Course Catalogue

Bachelor of Health Services Management (WHSM01)

2026

Course Structure

A Health Services Management degree with CDU provides opportunity to start your career in health services. With flexible online delivery and options to attend internal classes the Bachelor of Health Services Management offers units of study to ensure you have the skills you need to manage, coordinate and administer health infrastructure and resources across health services.

A Health Services Management degree includes study of diverse and relevant units encompassing topics such as cultural safety, rural and remote health and research, in addition to business and law units exploring marketing, project management and human resource management. You'll study alongside students from other allied health science, business and law areas developing an understanding of multidisciplinary professions across the health industry.

There is a range of flexible delivery options which include online units, face-to-face tutorials, and for those balancing life, work and family responsibilities, there is the option to study this degree 100% online. This course also opportunities to access scholarships to support your study.

If you are a First Nations or international student, we provide access to dedicated student support to help facilitate a successful study journey.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Unit type	Credit Points	Specific requirements
Core Units (20 units)	220cp	Compulsory Core units totalling 220 credit points as detailed below. MKT103 Fundamentals of Marketing (recoded from BCO101 from 2020) HIT140 Foundations of Data Science (replaces STA101 from 2021) HSC121 Australia's Healthcare System and Policies HSC132 Introduction to Health Promotion LAW105 Introduction to Business Law MAN105 Introduction to Management SWK102 Communication Skills BUS201 Business Ethics HSC202 Social Media and Marketing in Health Promotion HSC133 Perspectives of First Nations Health (title change 2026) (replaces HSC203 from 2024) HSC213 Health Informatics HSC220 Society, culture and health: A sociological introduction (replaces HSC230 from 2021) MAN204 Project Management BUS303 Global Digital Enterprise HRM306 Global Human Resources (replaces HRM201 from 2022) SWK312 Social Research Methods HSC318 Rural and Remote Health HSC312 Global and Environmental 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. Select 10 credit points from health units: HSC111 Ethics in Health Care (replaces HSC210 from 2021) SWK201 Human Service Organisations SWK301 Working with and Developing Communities PHM301 Exploring Public Health Select 10 credit points from business management units: ACT205 Accounting for Managers (new from 2025) MAN203 Comparative Management Systems (replaces MAN212 from 2022) LOG301 Logistics and Channel Management (replaces MAN308 from 2022) HIT363 Enterprise IT Management ECO107 Fundamentals of Economics (title changed from 2026)
	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.

## Work Integrated Learning: Students are required to attend the community health project/placement as allocated by CDU Placement Office.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2025

ECO107 Economics and the Modern Business Enterprise and ACT205 Accounting for Managers have been added as specialist elective options.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022

HRM306 Global Human Resources replaces HRM201 Human Resources Management from 2022. Students who have already completed HRM201 should not complete HRM306.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2021

HIT140 Foundations of Data Science replaces STA101 Statistics 1 from 2021. Students who have already completed STA101 will not be required to complete HIT140.
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.

Further Assistance

For further assistance please contact Student Central on 1800 061 963 (freecall) or student.central@cdu.edu.au. Student Central staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HELP (Higher Education Loan Program), external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.

Unit Catalogue - provides general information about each unit including a brief description, the semester and mode offered as well as the fees for Commonwealth Supported places.
Timetables - provides information about individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are published early in December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.