Honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing for 2013

At a glance

2013 Handbook entry 

Career opportunities

The Honours degree provides students with a recognised pathway to a higher degree by research. Graduates may also work in clinical positions requiring identification of evidence based practice and leadership in practice change such as project leaders, coordinators and research assistants.

Why study Honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing?

By completing an honours degree, students will acquire knowledge, competence, skill and attributes that enhance their ability to promote professional nursing and to lead and achieve in their chosen fields. Nursing in contemporary health care requires highly trained professionals, who are technically competent and capable of identifying problems, and applying research methods in a practice environment. Students undertaking the Bachelor of Nursing are selected into the honours degree at the completion of the second year. Students undertaking the honours degree begin taking research units in their third year.

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

1 year full-time
2 years part-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 5,868 AUD
Note: see information on how average fee is calculated.

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Berwick: full-time, part-time
  • On-campus at Clayton: full-time, part-time
  • On-campus at Gippsland: full-time, part-time
  • On-campus at Peninsula: full-time, part-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 1249

CRICOS code: 072592G

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   Visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing; telephone: +61 3 9904 4260 (Peninsula), email nursing.enquiries@med.monash.edu.au

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Duration

1 year full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$ 25,980 AUD

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Berwick: full-time
  • On-campus at Clayton: full-time
  • On-campus at Gippsland: full-time
  • On-campus at Peninsula: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 1249

CRICOS code: 072592G

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements  

International Student Enquiries

Telephone: +61 3 9903 4788
Email: study@monash.edu

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

To be eligible for entry to the Honours Degree of the Bachelor of Nursing students are required to have:

  • completed course 0727 Bachelor of Nursing or 3963 Bachelor of Nursing Practice at Monash University, or a comparable undergraduate qualification in nursing from another approved tertiary institution
  • a combined average of 70 per cent or higher for semesters three, four, five and six of the Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent performance in the final two years of a nursing degree from another tertiary institution.

The Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery may make a case for a student who has demonstrated research potential but does not have a grade average that meets the requirements above.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Apply now (online or by mail)

Semester two (July)

Applications for this course are made directly to the department.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

English requirements for international students

Satisfactory completion of a sufficient period of study, at a sufficiently advanced level, in an English-medium institution, or substantial English-medium school or department within a larger institution. The applicant must have completed satisfactorily the equivalent of 48 Monash University credit points (a standard full-time year) either

of study in a university undergraduate award program or

study in a TAFE or VET diploma program, or

study in a program that has been assessed as being taught at an equivalent in level to Monash University undergraduate study.

Gaining the required result in one of the following tests of English language:

a minimum overall IELTS test score of at least 7.0 with individual band scores required at 6.5 for Reading, 6.5 for Listening, 6.0 for Writing and 6.0 for Speaking.

a TOEFL minimum test score of either:

in the written TOEFL, 580 with a Test of Written English (TWE) score of at least 4.5

in the internet-based TOEFL, an overall score of at least 90 with at least 22 in the written section, and no less than 20 in any section

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications are made directly to the University and can be made online via International Recruitment Services.

Semester two (July)

Applications are made directly to the University and can be made online via International Recruitment Services.

Enrolment obligation

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than 25% of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students cannot enrol exclusively in distance and/or online learning study in any compulsory study period. See standard 9.4 of The National Code 2007.