Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHlthSc) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2020

Bachelor of Health Science

Clinical & Public Health Specialisations

Year 1

Part A

Compulsory

#16 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOM1070 2 Biology for Health Sciences Part A
BIOM1071 2 Biology for Health Sciences Part B
INDH1005 2 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
PUBH1102 2 Introduction to Public Health
PUBH1103 2 Health Systems & Policy
PUBH1108 2 Health Research & Evidence
PUBH1109 2 Measurement in Health
PUBH1110 2 Integrative Thinking in Health

Years 2 and 3

Public Health Specialisation

Part B

Compulsory

#20 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
HLTH3000 2 Legal & Ethical Principles in Health
HLTH3001 2 Practicum in Health Sciences
NUTR2003 2 Nutrition in the Lifespan
PUBH2004 2 Understanding Health Behaviours
PUBH2007 2 Health Research Methods
PUBH2008 2 Major Diseases & their control
PUBH3002 2 Health Policy in Practice
PUBH3005 2 Influencing Health Behaviours
PUBH3009 2 Environmental Health
PUBH3010 2 Global Health and Infectious Disease

Part C

Electives

#12 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS2020 2 Critical Indigenous knowledges, thought and philosophy
ABTS2060 2 Critical Connections: Indigenous Relationality and/in Place
ABTS3020 2 Working with Indigenous People
ANAT2029 2 Functional Musculoskeletal Anatomy - Human Movement
ANTH2250 2 Medical Anthropology: Local and Global Perspectives
BIOC3006 2 Biochemistry of Metabolism in Health and Disease
BIOM2015 2 Physiology and Pharmacology of Human Disease
[ CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
[ or
[ CHEM1221 2 General, Organic & Biological Chemistry
ECON1010 2 Introductory Microeconomics
ECON2460 2 Health Economics
[ HLTH2000 2 Understanding Digital Health
[ or
[ HLTH2001 2 Introduction to Clinical Telehealth
HLTH3007 2 Research Project
HPRM1000 2 Physical Activity & Health
HPRM1100 2 Introduction to Health Promotion Principles & Strategies
NUTR3011 2 Understanding Population Nutrition
NUTR3012 2 Community & Public Health Nutrition
PHYL2730 2 Exercise Physiology
POLS1701 2 Introduction to International Inequality & Development
NEUR1020 2 The Brain and Behavioural Sciences
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PSYC3132 2 The New Psychology of Health
SOCY1030 2 Introduction to Health, Illness and Society

Or up to #4 units from other undergraduate courses approved by the Program Director.

A maximum of #8 units Part C courses may be taken at introductory (1000) level

Year 2 and 3

Clinical Health Specialisation

Part D

Compulsory

#20 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BIOM2011 2 Integrative Cell & Tissue Biology
BIOM2020 2 Human Anatomy
BIOM2015 2 Physiology and Pharmacology of Human Disease
[ NUTR2003 2 Nutrition in the Lifespan
[ or
[ PUBH2004 2 Understanding Health Behaviours
PUBH2007 2 Health Research Methods
PUBH2008 2 Major Diseases & their control
[ CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
[ or
[ CHEM1221 2 General, Organic & Biological Chemistry
HLTH3000 2 Legal & Ethical Principles in Health
HLTH3001 2 Practicum in Health Sciences

Part E

Electives

#12 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ANAT3022 2 Functional Neuroanatomy
ANTH2250 2 Medical Anthropology: Local and Global Perspectives
BIOC3006 2 Biochemistry of Metabolism in Health and Disease
BIOM3002 2 Human Biomedical Anatomy
BIOM3003 2 Functional Musculoskeletal Anatomy
HLTH3007 2 Research Project
HPRM1100 2 Introduction to Health Promotion Principles & Strategies
LING1000 2 The Secret Life of Language: Words and Sentences
MICR2000 2 Microbiology & Immunology
NUTR2003 2 Nutrition in the Lifespan
NUTR3011 2 Understanding Population Nutrition
NEUR1020 2 The Brain and Behavioural Sciences
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PUBH2004 2 Understanding Health Behaviours
PUBH3002 2 Health Policy in Practice
PUBH3005 2 Influencing Health Behaviours
PUBH3009 2 Environmental Health
PUBH3010 2 Global Health and Infectious Disease
SOCY1030 2 Introduction to Health, Illness and Society
STAT1201 2 Analysis of Scientific Data
CHEM1090 2 Introductory Chemistry

Or up to #4 units from other undergraduate courses approved by the Program Director.

A maximum of #8 units Part E courses may be taken at introductory (1000) level

Nutrition Specialisation

Part F

Compulsory

#40 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOM1070 2 Biology for Health Sciences Part A
BIOM1071 2 Biology for Health Sciences Part B
[ CHEM1090 2 Introductory Chemistry
[ or
[ CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
CHEM1221 2 General, Organic & Biological Chemistry
HPRM1100 2 Introduction to Health Promotion Principles & Strategies
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PUBH1102 2 Introduction to Public Health
PUBH1103 2 Health Systems & Policy

Years 2 and 3

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BIOC3006 2 Biochemistry of Metabolism in Health and Disease
BIOM2015 2 Physiology and Pharmacology of Human Disease
FOOD2000 2 Food Science
HLTH3001 2 Practicum in Health Sciences
INDH1005 2 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
NUTR2101 2 Nutrition Science
NUTR3011 2 Understanding Population Nutrition
NUTR3012 2 Community & Public Health Nutrition
NUTR3201 2 Advanced Nutrition Sciences
PHYL2730 2 Exercise Physiology
PUBH2007 2 Health Research Methods

Part G

Electives

#8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS2020 2 Critical Indigenous knowledges, thought and philosophy
ABTS2060 2 Critical Connections: Indigenous Relationality and/in Place
ABTS3020 2 Working with Indigenous People
ANTH2250 2 Medical Anthropology: Local and Global Perspectives
[ HLTH2000 2 Understanding Digital Health
[ or
[ HLTH2001 2 Introduction to Clinical Telehealth
HLTH3007 2 Research Project
LAWS1100 2 Business Law
MGTS1982 2 Working with Groups and Teams
MGTS2603 2 Leading & Managing People
MGTS2606 2 Managerial Skills & Communication
MGTS3602 2 Managing Workplace Conflict
MKTG1501 2 Foundations of Marketing
NUTR1023 2 Health & Fitness Through Diet & Exercise
NUTR3000 2 Nutrition & Exercise
POLS1201 2 Introduction to International Relations
POLS1701 2 Introduction to International Inequality & Development
POLS2211 2 International Organisations & Political Cooperation
POLS2404 2 The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance
PUBH3009 2 Environmental Health
PUBH3010 2 Global Health and Infectious Disease
SOCY1030 2 Introduction to Health, Illness and Society
SOCY3020 2 Medicine, Markets and Health: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness

Or up to #8 from other undergraduate courses approved by the Program Director.