Bachelor of Health Science for 2012

Entry requirements

Indicative ATAR score (2012):

  • 72.75 (Caulfield)

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Duration

3 years full-time
6 years part-time

Fees for 2012

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 7,500 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 (February)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Caulfield: full-time, part-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3882

CRICOS code:068365J

Find out more

Telephone: +61 3 9903 1657, email: healthsocialscience@med.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthsciences/

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Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Duration

3 years full-time

Fees for 2012

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
$ 29,690 AUD

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

Intakes

First Semester (February)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Caulfield: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3882

CRICOS code:068365J

Find out more

International Student Enquiries

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

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Why study Bachelor of Health Science?

The Bachelor of Health Science is a multidisciplinary flexible degree that provides students with opportunities to choose pathways in public health/health promotion programs and policy, and public health sciences, leading to a wide range of careers. It also provides a pathway to postgraduate clinical programs (eg medicine, social work, nursing and allied health) as well as honours and higher degrees by research. This course offers learning that encompasses the biomedical and social aspects of health, including the physiology of disease, epidemiology, health care systems, health promotion, policy analysis and health sociology. The course has a global orientation, examining Australian and international health challenges. Graduates will be able to undertake roles as health policy and health promotion practitioners or to move into clinical or public health research. Employment may be found in hospitals and community health organisations, government health departments, non-government health agencies and research centres. Students may also take the course as a preparation for graduate study in medicine, nursing or allied health

Course details

Career opportunities

Graduates will find careers in health promotion, and health policy and management, working in government and non-government organisations such as community health or divisions of general practice, as well as in research and policy development.

Double degree options

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Equivalent year 12.

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

  • A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Caulfield
2012 ATAR clearly in for CSP 72.75

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications for on campus studies should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

  • A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL.

English requirements for international students

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

a minimum overall IELTS test score of at least 6.5 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; or

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 other section.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

2012 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Qualification Caulfield
International Baccalaureate 26

Applications

Semester one (March)

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.