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Bachelor of Health Science (Honours)


Bachelor of Health Science (Honours)
BHlthSc(Hons)

Normal course duration

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Admission criteria

To be eligible for admission, applicants must have been awarded, or be eligible to graduate with the Bachelors Degree in a health discipline, or an equivalent qualification from another recognised tertiary institution. Normally, to be eligible, a student must have completed 50% of their second and third level subject points at a grade of credit (CR) or better, have no fail (FL) grades in level 2 and 3 subjects, and have completed of the degree in minimum time.

Credit

Standard CSU Credit regulations apply.

Graduation requirement

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Course structure

The course consists of a 64 points, one year full-time or two-year part-time, with a specialisation in a particular research area. The honours project/dissertation component is 32 points. The course comprises of:

Research Development subjects:

BMS400 Biomedical Sciences Honours Research Methods (16)
OR
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
HLT506 Health Master's Proposal

Research Discipline Coursework subjects:

HLT510 Clinical Issues in Health
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
OR
Two 8 point (or one 16 point) level 4 or level 5 'health' coursework subject(s) which are aimed at enhancing the students knowledge in areas directly related to their area of research interest. Must be approved by the course coordinator on the recommendation of the supervisory team.

Research Dissertation:

Full time students;

HLT410 Health Sciences Honours Research Project/Dissertation (32)

Part time students;

HLT411 Health Sciences Honours Research Project/Dissertation (32)

Enrolment pattern

Full-time

Session 1

BMS400 Biomedical Sciences Honours Research Methods (16 points)
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
and
HLT506 Health Master's Proposal
plus
HLT510 Clinical Issues in Health
and
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making

Session 2

HLT410 Health Sciences Honours Research Project/Dissertation (32 points)

Part-time

Session 1

BMS400 Biomedical Sciences Honours Research Methods (16 points)
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
and
HLT506 Health Master's Proposal

Session 2

HLT510 Clinical Issues in Health
and
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making

Session 3

HLT411 Health Sciences Honours Research Project/Dissertation (32 points) (commenced)

Session 4

HLT411 Health Sciences Honours Research Project/Dissertation (32 points) (completed)

Contact

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