Bachelor of Nursing Practice for 2012

Entry requirements

Indicative ATAR score (2012):

  • 70.4 (Gippsland)

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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
$ 5,648 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 Gippsland: full-time, part-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3963

CRICOS code:067101G

Find out more

Telephone: +61 3 99026454; Email: nursing.enquiries-gippsland@monash.edu or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing
Web: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing

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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
$ 25,980 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 Gippsland: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3963

CRICOS code:067101G

Find out more

International Student Enquiries

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

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Why study Bachelor of Nursing Practice?

Nurses provide valued services to their communities in the provision of healthcare and the promotion of health and wellbeing. This degree provides a broad educational foundation for general nursing practice and pathways to future professional employment. It allows students to develop a diverse range of skills in communication, research, clinical reasoning and judgement. Students also gain clinical experience in a wide variety of health agencies throughout Victoria, Australia and overseas. Sucessful completion of the course and meeting the requirements for registration outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian will lead to eligibility for eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Course details

Career opportunities

Nursing offers excellent and varied career prospects, both in Australia and internationally. A nurse may choose to work in a tertiary or community hospital, a community clinic or mental health service, in home-based nursing or in an extended care rehabilitation centre.

Graduates can also choose further study to become clinical nurse specialists or develop careers as educators, managers and researchers.

Professional recognitions

Australian

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

International

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Double degree options

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Equivalent Australian Year 12

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

Non year 12 applicants may be admitted through the following mechanisms:

Comparable qualifications: Applicants may be admitted to the course on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of VCE and includes qualifications at secondary or tertiary level obtained interstate or overseas or TAFE qualifications. Proof of a satisfactory English standard is required for students with overseas qualifications from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Minimum entrance requirements also include satisfactory completion of the full first year of an Associate Diploma course or an Advanced Certificate course (Cert IV) offered from a TAFE institute, or by two semester-length units of a course or non-degree studies taught by Monash, another university or Open Universities Australia.

Indigenous applicants, who have not completed school and/or are of mature age, can apply for nursing at Monash University through the Monash Indigenous Access Scheme (MIAS).

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
  • A score of at least 3 in any mathematics subject.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Gippsland
2012 ATAR clearly in for CSP 70.4

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 not available for second semester entry.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

Non year 12 applicants may be admitted through the following mechanisms:

Comparable qualifications: Applicants may be admitted to the course on the basis of qualifications deemed to be the equivalent of VCE and includes qualifications at secondary or tertiary level obtained interstate or overseas or TAFE qualifications. Proof of a satisfactory English standard is required for students with overseas qualifications from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Minimum entrance requirements also include satisfactory completion of the full first year of an Associate Diploma course or an Advanced Certificate course (Cert IV) offered from a TAFE institute, or by two semester-length units of a course or non-degree studies taught by Monash, another university or Open Universities Australia.

Indigenous applicants, who have not completed school and/or are of mature age, can apply for nursing at Monash University through the Monash Indigenous Access Scheme (MIAS).

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
  • A score of at least 3 in any mathematics subject.

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 Gippsland
International Baccalaureate 26

Applications

Semester one (March)

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

Semester two (July)

This course currently doesn't have places available for mid-year entry.

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.