Bachelor of Health Science

As the demand for healthcare increases in Australia, so makes the need for more professionals with a broad skill set.

As a health science specialist, you are responsible for the improvement and maintenance of individual and community health and wellbeing. Your in-depth industry knowledge of health beyond illness and disease is needed to plan, manage, coordinate and administer infrastructure and resources.

During your course, you will explore health-related topics relevant and often unique to patients in communities, rural and remote areas. This course has a discrete and integrated focus on Indigenous health founded on social justice and social determinants of health and cultural safety framework preparing you to apply your knowledge and skills in multiple health roles.

You will choose from four speciality fields to focus on:

?health promotion
?health services management
?public health
?foundations of occupational therapy.

It also offers an ongoing pathway for VET graduates as well as prerequisite knowledge and skills for graduate programs in allied health, public health and medicine.