extended study in either CT, ultrasound, paediatrics or education and leadership, and an in depth literature review of a selected medical imaging topic.

The course is designed to ensure that all imaging and methods, radiologic biology and professional skills units are closely related and integrated with the clinical studies. To broaden career opportunities, a range of selective research studies is available in year four of the course.

Clinical placements commence in first semester of first year and continue throughout all four years of the course.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the scientific concepts underpinning modern radiologic physics including nuclear magnetic resonance and ultrasound
• discuss relevant aspects of the theories informing the psychosocial basis of illness and disease and identify their application to radiographic practice situations
• critically apply ethical concepts, and knowledge of the Australian medico- legal framework to the practice of radiography while adhering to the Code of Conduct for Registered Health Practitioners promulgated by the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia
• implement knowledge of professional communication theories and evidence informed radiographic patient care being cognisant of cultural diversity and including the responsible use of radiographic contrast media in various medical imaging contexts
• communicate to non-specialist audiences knowledge of the biological consequences of ionising and non-ionising radiation, scientific principles informing radiation dosimetry and implement best practice in relation to radiation protection
• synthesise knowledge and understanding of radiographic instrumentation including digital imaging systems with the competent application of radiographic positioning methodology in the clinical setting
• identify and critically evaluate anatomical features and gross patho-physiological processes as demonstrated on radiographic images including sectional medical images
• evaluate existing and future applications of information technology to the field of medical imaging
• apply knowledge of digital image processing to the use of computed tomographic, sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging instrumentation and undertake appropriate quality assurances measures relevant to each modality
• design and implement strategies to minimise the radiation dose to culturally diverse patients undergoing general radiography and computed tomography and demonstrate initiative, judgement and problem solving
• critically reflect upon their practice in general radiography and computed tomography and identify their ongoing professional development needs especially in relation to emerging technologies
• possess an understanding of the practical applications of digital vascular imaging and magnetic resonance imaging whilst mindful of the need to continue to strengthen their practical knowledge and skills in relation to these modalities
• apply research principles, methods and findings to professional practice, demonstrate an understanding of interprofessional collaboration while conforming to the expectations of a radiographer as defined by the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Health requirements

For the protection of other students, patients and themselves, students in Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging course should comply with certain precautionary procedures.

This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council advice that educational institutions training students in health sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by vaccination against risks of infection.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging are required to meet the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Immunisation and Infection Risk Policy (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation/). Students should accept the responsibility for having a satisfactory immunisation status prior to the commencement of the clinical components.

Upon enrolment, students are provided with detailed written information and, as appropriate, counselling about the effect that HIV or hepatitis B infection may have on the ability of health care workers to practise their profession. It is recommended that students discuss any concerns with their doctor or the University Health Service. Immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.

Registration and English Language

Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as radiographers with the Medical Radiation Practitioners Board of Australia (MRPB).

NB: It is the responsibility of graduates to meet the English Language Policy promulgated by the MRPB. Please refer to http://www.ahpra.gov.edu for further information.

Clinical practice

This course requires students to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the Head of Department. This may impact on a student's course progression, however, students will be given the opportunity to repeat any relevant unit/s.

Clinical expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and students will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

The Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging has been accredited by the Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR). Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as radiographers with the Medical Radiation Practitioners Board of Victoria.

This course consists of 16 compulsory units.

First year

• RAD1021 Radiologic physics
• RAD1031 Radiologic biology 1
• RAD1061 Radiographic science and practice 1
• RAD1012 Radiographic science and practice 2
• RAD1082 Radiologic biology 2

Second year

• RAD2051 Radiographic science and practice 3
• RAD2061 Radiologic biology 3
• RAD2012 Radiographic science and practice 4
• RAD2092 Radiologic biology 4 and sectional anatomy

Third year

• RAD3051 Medical imaging science and practice 1
• RAD3061 Medical imaging science (ultrasound)
• RAD3042 Medical imaging science and practice 2
• RAD3092 Magnetic resonance imaging (physics and technology)

Fourth year

• RAD4000 Radiography and medical imaging work experience
• RAD4070 Research in medical imaging (24 points), or RAD4080 Selected topics in medical imaging (24 points),
• RAD4160 Advanced medical imaging and clinical skills (24 points)

Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging
Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging (with Honours)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The course aims to provide professional education for the practice of social work. It covers social work principles and methods of intervention relating to individuals, families, groups and communities. It also includes social work research, social policy and management. Fieldwork is interwoven with class work during the course.

On completion of this course students should be able to:

• understand and critically analyse the historical, political and social context of the social services
• have an understanding of and be able to critically analyse the nature and role of social work, its values, ethical base, and sources of knowledge
• understand, critically analyse, and apply a variety of social work theories and models of intervention to the solution of individual, family and community problems
• understand and be able to apply an understanding of factors affecting people's functioning - their life stage, health, and mental health - to the solution of their problems
• understand the organisational context of human services, how this affects the workings of human services, and how to develop and change organisations
• have a beginning understanding of the processes of planning and evaluating the effectiveness of human services
• deepen existing skills of written and oral presentation, argument and analysis, and be able to apply these effectively in practice
• develop the skills to function as a graduate in employment in the human services
• to develop their understanding of themselves as individuals and as professionals, critically analyse the way their experiences can affect their work with clients, learn to handle these constructively, and learn to use their personal capacities effectively in helping clients resolve problems.

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placements.

Graduates will qualify for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

This course consists of 12 compulsory units.

Level one

Semester one

• SWK3220 Social work in a globalised world
• SWK3230 Social work research
• SWK3400 Critical social work 1- Individuals and families (context and practice)

Semester two

• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• SWK3410 Critical social work 2: Community work, context and practice
• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services

Level two

Semester one

• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4031 Working with complexity
• SWK4400 Critical social work 3 - Group work and community engagement (context and practice)
• SWK4450 Social policy and social justice

Semester two

• SWK4401 Critical social work 4: Individual, health and society (context and practice)
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

Bachelor of Social Work

This course aims to develop skills necessary for research by studying the methodological, theoretical and ethical issues that underpin social work research. Students are provided with the same learning opportunities as the Bachelor of Social Work, however, the honours degree also aims to reward academic excellence; entry to honours is by invitation to students who have achieved grades of at least distinction level in third year social work units. Students are expected to develop and complete a research project which will include a critical literature review and ethics approval where indicated, and submit a 10,000-12,000 word thesis.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• appraise national and international literature in one area of social work practice, in the development of a research question which will contribute to professional knowledge
• explain the frameworks underpinning the social work research process, theory, methodology, professional values, and ethics
• apply knowledge of the research process in the development and implementation of a piece of research
• comply with relevant ethical practices and expectations
• choose and utilise appropriate data analysis techniques
• apply knowledge of the research process in the development and implementation of a piece of research
• choose and utilise appropriate data analysis techniques
• communicate learning about research process and findings to both student and staff audiences
• communicate study findings in a potentially publishable thesis of 10,000 - 12,000 words

Special requirements

Students must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure they have the correct documentation.

Police checks

Students must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html.

Working with Children checks

Students must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Information available at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html.

Fieldwork practice units

This course requires students to undertake off-campus fieldwork placements. In the fieldwork setting students will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the fieldwork component of each unit.

Where a student's skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the fieldwork component of the unit will be denied. A student may be withdrawn from a fieldwork practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Fieldwork expenses

Students are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during fieldwork placement.

This course is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Students in this course will complete all the requirements for levels one and two of course 0004 Bachelor of Social Work, with additional compulsory units.

Level one

Semester one

• SWK3220 Social work in a globalised world
• SWK3230 Social work research
• SWK3400 Critical social work 1: Individuals and families (context and practice)

Semester two

• SWK3180 Supervised professional practice 1
• SWK3410 Critical social work 2: Community work, context and practice
• SWK3440 Leadership in social work and human services

Level two

Semester one

• SWK4001 Honours research methods
• SWK4030 Human rights, law and ethics contexts for social work practice
• SWK4032 Working with complexity: Honours
• SWK4400 Critical social work 3 - Group work and community engagement (context and practice)
• SWK4451 Social policy and social justice: Honours

Semester two

• SWK4002 Honours project seminar
• SWK4003 Social work honours dissertation
• SWK4401 Critical social work 4: Individual, health and society (context and practice)
• SWK4560 Supervised professional practice 2

Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)

The honours program in behavioural neuroscience is designed to build upon the knowledge and experience gained during completion of course 2341 Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience. This program provides the opportunity for research training in specialised areas relevant to behavioural neuroscience and will help students acquire sophisticated and transferable research skills. Students may undertake this honours course in the discipline of behavioural neuroscience or in a second approved discipline in which they have majored as part of their Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience degree.

Upon completion of this course, students will have:

• acquired research experience using scientific principles, concepts and skills in an area of behavioural neuroscience
• gained a research oriented approach to answering questions relevant to behavioural neuroscience in preparation for a professional career in a related field and/or further studies (master's or PhD)
• formulated, carried out and reported independent and original research
• review of literature, report writing and oral presentations.

To be eligible for entry into the honours program, students must have achieved a distinction average or better in the four core third-year behavioural neuroscience units in the Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience. Special consideration will be taken into account if it was granted for study in these units.

Students who have majored in another biomedical science discipline may be eligible to obtain an honours degree in the Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience by successfully undertaking honours in one of the following:

• anatomy and developmental biology
• biochemistry
• genetics
• immunology
• pharmacology
• physiology.
• psychology*

In order to be considered for fourth year entry into one of these disciplines, students must meet the prescribed selection criteria for the respective honours program. These criteria are described in the Handbook entry for the honours program for each of these disciplines. Regardless of the stream/discipline in which the honours year is completed, students are required to undertake a research project on a topic that is relevant to behavioural neuroscience.

* Students who have completed their second major in the discipline of psychology may be eligible to complete their Honours Degree of Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience in the psychology stream. Completion of a fourth year in psychology is mandatory for students intending to gain registration as a practicing psychologist.

This course consists of supervised research, and for some students depending on the discipline, coursework components.

The honours program structure is dependent on the discipline in which the student completed their undergraduate studies:

(a.) Students who enrol to do honours in the discipline of behavioural neuroscience in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry complete a research design and analysis unit as well as a unit comprising one large or two smaller research projects and a literature review. These students must complete:

• BNS4100 Behavioural neuroscience honours: Research project (42 points)
• BNS4200 Behavioural neuroscience honours: Research design and analysis (6 points)

Students completing a behavioural neuroscience honours program in other disciplines must complete the prescribed units for that discipline.

(b.) Students who enrol to do honours in the discipline of psychology in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry complete the coursework components as well as a supervised research project which forms the basis for a literature review and thesis.

(c.) Students who enrol to do honours in the disciplines of physiology, anatomy and developmental biology, biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology or immunology complete a 36 point research project and 12 credit points of advanced studies, as prescribed for that discipline.

Honours degree of Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience

This honours program is an additional year built upon the knowledge and experience gained in course 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science. In this honours course, students undertake approved research projects under the supervision of a member of the academic or research staff. There is a wide breadth of biomedical research available in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, providing a high degree of flexibility for students to pursue their honours year in a field of their choice.

Studies can be undertaken within one of the schools of the faculty, including:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Psychology and Psychiatry
• Central Clinical School
• Eastern Health Clinical School
• Public Health and Preventative Medicine
• Southern Clinical School

Studies can also be undertaken with one of the affiliated institutes such as the:

• Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
• Baker Medical Research Institute
• MacFarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
• Mental Health Research Institute
• Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research
• Monash Institute of Medical Research.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate advanced knowledge and technical skills in a focussed area of biomedical science
• develop, apply, integrate and generate biomedical science knowledge in professional contexts to analyse challenges and to develop effective solutions
• collect, organise, analyse and interpret biomedical science data meaningfully using experimental and computational approaches
• communicate ideas and results effectively to diverse audiences and in a variety of formats
• work independently to undertake a scientific literature review and work collaboratively to design, develop and implement a research project
• exercise personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen

The entry requirements for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science are completion of all requirements for course 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Monash University with an average of 70 per cent or higher in at least 24 points at third-year level (including at least 12 points in biomedical science core units).

Students applying for admission based on comparable qualifications in biomedical science will need to demonstrate that they have achieved an appropriate standard in comparable studies. The entire academic record will be examined, with a focus on the final year of studies.

This course consists of supervised research, and for some students depending on the discipline, coursework components.

The research project and the writing up of a thesis constitutes the major portion of the student's work, as well as:

• a core component common to all students
• an approved component specific to the department or discipline in which the individual is undertaking their research project.

Students must complete:

• BMS4100 Biomedical science research project
• BMS4200 Advanced studies in biomedical science

Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Students undertake a guided advanced studies program in an aspect of community-based emergency health and an approved research project under the supervision of a member of the academic or research staff.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate personal and professional development through the fostering of appropriate ethical research behaviours and considerations,
• demonstrate advanced communication and presentation skills and develop advanced knowledge and critical appraisal in a chosen field of study,
• demonstrate competence in research methodology, analysis and problem solving centred around an evidence based research project
• identify, describe, design and evaluate enhancements to community based emergency health practice using the best available evidence and appropriate frameworks,
• review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise a variety of resources in order to respond to community based emergency health issues based on science, knowledge and evidence

Entry to this honours degree will require completion of all requirements for the award of the pass degree of 3445 Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) with an average of 70 per cent or higher in at least 24 credit points at third year level. For acceptance into the honours degree, applications from equivalent paramedic degrees from other universities will need to demonstrate that they have achieved the appropriate academic standard.

This course consists of supervised research and coursework components.

Full-time

Students can commence either in first or second semester. Students undertake the 'Advanced studies' unit and the 'Research project Part A' unit in their first semester and 'Research project Part B' unit in their second semester.

• BEH4100 Advanced studies in community-based emergency health
• BEH4200 Community emergency health research project - Part A
• BEH4300 Community emergency health research project - Part B

Part-time

Students can commence either in first or second semester. Students undertake the 'Advanced studies' unit and 'Research project Part A' as full year units in the first year, and the 'Research project Part B' unit as a full year unit in the second year.

• BEH4100 Advanced studies in community-based emergency health
• BEH4200 Community emergency health research project - Part A
• BEH4300 Community emergency health research project - Part B

Honours degree of Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)

This course allows students who are enrolled in course 3882 Bachelor of Health Science to undertake a public and health science honours program as a fourth year of study. Graduates from other disciplines can also apply for entry into the degree, assuming equivalence of studies.

Supervision of honours projects will be primarily provided by staff from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, although opportunity exists for students to identify a project and co-supervisor with Monash partner organisations such as the Burnet Institute, the Baker-IDI (Heart and Diabetes Institute), and others. In keeping with the degree's focus on health in a global context and the breadth of expertise in the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine (SPHPM) and its partner organisations, it is expected that a range of local, national, and internationally-focussed honours projects will be available for students.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• plan, develop and conduct original and ethical research
• critically review and analyse public health, health science and related literatures and research
• demonstrate effective communication skills
• perform scientifically relevant and appropriate procedures and techniques as required to satisfactorily complete and report on a research project
• demonstrate proficiency in the skills of computer-based data acquisition, cleansing, analytical and presentation
• demonstrate understanding of ethical, theoretical and methodological issues in scientific research
• present potentially publishable reports of research projects
• recognise the breadth and diversity of public health and health sciences within a global context
• demonstrate the capacity to critically examine public health and health science-related issues within a global context.

To be considered for entry to the Honours Degree of the Bachelor of Health Science, students are required to have:

• satisfied the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Health Science degree, or a three or four year Australian Bachelor degree in any discipline, or an overseas qualification assessed as equivalent to an Australian Bachelor degree
• undertaken and satisfactorily completed a minimum of six units at the highest level of the completed degree and obtained an average of at least 70 per cent in those units.

This course consists of supervised research and coursework components.

First semester

• HSC4011 Advanced studies in contemporary and global health research
• HSC4001 Health science research project 1

Second semester

• HSC4002 Health science research project 2

Honours degree of Bachelor of Health Science

This course provides students with an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of an aspect of medical science and to pursue the study of this field through research. Students will undertake research activities supervised through a department of the faculty and complete a minor thesis.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• describe the ethical requirements for research activities in human, public health and biomedical science research
• describe various methodologies in human, public health and biomedical science research
• discuss an aspect, issue or problem within a human, public health or biomedical science research field
• retrieve, interpret and evaluate information in medical and other research based publications
• design, frame, conduct and report on a small-scale project in human, public health or biomedical science research.
  

The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science

Students who have successfully completed at least the first two years of the Monash undergraduate-entry Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or the first year of the graduate-entry MBBS may take leave from their course to pursue special studies in a discipline area offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in order to qualify for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science.

Students both enrolled in or graduated from a Monash University MBBS may apply to undertake this course, as specified above.

Students who are undertaking or have undertaken a medicine program at a university other than Monash must have completed studies corresponding to a minimum of two years of the Monash undergraduate MBBS program in a medicine program with equivalent curriculum content, learning outcomes and academic standards as determined by the faculty

The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science (Global Health)

Students must have successfully completed two or more years of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Monash University.

Students seeking to receive the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science complete an honours research project (48 points), commencing this course in semester one; applications for semester two entry will be considered on a case by case basis.

Students seeking to receive the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science (Global Health) complete a coursework unit in global health research (12 points) and two project units (comprising a total of 36 points).

Medical science award students

Students commencing prior to semester two 2013 complete:

• MED4101 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science 1 (24 points)
• MED4102 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science 2 (24 points)

Students commencing Semester 2, 2013 onwards complete:

• MED4301 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science 1 (12 points)
• MED4302 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science 2 (36 points)

Global health award students

• HSC4011 Advanced studies in contemporary and global health research (12 points)
• HSC4001 Global health research project 1 (12 points)
• HSC4002 Global health research project 2 (24 points)

Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science
Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science (Global Health)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

This course provides a research pathway for high achieving graduates of a Bachelor of Midwifery course. It provides these students with opportunities to develop research skills beyond those in their undergraduate course as a basis for future research and career progression.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• critically review scientific literature in midwifery and health
• describe the processes involved in the design, development and implementation of a research project
• develop a proposal for a research project
• apply for ethical approval for projects, where necessary
• execute and analyse a research project, or a set of studies
• undertake computer-based data manipulation and analysis
• present research findings, both written and orally, to a specialist audience
• write up scientific work in a format suitable for publication
• perform a range of technical skills appropriate to their research project

This course consists of coursework, an individual research project and submission of a portfolio. The research project will constitute the major portion of the student's work and will be supervised by an academic staff member.

Students must complete:

• NUR4401 Clinical honours thesis I: Applied research methods and skills
• NUR4402 Clinical honours thesis II: Framing a research proposal
• NUR4403 Clinical honours thesis III: Conducting a research project
• NUR4404 Clinical honours thesis IV: Analysing and reporting research

Honours degree of Bachelor of Midwifery

This course provides a research pathway for high achieving graduates of a Bachelor of Nursing course. It provides students with opportunities to develop research skills beyond those in their undergraduate course as a basis for future research and career progression.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• critically review scientific literature in nursing and health
• describe the processes involved in the design, development and implementation of a research project
• develop a proposal for a research project
• apply for ethical approval for projects, where necessary
• execute and analyse a research project, or a set of studies
• undertake computer-based data manipulation and analysis
• present research findings, both written and orally, to a specialist audience
• write up scientific work in a format suitable for publication
• perform a range of technical skills appropriate to their research project
• demonstrate understanding of the research process in an area relating to nursing

The program comprises coursework, an individual research project and submission of a portfolio. The research project will constitute the major portion of the student's work and will be supervised by an academic staff member.

Students must complete:

• NUR4401 Clinical Honours Thesis I: Applied research methods and skills
• NUR4402 Clinical Honours Thesis II: Framing a research proposal
• NUR4403 Clinical Honours Thesis III: Conducting a research project
• NUR4404 Clinical Honours Thesis IV: Analysing and reporting research

Honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing

This course is an additional year of study which builds upon the knowledge and experience gained in course 3404 Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics. It allows students to develop their research skills and competencies, learn specific techniques and gain a deeper understanding of a selected aspect of human nutrition. Students undertake a research project under the supervision of an approved member of the academic or research staff. The choice of project and supervisor will be organised by the student in consultation with potential supervisors and the honours year adviser. This allows a high degree of flexibility in the type of research project that can be undertaken, while focusing on the general area of human nutrition and health.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes. For more information refer to http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

• critically review the scientific literature in their discipline
• understand the processes involved in the design, development and implementation of a research project
• develop a proposal for a research project and apply for ethics committee approval
• execute and analyse a research project, or a set of studies
• be proficient in computer based data manipulation , analysis, presentation and word
• write up scientific work in a report suitable to submit for publication
• demonstrate communication skills in both oral and written presentation to a specialist scientific audience
• refine or acquire a range of technical skills appropriate to their project
• gain insight into the research process in an area relating to the health sciences

To be eligible for entry to the Honours Degree of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics students are required to have:

• completed course 3404 Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics at Monash University, or a comparable graduate qualification in dietetics from another approved tertiary institution or completed a science-based degree with substantial nutrition content at Monash University, or another approved tertiary institution.
• a combined average of 70 per cent or higher in the final two years of their degree.

The head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetic may make a case for a student who has demonstrated research potential but does not have a grade average that meets the requirements above.

The program consists of an individual major research project and a compulsory coursework component. The research project will constitute the major portion of the student's work. In addition all students will complete a research skills component of the course that is not directly related to their specific research projects. This component will focus on the development of key research skills including statistical analysis.

Students must complete the following units:

• BND4111 Research skills for dietitians
• BND4121 Honours research project 1
• BND4122 Honours research project 2

Honours degree of Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

This course aims to increase student understanding of theoretical and methodological aspects of research, to develop their analytic, research and communication skills, and to provide them with advanced knowledge in specific areas of the science and practice of psychology. In this program students must complete coursework components designed to expand their knowledge of statistics and the ethics of psychological research and practice, and broaden their understanding of the discipline. Students also undertake a supervised research project which aims to provide training in both discipline specific and generic research skills. The research project forms the basis of a literature review and research paper presented at the end of the course.

On successful completion of the course the student will be expected to able to:

• describe and discuss theories and research, and investigate and critically evaluate issues in the core discipline areas of psychology
• contribute to discipline knowledge through research, including critical review of scientific literature, identification of research problems, design and conduct of research, application of statistical analyses to evaluate research outcomes, and clear communication of findings according to the professional requirements of the discipline
• describe and discuss the ethical standards and legislative frameworks governing research and practice in psychology, and demonstrate an appreciation of the role of ethics in maintaining the integrity of the profession
• recognise the importance of the relationship between knowledge of the scientific discipline of psychology and the application of this knowledge in the practice of psychology, and to demonstrate this understanding across a number of applications of the discipline
• demonstrate the skills required to maintain professional competence by keeping up with recent developments and contemporary issues in the field and appreciate the importance of ongoing professional development and training and demonstrate a foundation knowledge in a selected range of related discipline areas that complement the theoretical and practical application of psychology.

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree and a major sequence in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC), or qualification assessed as equivalent by the APAC. Ordinarily students would have completed course 3863 Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business or equivalent.

Admission to the honours year is determined solely by academic merit. The minimum requirement is an average grade of 70 per cent in core psychology units at the third year level, however in practice the cut-off has been in the 75-80 per cent range over the last five years. In addition the applicant must demonstrate a suitable background in research methods. Because of limitations in resources and availability of supervision, it may be necessary to limit entry.

The program is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council and meets the requirements of the Australian Psychological Society for Associate Membership.

This course consists of coursework components, a supervised research project, literature review and research paper.

Students must complete:

• PSY4100 Psychology honours research project*
• PSY4210 Statistics and research design for professional psychology
• PSY4220 Ethical and professional issues in psychology
• PSY4270 Psychological assessment

plus one elective unit from the following:

• PSY4110 Psychology in society
• PSY4130 Developmental and clinical neuroscience

* Part-time students must complete all units except PSY4100 in their first year, and undertake PSY4100 in their second year.

Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business (Psychology)

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, provides a broad understanding of the value and basic principles of biostatistical methods in health and medical research. The degree assists in understanding the principles of epidemiology and its biostatistical underpinnings and practical application as well as improving computing and data management skills.

On completion of this course, students will be expected to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding of the value and basic principles of biostatistical methods in health and medical research
• demonstrate an understanding of the principles of epidemiology and its biostatistical underpinnings
• have acquired skills in data management and statistical analyses to handle a variety of practical problems using modern statistical techniques and software
• have developed the practical and technical skills to progress to further postgraduate studies in biostatistics.

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, practical exercises and examinations.

This course consists of one core unit and three elective units.

Core unit

• MPH5040 Introductory epidemiology

Elective units

Three of:

• EPM5001 Health indicators and health surveys
• EPM5002 Mathematical background for biostatistics
• EPM5003 Principles of statistical inference
• EPM5004 Linear models
• EPM5005 Data management and statistical computing
• EPM5006 Clinical biostatistics
• EPM5007 Design of experiments and clinical trials
• EPM5008 Longitudinal and correlated data analysis
• EPM5009 Categorical data and generalised linear models
• EPM5010 Survival analysis
• EPM5012 Bioinformatics
• EPM5013 Bayesian statistical methods
• EPM5014 Probability and distribution theory
• EPM5016 Advanced clinical trials

This course articulates with 3421 Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics and then 3422 Master of Biostatistics.

Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, targets the needs of health professionals who seek training in the methods used to undertake sound clinical research. It provides the guidance through the many stages required for undertaking research, ie from the development of the research question through to the publication of the study results. The emphasis is on a practical approach to clinical research.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• understand the concepts of clinical research, its ethical aspects and principles of good research practice
• select the appropriate study design for any given research question
• write a research proposal, ethics committee submission and grant application
• initiate a research study and appropriately collect the data
• appropriate manage and analyze the research data
• prepare a manuscript for publication.

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments and examinations.

This course consists of four core units

First semester

• MPH5040 Introductory epidemiology
• MPH5041 Introductory biostatistics

Second semester

• MPH5213 Research methods
• MPH5283 Ethics, good research practice and practical research methods

This course articulates with 2309 Master of Clinical Epidemiology or can lead to the 0046 Master of Public Health.

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research Methods

This course is designed to meet the unique requirements of teachers working in health professions education using simulation as an educational modality. The course enables participants to develop their teaching, curriculum design and program evaluation skills in interprofessional settings and addresses the medical, psychosocial, technical and organisational elements unique to simulation education. Participants will also develop their working knowledge of educational theories as they apply to their simulation education roles.

On completion of the course graduates should be able to:

• differentiate between simulation-based learning and more traditional educational approaches
• demonstrate an ability to develop effective teaching practices in relation to simulation-based activities
• apply their understanding of the learning theories that underpin simulation learning and teaching
• plan effective learning environments using a range of simulation resources and communication activities
• demonstrate competence in using simulation-related tools and technologies
• design, implement and evaluate effective simulation-based educational sessions
• identify the legal, professional and ethical responsibilities of teachers in diverse educational settings
• source and critically appraise the literature related to their simulation based activities
• plan, conduct and communicate appropriate educational research in relation to simulation teaching and learning.

12 credit points

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, teaching practicals/plans and preparation of a structured teaching portfolio.

This course consists of three core units.

Students must complete:

• MEU9001 Teaching and learning in health professional education
• MEU9012 Simulation in health professional education
• MEU9014 Applied simulation

This course articulates with 3860 Master of Health Professional Education.

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Simulation