A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (22 units) | 220cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 220 credit points as detailed below. SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2 SWK102 Communication Skills HSC111 Ethics in Health Care (replaces HSC210 from 2021) HSC121 Australia's Healthcare System and Policies HSC112 Basics of Epidemiology HSC122 Foundations of Public Health HSC132 Introduction to Health Promotion HSC202 Social Media and Marketing in Health Promotion HSC133 Perspectives of Indigenous Health (replaces HSC203 from 2024) HSC204 Chronic Conditions Management HSC211 Mental Health Wellbeing HSC220 Society, culture and health: A sociological introduction (replaces HSC230 from 2021) MAN204 Project Management PHM301 Exploring Public Health SWK312 Social Research Methods HSC312 Global and Environmental Health HSC318 Rural and Remote Health HSC331 Health Science Community Practicum A (20 cp) HSC332 Health Science Community Practicum B (20 cp) |
Specialist Electives (2 units) | 20cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below. PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A (replaced by PSY150 2022) HSC213 Health Informatics IAS352 Practices and Skills in Indigenous Community Work SPE320 Nutrition and Health SWK301 Working with and Developing Communities SWK313 Engaging with Individual and Families in Partnership |
| 240cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022
PSY140 has been replaced by PSY150. Students that have completed PSY140 prior to 2022 should not complete PSY150.
Course Changes - 2021
HSC111 Ethics in Health Care has replaced HSC210 Health Sociology from 2021. Students have completed HSC210 do not need to complete HSC111.
HSC220 Society, culture and health: A sociological introduction has replaced HSC230 Cultural Safety in Health from 2021. Students have completed HSC230 do not need to complete HSC220.