Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts is a flexible degree that combines health sciences and arts, providing students with a diverse skill set. Students can choose from over 35 major options and develop critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills. The program offers work-integrated learning experiences and global experiences to prepare students for a successful career in various fields, including health, education, media, and international relations.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts

Overview:

This flexible and diverse degree equips students with a unique skill set that unlocks wide-ranging career opportunities and gives them a competitive edge in the job market. With over 35 major options, students develop specialist knowledge in their chosen disciplines and learn how to apply critical, creative, and strategic thinking to solve real-world issues.

Objectives:

• Develop a transferable skill set based on interests
• Gain a solid grounding in health sciences to expand career prospects
• Explore meaningful ideas that matter
• Acquire critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills
• Prepare for a successful career in the largest and fastest-growing employment sector in Australia

Program Description:

• Students study equal parts health sciences and arts, ensuring a well-developed skill set in both disciplines.
• They can choose from a range of majors, including strategic advertising, criminology, disability and inclusion, education, family, society and health, food studies, health promotion, international relations, sport journalism, media and communication, physical activity and health, politics and policy studies, public health, sociology, sport and society.
• Students select either the Global Challenges sequence or the Employability sequence to develop the required skills for their dream career.
• The Global Challenges sequence focuses on approaching, understanding, and responding to large-scale challenges, advancing creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• The Employability sequence provides real-life experience during the course, developing skills for the workplace and demonstrating how to translate course skills into a successful career.
• Students can pursue work-integrated learning experiences and industry practicums, including the Health practicum offered in the health promotion major, providing 120 hours of work experience in a health-related organization.
• They may also have the opportunity to experience different cultures through in-country and virtual global experiences.

Outline:

Course Structure:

• 32 credit points total
• 16 credit points from the Faculty of Health, including 6 compulsory core units, one major sequence (6 credit points), and one minor sequence (4 credit points)
• 16 credit points from the Faculty of Arts, comprising core units in either the Global Challenge sequence (3 credit points) or Employability sequence (3 credit points), plus one major sequence (8 credit points)

Core Units:

Health Sciences:

• Understanding Health
• Health Information and Data
• Australian Health Care System
• Population Health: A Research Perspective
• Program Planning, Management and Evaluation
• Integrated Learning for Practice

Arts:

• Employability sequence: Your Future Direction, Leadership and Transformation, Communication and Persuasive Presentation, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Expand Your Experience, Internship, Enhance Your Experience, Your Professional Story
• Global Challenges sequence: Global Challenges and Personal Agency, Global Challenges and Innovation Strategies, Global Challenges and Collaborative Action

Major Sequences:

Health Majors:

• Disability and Inclusion
• Exercise Science
• Family, Society and Health
• Food Studies
• Health Promotion
• Health, Nature and Sustainability
• Medical Biotechnology
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity and Health
• Psychology for Allied Health
• Public Health

Arts Majors:

• Animation
• Anthropology
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Criminology
• Design thinking
• English-Children's Literature
• English Creative Writing
• English-Literature
• Education
• Film and television studies
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• History
• Indigenous Studies
• Indonesian
• International Relations
• Media and Communication
• Media Studies
• Performing Arts
• Philosophy
• Politics and Policy studies
• Public Relations studies
• Religious Studies
• Social Media
• Sociology
• Sport and Society
• Sport Journalism
• Spanish
• Strategic Advertising
• Visual Arts and Photography
• Visual Communication Design

Careers:

Career Outcomes:

• Community health counseling
• Disability and inclusion
• Environmental health
• Health education
• Health promotion
• Nutrition
• Regional health service planning
• Sports development
• Advertising and marketing
• Criminology, sociology, and policy
• Culture and creative arts
• Education
• Government and NGOs
• Language and international relations
• Media, writing, and communication
• International relations and politics
• Health media
• Food writing
• International relations and public relations for health and food organizations