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| Y17 Bachelor of Health Science Honours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bachelor of Health Science Honours degree qualifies individuals to apply a body of knowledge in a public health context to undertake professional work and provides a pathway for research and further learning. Graduates of a Bachelor of Health Science Honours Degree will have coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts in a population health discipline and knowledge of research principles and methods.
Graduates of a Bachelor of Health Science Honours Degree will have:
• cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge to identify and provide solutions to complex and diverse population health problems with intellectual independence and accountability for their own learning and practice whilst working in collaboration with others. • cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of population health theoretical concepts with advanced understanding in a specific area. • cognitive skills to exercise critical thinking, initiative and judgement in developing new professional understanding, practice and/or scholarship. • technical skills to design and use research in a population health research project. • communication skills to present a clear and coherent exposition of knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences.
The volume of learning of this Bachelor of Health Science Honours Degree comprises comprises a fourth year of study or its part-time equivalent after students have completed the third year of the Bachelor of Health Science or its equivalent. This is a one-year full-time (or part-time equivalent) course consisting of six units worth 20 credit points each. A total of 120 credit points is required to complete the degree. |
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| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants must have completed a Bachelor of Health Science degree or equivalent three-year undergraduate degree in a related field. It should be noted that this course commences Semester One each year (i.e. mid-year entry is not available). Special admission requirements are outlined below. |
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| SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS To be eligible to be invited to apply for admission students will normally require an overall course weighted average mark of 70% or higher; an average of 70% or higher in Major units; or an average of 70% or higher in level two and level three units of the Bachelor of Health Science. |
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| COURSE LOCATION This course is available on Joondalup Campus. |
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| MODE OF STUDY This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode. |
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| MODE OF DELIVERY This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus. |
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| COURSE STRUCTURE Students are required to complete six units totalling 120 credit points to complete the course. Students must complete three coursework units and three thesis development units culminating in the submission of a thesis for examination. |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/15/2012 VET: 3/15/2012