Doctor of Health Science

What is this course about?

CSU's Doctor of Health Science is designed to provide for the academic and professional development of applicants working in the broad area of the health sciences while allowing significant flexibility to accommodate individual student, industry and/or professional requirements.

CSU's Doctor of Health Science aims to provide a tool for advanced research enabling candidates to contribute in a significant way to the knowledge and practice in their profession. Offered part-time by distance education, the course is designed to provide academic and professional development to applicants working in the broad area of the Health Sciences while allowing significant flexibility to accommodate individual student, industry and/or professional requirements and needs.

Candidates complete course-work and an applied research/professional component, which allows students to develop a research question or topic for investigation by conducting an intensive literature review, critique and reflect on their professional practices. The research/investigation will then be conducted and outcomes presented as reports or publications.

Career opportunities

This course is learner driven. The course aims to provide the individual with the skill and knowledge base to extend their clinical capability, providing opportunity for career advancement, employment diversification and a stimulating working environment. The course is particularly appropriate for the following disciplines:

• allied health
• community health
• complementary medicine
• dentistry
• medical radiation science
• medical science
• medicine
• nursing
• pharmaceutical science 

Credit

Upon admission, all students are awarded a credit package of 48 points for completion of discipline development within coursework Master studies.

International students

International Higher Degree by Research students can commence study on campus no sooner than six weeks before the session start date and no later than the census date.

Campus

Multi campus

Duration

3-4 years full-time, 6-8 years part-time

CRICOS code

068865M

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points, comprising the credit package (48 points) awarded upon admission, and 144 points completed during enrolment in the course.