Bachelor of Nursing Practice and Bachelor of Midwifery for 2013

At a glance

Major study areas  
2013 Handbook entry 

Career opportunities

This special double degree increases your career options and rewards by offering you the chance to gain the skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to work as a midwife and nurse.

Professional recognitions

Australian

After graduating, you'll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a registered nurse and gain endorsement as a midwife.

Why study Bachelor of Nursing Practice and Bachelor of Midwifery?

Double your skills and work opportunities in hospitals, health centres and clinics everywhere. As a general nurse and midwife, you will be ready for any challenge.

Offered at our Gippsland campus, we developed this course in collaboration with hospitals and health services in the region. It offers many clinical placement opportunities so you will hit the ground running after graduating.

Our students have gained clinical experience in such diverse settings as the Latrobe Regional Hospital, the highlands of PNG and hospitals in Sweden.

Our graduates now work in major rural, remote and metropolitan hospitals, including Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital.

You'll graduate with the latest skills and knowledge to improve people's health thanks to our new midwifery skills rooms and teaching spaces at Gippsland, our presence in major Victorian teaching hospitals and emergency departments and our world-class medical research centres.

With the ability to help mothers and babies before, during and after birth and apply your general nursing skills to the broader community, you will be a highly sought after graduate, able to work with a range of health professionals in a variety of settings.

Entry requirements

Clearly in ATAR score (2013):

  • 75.65 (Gippsland)

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

4 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 6,750 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 Gippsland: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3953

CRICOS code: 070624K

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   Visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing; email nursing.enquiries-gippsland@monash.edu; telephone +61 3 9902 6454Visit

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Duration

4 years 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 Gippsland: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3953

CRICOS code: 070624K

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements  

International Student Enquiries

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

Single degree options

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Equivalent Australian Year 12.

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

The entire academic record including GPA will be considered

VCE prerequisites

Units 1 and 2- two units (any study combination) from general mathematics or mathematical methods (CAS), or Units 3 and 4-mathematics (any). 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, and
  • Successful completion of any mathematics subject.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Gippsland
2013 ATAR clearly in for CSP 75.65

Applications

Semester one (March)

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

Semester two (July)

This course is currently not available to domestic students.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

The entire academic record including GPA will be considered

VCE prerequisites

Units 1 and 2- two units (any study combination) from general mathematics or mathematical methods (CAS), or Units 3 and 4-mathematics (any). 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, and
  • Successful completion of any mathematics subject.

English requirements for international students

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.5 in Reading and Listening and 6.0 in

Writing and Speaking; or TOEFL 580 with a TWE of 4.5; or a

computer-based TOEFL 237 with an Essay Rating (ER) of 5; or an

Internet-based TOEFL score of 90 with 22 in Writing and no section lower

than 20.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

2013 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Qualification Gippsland
A Level GCE (Click on the Undergraduate Qualifications Database link above for details on how the A-Level score is calculated.) 8

Applications

Semester one (March)

Current VCE or IB students studying in Victoria should apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

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

Semester two (July)

This course is currently not available to international students.

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.

Major study areas

Anatomy and Physiology, Biosciences, Clinical studies, Midwifery, Nursing.