General Information

Overview

The only thing certain about the future is that it’s uncertain. Strengthen your ability to cope with uncertainty with our Bachelor of Health Science/ Bachelor of Arts. Gain highly-transferable skills in digital literacy, analytical thinking, and communication. Examine the effects of climate change, equality, and discrimination on people's health and wellbeing. Help people live happier, healthier lives.

Study structure

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Health Science/ Bachelor of Arts requires students to complete units of study to the value of 400 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated.

  • Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year

  • Part-time study: 50 credit points/four standard units of study per year

  • One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)

  • See the course planner for an example degree structure.

  • Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year

  • One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)

  • See the course planner for an example degree structure.

Units of study Unit code
Core units
Technology and Society
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
ART10002
Skills and Strategies for Social Change
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
ART20003
Changemakers in Action
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
ART30004
BA Professional Practice
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
ART30005
Units of study Unit code
Core units
Anatomy and Physiology
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO10004
Introduction to Health Sciences
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
HEA10001
Digital Health Foundations
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
HEA10004
Brain and Behaviour
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
PSY10007
Foundations of Statistics
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
STA10003
Health and Disease Across the Life Course
Core unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO20004
Research Methods for Health Sciences
Core unit, 12.5 credit points, Non-psychology majors only
HEA20007
Introduction to Research Methods
Core unit, 12.5 credit points, Psychology majors only
PSY10005
Units of study Unit code
Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO10008
Introduction to Biochemistry
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BCH20002
Physiology in Medical and Health Sciences
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR20003
Infections and Immunology in Health Sciences
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO20005
Genes and Genomics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO30006
Body Function and Structure for Health Science
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO30007
Pathophysiology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BIO30008
Units of study Unit code
Neurophysiology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU20006
Technology and Data Acquisition
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP10001
Measurement and Instrumentation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP20010
Medical Imaging Systems
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP20009
Physiological Signals
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP30007
MedTech Design and Innovation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
BME30001
Biomedical Project
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP30003
Cardiopulmonary and Renal Physiology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MBP30009
Units of study Unit code
Neuroscience
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU10002
Neurophysiology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU20006
Neuroimaging
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU20007
Sensation and Perception
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU20005
Developmental and Molecular Neuroscience
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU20008
Higher Cortical Functions
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU30004
Advanced Topics in Neuroscience
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU30007
Neuropsychopharmacology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NEU30009
Units of study Unit code
Chemistry 1
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CHE10001
Introduction to Nutrition
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR10001
Physiology in Medical and Health Sciences
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR20003
Nutrition Science
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR20001
Nutrition in the Life Course
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR20002
Nutrition and Disease Prevention
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR30001
Public Health Nutrition
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR30004
Nutritional Biochemistry
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR30005
Units of study Unit code
Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC10005
Physical Activity, Health and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SPH10013
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HEP20002
Epidemiology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
STA20009
Indigenous Health
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HEA20006
Health Communication
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HEP30003
Public Health Nutrition
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
NTR30004
Leadership and Innovation in Health Promotion
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HEA30010
Units of study Unit code
Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC10005
Power and Protest: The History and Politics of Social Movements
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HIS10005
History, Politics and Human Rights
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HIS20009
First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20004
Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI20010
Conflict, Justice and Peace
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30019
Environmental Philosophy
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI30009
Changing our Climate: Past and Future
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC30020
Units of study Unit code
Fundamentals of Criminology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CRI10002
Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
FOR10001
Global Crime
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CRI20002
Policing: Systems and Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CRI20001
Youth Justice and Crime
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CRI30010
Corrections: Systems and Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
CRI30002
Cyber Crime and Security
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30018
Units of study Unit code
Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC10014
Introduction to Ethics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI10008
Digital Justice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL20019
Technology, Intimacy and Family Life
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC20003
Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL20018
Thinking and Intelligence: Critical, Creative, Artificial
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI30011
Planet B: Space and Extra-Terrestrial Ethics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI30012
Bodies, Health and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC30021
Units of study Unit code
Connecting with Culture: Indigenous Australian Experiences
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS10001
Global History
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HIS10003
Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS10002
First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20004
International Indigenous Perspectives
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20002
International Indigenous Perspectives
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20002
Indigenous Representations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20001
Indigenous Enterprise And Entrepreneurship
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS30001
Indigenous Knowledges
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS30002
Contemporary Communities
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS30003
Units of study Unit code
Global Perspectives on Modernity
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC10012
Global History
Major unit
HIS10003
Race, Ethnicity and Migration
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC20013
Work in a Globalised World
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL20020
International Indigenous Perspectives
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
INS20002
Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC30013
Politics of the Pacific
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30014
Borders, Security, and Belonging
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30022
Units of study Unit code
What is Power?
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI10007
Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL20009
Contemporary Approaches to Security
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL20016
Philosophy, Media, Culture
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI20006
Propaganda
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
HIS10006
Philosophy, Politics and Society
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
PHI30010
The Politics of Public Policy
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30010
Critical Security Studies
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
POL30020
Units of study Unit code
Writing Fiction
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT10002
Reading and Writing Genre Texts
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT10003
Diversity in Australian Writing
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT20002
Exploring Iconic Texts
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT20004
Prose Poetics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT20003
Reading, Writing and Criticism
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT30005
Scripting for Screen and Beyond
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT30006
Literary Industry Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT30004
Units of study Unit code
Introduction to Game Studies
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
ART10004
Screen Studies: Movies, Television and Ourselves
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MDA10003
Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
SOC10014
Screen Franchising and Innovation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MDA20007
Popular Culture of the Asia Pacific
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MDA20018
Screen Technology and Culture
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MDA30016
Screen Sounds and Music
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
MDA30019
Graphic Narratives: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
Major unit, 12.5 credit points
LIT30002

Choose from a combination of the following course components to complete 50 credit points of other study. Students may also select elective units (12.5 credit points each).

Advanced minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points in a field of study which builds upon your first major. Advanced minors can only be taken in conjunction with specific majors - more information will be available soon.

Mental Health Advanced

Minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points and may be chosen from any field of study.

  • Accounting
  • Advertising 
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Psychology
  • Aviation
  • Biomedical Science 
  • Biotechnology 
  • Branded Environments
  • Chemistry
  • Cinema and Screen Studies
  • Climate and Social Justice
  • Communication Design 
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing 
  • Criminology 
  • Data Analytics
  • Data Science 
  • Design Principles and Processes 
  • Digital Advertising Technology 
  • Digital Marketing 
  • Diversity and Multiculturalism 
  • Editing
  • Engineering 
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Ethics and Technology 
  • Film and Television Theory
  • Finance 
  • Games and Interactivity 
  • Health Statistics 
  • Health Societies 
  • Higher Mathematics 
  • History 
  • Human Resource Management 
  • Indigenous Studies 
  • Industrial Design 
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Innovation
  • Interior Architecture 
  • Interior Documentation and Construction
  • International Relations and Security 
  • Journalism 
  • Literature
  • Management 
  • Management for Health 
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing 
  • Media Industries 
  • Motion Design 
  • Neuroscience 
  • Nutrition
  • Perspectives on Globalisation 
  • Philosophy 
  • Photomedia 
  • Physics 
  • Politics and International Relations 
  • Professional and Creative Writing
  • Public Relations 
  • Screen Studies and Popular Culture
  • Social Impact 
  • Social Media 
  • Sociology 
  • Space Technology Minor
  • Web Development
View minor units

You'll get paid to work in an area related to your field of study for either 6 or 12 months, where you'll combine hands-on learning with academic submissions, workplace reflection and feedback from your host organisation. Most students undertake their placements in the third year of their degree, so you’ll want to map out your electives as soon as you can and register for a placement at least 6 months before your preferred start date.

Units of study Unit code
Option 1
Work Experience in Industry A
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points
WEI20001
Integrated Professional Placement A - Health
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points
HEA20003
Work Experience in Industry B
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points
WEI20002
Integrated Professional Placement B - Health
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points
HEA20004
or
Option 2
Work Experience in Industry A
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points
WEI20001
Integrated Professional Placement A - Humanities
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points
SOC20018
Work Experience in Industry B
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points
WEI20002
Integrated Professional Placement B - Humanities
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points
SOC20019

These recommended elective units can deepen your understanding of your chosen major or an area of interest. A full list of available elective units can be found upon enrolment.

Biomedical Science major
  • ART10001 Academic Literacies: Situating University Knowledge
  • BCH20001 Biochemistry of Genes and Proteins
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • CHE10002 Chemistry 2
  • ENT10001 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
  • HEA10006 Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science
  • INF10026 First Year Industry Project
  • INS10001 Connecting with Culture: Indigenous Australian Experiences
  • LIT20001 Reading, Writing and Criticism
  • MBP20009 Medical Imaging Systems
  • MBP30009 Cardiopulmonary and Renal Physiology
  • MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
  • MTH00007 Preliminary Mathematics
  • NEU10002 Neuroscience
  • NEU20005 Sensation and Perception
  • NEU20006 Neurophysiology
  • NEU20007 Neuroimaging
  • NEU20008 Developmental and Molecular Neuroscience
  • NEU30002 Sleep and Attention
  • NTR20001 Nutrition Science

Clinical Technologies major
  • BIO10003 Concepts of Biotechnology
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • BME40004 Medical and Regulatory Practice
  • BME40005 Advanced Medical Imaging Systems
  • CHE10001 Chemistry 1
  • COS10009 Introduction to Programming
  • COS20007 Object Oriented Programming
  • COS30045 Data Visualisation
  • DES20057 Toolbox for Prototyping and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • DES30066 Innovation Challenge Project
  • HEA20005 International Internship - Health (Extended)
  • MTH10010 Essential Mathematics
  • NEU20005 Sensation and Perception
  • NEU20007 Neuroimaging
  • NEU20008 Developmental and Molecular Neuroscience
  • NEU30002 Sleep and Attention
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • SWE20004 Technical Software Development

Neuroscience major 
  • ACC10007 Financial Information for Decision Making
  • BCH20001 Biochemistry of Genes and Proteins
  • BCH20002 Introduction to Biochemistry
  • BIO10008 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
  • BIO20002 The Microbial World
  • BIO30004 Molecular Biotechnology
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • CHE10001 Chemistry 1
  • LIT20001 Reading, Writing and Criticism
  • MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
  • MTH00007 Preliminary Mathematics
  • NEU30002 Sleep and Attention
  • NTR10001 Introduction to Nutrition
  • NTR20001 Nutrition Science
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
  • SPO10002 The Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity
  • STA10003 Foundations of Statistics
  • STA20006 Analysis of Variance and Regression

Nutrition major
  • BCH20001 Biochemistry of Genes and Proteins
  • BCH20002 Introduction to Biochemistry
  • BIO10001 Concepts of Biology
  • BIO30006 Genes and Genomics
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • BIO30008 Pathophysiology
  • CHE10002 Chemistry 2
  • CHE10005 Consumer Chemistry
  • DCO20001 Brand and Identity Design
  • HEA10006 Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science
  • HEA30010 Leadership and Innovation in Health Promotion
  • HEP20002 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • HEP30003 Health Communication
  • MBP30003 Biomedical Project
  • MBP30008 Clinical Practicum 2 - Cardio
  • MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
  • MKT10009 Marketing and the Consumer Experience
  • MKT30018 Marketing Insights
  • NEU20006 Neurophysiology
  • PSY30001 Psychology of Health
  • SPO10001 The Sports Industry
  • SPO20001 Building Sport Brands
  • SPO20003 Sport Business Analytics
  • SPO30001 Leading Sport Organisations
  • SPO30003 Future of Sport

Public Health and Health Promotion major
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology
  • CRI30010 Youth Justice and Crime
  • DCO20003 Information Design
  • DCO20004 Web Design
  • DDD10007 Introduction to Design Principles and Processes
  • MKT10009 Marketing and the Consumer Experience
  • NTR10001 Introduction to Nutrition
  • NTR20002 Nutrition in the Life Course
  • NTR30004 Public Health Nutrition
  • POL10001 Australian Politics
  • POL30010 The Politics of Public Policy
  • PSY20016 Social Psychology
  • PSY30001 Psychology of Health
  • PSY30011 Psychology of Wellbeing
  • PUB20004 Issues, Crisis and Risk Communication
  • PUB30001 Events Management
  • SOC20003 Technology, Intimacy and Family Life
  • SOC20013 Race, Ethnicity and Migration

Psychology and Forensic Science major
  • ACC10007 Financial Information for Decision Making
  • BIO30007 Body Function and Structure for Health Science
  • CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology
  • CRI20001 Policing: Systems and Practice
  • CRI20002 Global Crime
  • CRI30002 Corrections: Systems and Practice
  • HEP20002 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
  • NEU10002 Neuroscience
  • NEU20006 Neurophysiology
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PSY20008 Psychology of Infancy and Early Childhood
  • PSY20009 Dimensions of Human Sexuality
  • PSY20011 Human Factors Psychology
  • PSY30014 Applied Social Psychology
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
  • SOC20020 Deviance, Difference and Conformity
  • STA20009 Epidemiology
Climate and Social Justice major
  • CRI30010 Youth Justice and Crime
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • INS20002 International Indigenous Perspectives
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI30010 Philosophy, Politics and Society
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30010 The Politics of Public Policy
  • SOC20013 Race, Ethnicity and Migration
  • SOC30013 Global Gender and Sex
     
Criminology major
  • ART10001 Academic Literacies: Situating University Knowledge
  • CHE10007 Introduction to Forensic Science
  • ECO30002 Economic Policy in Society
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • NEU10002 Neuroscience
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI30008 Ethics
  • PHI30010 Philosophy, Politics and Society
  • POL30009 Critical Perspectives On Terrorism
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
     
Ethics and Technology major
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS20004 Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI20010 Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
  • PHI20010 Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
  • PHI30009 Environmental Philosophy
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • SOC10005 Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions
  • SOC10012 Global Perspectives on Modernity
  • SOC30020 Changing our Climate: Past and Future
     
Indigenous Studies major
  • CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology
  • CRI20001 Policing: Systems and Practice
  • CRI30002 Corrections: Systems and Practice
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS30002 Gender and History
  • HIS30007 War and Peace in the 20th Century
  • HIS30012 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI20001 Environmental Philosophy
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI30008 Ethics
  • POL20008 Australian Foreign Policy
  • POL20009 Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
  • POL20010 International Relations and Security Studies
  • POL30009 Critical Perspectives On Terrorism
  • SOC10012 Global Perspectives on Modernity
  • SOC20020 Deviance, Difference & Conformity
     
Literature and Creative Writing major
  • DIG20001 Digital Narratives
  • FTV20005 The Australian Screen
  • FTV30001 Breaking the Screen
  • FTV30005 Hollywood Cinema
  • GAM20004 Writing for Interactive Narratives
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MDA20001 Business of Media
  • MDA20007 Screen Franchising and Innovation
  • MDA20009 Digital Communities
  • MDA20025 National Media in A Globalised World
  • MDA30007 Media and Communications Project B
  • MDA30009 Radio, Audio and Podcasting
  • POL10001 Australian Politics
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
  • SOC20020 Deviance, Difference & Conformity
     
Perspectives on Globalisation major
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • POL20009 Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
  • POL20016 Contemporary Approaches to Security
  • POL20018 Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • POL30020 Critical Security Studies
  • SOC10014 Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
     
Politics, Power and Technology major
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS20004 Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
  • POL20018 Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30014 Politics of the Pacific
  • POL30018 Cyber Crime and Security
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • POL30022 Borders, Security, and Belonging
  • SOC10014 Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
     
Screen Studies and Popular Culture major
  • ADV10001 Principles of Advertising
  • COM10007 Professional Communication Practice
  • DIG10004 Digital Video and Audio
  • FTV20005 The Australian Screen
  • FTV30001 Breaking the Screen
  • FTV30005 Hollywood Cinema
  • JOU10004 News Writing
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • LIT20002 Australian Writing: Mapping Diversity
  • LIT30002 Graphic Narratives: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
  • MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MDA10006 Innovation Cultures: Perspectives On Science and Technology
  • MDA10008 Global Media Industries
  • MDA20001 Business of Media
  • MDA20003 Networked Selves
  • MDA20009 Digital Communities
  • MDA20011 Sports/Advertising/Media
  • MDA20014 Media and Social Impact
  • MDA20025 National Media in A Globalised World
  • MDA30006 Media and Communications Project A
  • MDA30007 Media and Communications Project B
  • MDA30009 Radio, Audio and Podcasting

Find more detail about elective units

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Arts, graduates will be able to: 

  • apply Health Sciences concepts, practices, theories and evidence across a range of health-related issues
  • retrieve, critically evaluate and communicate information about local and global Health Sciences issues from a variety of perspectives
  • find and integrate information from a variety of sources using a range of technologies
  • apply knowledge and skills associated with Health Sciences to a range of health-related activities, working independently and in teams
  • apply innovation and technology to extend the boundaries of knowledge and research in Health Sciences
  • demonstrate professional and ethical behaviours
  • reflect on current skills, knowledge and attitudes, and plan ongoing personal and professional development
  • promote and optimise the health and welfare of individuals and/or populations.
  • systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources to inform their knowledge and conceptual understandings in the humanities and/or social sciences
  • formulate arguments that are fit for purpose and demonstrate an understanding of the relevant theories and evidence in their areas of expertise
  • critically analyse information to generate creative solutions to solve complex problems in the area of humanities and/or social sciences, and understand the importance of inter-disciplinarity for generating solutions
  • Define and integrate theoretical principles and apply these in their areas of expertise
  • apply knowledge and skills with responsibility and accountability for their own learning and practice, individually and in collaboration with others
  • interpret and communicate ideas, problems and arguments in modes suitable to a range of audiences using a range of media
  • coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas in local and international contexts.

Career opportunities

There are countless career opportunities with this double degree combination.

You’ll graduate equipped with a strong set of practical and transferable skills relevant to a broad range of industry sectors and career outcomes.

Depending on your chosen study areas:

Your Health Science career outcomes may include biomedical device specialist, cardiac scientist, clinical neurophysiologist,  community worker, community development officer, clinical technologist, development scientist, hospital scientist, healthcare consultant, health communication officer, health policy developer, health promotion project officer, health marketer, medical researcher/scientist, and nutritionist

Arts career outcomes may include activism, advocacy, advertising, anti-corruption, business administration, climate action, consumer protection, community development, corrections, cultural services, ethics, human rights, government and government relations, indigenous engagement, national security and intelligence, international relations, large multinational organisations, NGO/aid work, policy development, politics, media and communication, marketing, unions, youth services, and writing.

A Health Science/Arts double degree can also result in strengthening career success areas such as community work, community development, ethics, health communication, health policy development, NGO/aid work, research and youth services.

Alternatively, you may continue onto postgraduate study for a career in primary or secondary school teaching, or to specialise at a more advanced level in media and communication, writing or to pursue a business area or interest.

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Health Science / Bachelor of Arts, students must complete 400 credit points comprising:

  • Twelve (12) core units of study (150 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Health Sciences discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Other studies comprising a minor, advanced minor, or electives (50 credit points)

Students must not complete more than 150 credit points (normally 12 units) at Introductory level. A unit of study can only be counted once, where units are shared between majors and/or minors, students must choose an approved alternative. Where there are no available units, students will be required to complete an alternative approved cognate unit.

Domestic students also have an opportunity to undertake a WIL Professional Placement. Please note that due to government regulations, international students holding a student visa are not able to undertake Professional Placements in this course.

Professional placements

Professional Placements are subject to a competitive selection process. Students who undertake a 12-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 475 credit points comprising:

  • Twelve (12) core units of study (150 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Health Sciences discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Four (4) units from the Professional Placement Co-Major (100 credit points)
  • Two (2) units of study comprising electives (25 credit points)

Students who elect to undertake a 6-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 425 credit points comprising:

  • Twelve (12) core of study (150 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Health Sciences discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Eight (8) units of study from a Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • Two (2) units of study from the Professional Placement Minor (50 credit points)
  • Two (2) units of study comprising electives (25 credit points)

Maximum Academic Credit

The maximum level of credit that can be granted for the Bachelor of Health Science / Bachelor of Arts is 200 credit points (normally 16 units) 100 credit points maximum from each discipline.

Admission criteria

Information about Swinburne's general admission criteria can be found at Admissions at Swinburne - Higher Education webpage.

Entry requirements

A. Applicants with recent secondary education (within past three years)

ATAR

This course uses the ATAR as part of its selection considerations.

Guaranteed ATAR: if you receive an ATAR of 60 or higher and meet all the essential requirements for this course, you will be guaranteed an offer.

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history, including ATAR results, will be considered for entry into this course. 

Selection rank adjustments 

Selection ranks for this course will be calculated based on your ATAR with adjustments to overall study scores based on subjects studied, location of your home address, SEAS application, and participation In Swinburne's Early Leaders program. For further details about selection rank adjustments, see Admissions at Swinburne

Subject Adjustments 

A study score of 25 in any Humanities, Literature, any LOTE, any Mathematics, Physical Education or any Science equals 2 aggregate points per study. Overall maximum of 10 points

Meeting course prerequisites 

VCE units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in any English (except EAL) or at least 30 in English as Alternate Language (EAL) or equivalent.

B. Applicants with higher education study

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history, including results from previous higher education study will be considered for entry into this course. If previous higher education qualifications are incomplete, results must have been obtained in the last seven years. 

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

C. Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history from the past seven years, including complete and/or incomplete post-secondary VET studies, will be considered for entry into this course. Only graded results will be considered. 

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

D. Applicants with work and life experience

Entire academic record 

This course uses an applicant's entire academic record as part of its selection considerations, including an applicant's ATAR results from the last seven years can be considered for entry into this course. 

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

Student profile

The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students in this course. It provides data on students who commenced in this course in the most relevant recent intake period, including those admitted through all offer rounds and international students studying in Australia.

  Semester 1, 2024
Applicant background Number of students Percentage of all students
(A) Higher education study (includes a bridging or enabling course) 0 0%
(B) Vocational education and training (VET) study 0 <5
(C) Work and life experience (admitted on the basis of previous achievement not in the other three categories) 0 0%
(D) Recent secondary education:    
Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were N/A considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test, early offer conditional on minimum ATAR) <5 <5
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was N/A not a factor (e.g. special consideration, audition alone, schools recommendation scheme with no minimum ATAR requirement) N/A N/A
International students 0 0%
All students <5 100%

Notes: "<5" - the number of students is less than 5.
N/A – Students not accepted in this category.

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