M2014 Bachelor of Health Sciences

The course develops through three themes: Personal and professional development; Population, communities, health and illness; and Scientific basis of health care practice. These themes are interwoven in units throughout the course.

Personal and professional development

These studies will develop your understanding of the roles, responsibilities and expectations of health professionals and the personal and professional attributes you will need in the workplace. These include communication and interpersonal skills, teamwork, critical thinking, ethical and legal issues, and reflective practice. You will also learn about research methodologies and the application of research to the field of health.

Population, communities, health and illness

The focus of these studies is the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of ill health, disease and injury and broad societal issues such as health promotion, the application of epidemiology and statistics in the assessment of health risk in populations, public health, community diversity, population and global health. You will also develop a sound understanding of evidence-based practice.

Scientific basis of health care practice

These studies provide the foundation scientific knowledge of human systems and technology that you will require to become an expert in your area of health science

Free elective study

Elective studies will enable you to further develop your knowledge of health science or to select units from across the University in which you are eligible to enrol.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

This course comprises 144 points structured in three parts: Part A. Foundation studies (12 points), Part B. Health science study (72 points) and Part C. Free elective study (60 points).

The course develops through themes: Personal and professional development; Population, communities, health and illness; Scientific basis of health care; and Free electives. Units are clustered under themes that show the main emphasis of the unit, however, most units address more than one theme and almost all address the Personal and professional development theme.

Elective units may be at any level, however, no more than 10 units (60 points) at level 1 may be credited to the course.

Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.

Part A. Foundation studies (12 points)

You must complete:

• BMA1011 Foundation of anatomy and physiology for health practice 1
• BMA1012 Foundations of anatomy and physiology for health practice 2

Part B. Health sciences study (72 points)

You must complete:

• HSC1100 Introduction to research and evidence
• HSC1200 Introduction to public health
• HSC1300 Human health and disease
• HSC1400 The Australian healthcare system
• HSC2100 Emerging challenges in health
• HSC2200 Health and the human lifespan
• HSC2300 Health promotion and disease prevention
• PBH2001 Foundations of epidemiology
• PBH3005 Social and behavioural sciences in public health
• PBH3002 Communicable disease prevention and control
• FOR3001 Principles of forensic medicine
• PBH3012 Translating research into practice

Part C. Free elective study (60 points)

These units may be chosen from across the faculty or from across the University, including to complete a minor from another course, if you have the required prerequisites and there are no restrictions on enrolment.

Elective units may be chosen from any discipline across Monash University as long as the required prerequisites, co-requisites and any other restrictions are met. No more than four level one elective units (24 points) may be completed.

Free electives can be identified using the browse units tool and indexes of units in the current edition of the Handbook. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties.