UndergraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Health Science
Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Health Science at Edith Cowan University is about enhancing the health of communities and tackling health-related societal challenges such as obesity, harmful alcohol and drug use, and pandemics. Students develop skills to assess and monitor health situations and to design intervention strategies that make a difference to the lives and health of others, and gain valuable industry experience through a work placement in the final year.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- A core unit set of Population Health
- Introductory Statistics
- Epidemiology
- Health Research Methodology
- Health Research Project
- Indigenous Health
- Health Sciences Professional Practices and Anatomy and Physiology 2
- supported by a 240 credit point
- 16 unit supplementary program in a chosen major. Majors available: Addiction Studies
- Health Promotion
- Nutrition
- Nutrition Bioscience
- Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety
- and Occupational Safety and Health. Students complete 75 hours of professional practice in third year
- with a further 200 hour placement for the Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety major. Total: 3 years full time or part time equivalent
- on campus at Joondalup
- South West or online
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published where applicable, or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following: AQF Certificate IV, 0.25 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider or equivalent, an Undergraduate Certificate, the Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test, a University Preparation Course, the Indigenous University Orientation Course, or the Experience Based Entry Scheme. For international students, requirements include secondary school results.
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