Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts
2018 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2018 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2018. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2018. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 3 2018. If you require a course map from a previous year, please contact a Student Adviser. |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Cloud Campus | Yes |
| Duration | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 035503K Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Deakin course code | D391 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Mandatory student checks
- Pathways
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Third party arrangements
- Research and research-related study
Course overview
This flexible, well-rounded combined degree lets you choose your course structure so that you can find a special niche that reflects your individual passions and interests. Careers might include those in policy, health education or health/wellness media.
Choose from health majors such as Health and Sustainability, Exercise Science, Food Studies, and Health Promotion. Arts majors include politics and policy, public relations, journalism, gender studies and film and television.
With a wide range of study areas available, you can tailor your course to tap into your unique interests and career aspirations. You could combine politics and policy studies with nutrition for careers in health policy, health promotion with media and communication to work on a national health campaign, or match food studies with journalism to become a food blogger or restaurant reviewer.
Depending on the study areas you choose in the Health Sciences component, you may qualify to work in areas such as health promotion, community health, project management, program planning, family and community support, housing services, social inclusion work, ageing and physical activity.
An Arts degree can open doors to careers in international relations, journalism, advertising, public relations, policy development, research, community services, sociology, community development, and visual arts.
Holding a degree in both disciplines means that you can pursue careers where the two overlap. These might include roles in health media, food writing, community health education, public relations for health or food companies, health research or coordinating community arts projects
Indicative student workload
As a student in the Faculty of Health you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Career opportunities
As a graduate of this combined course you have the opportunity to broaden your career opportunities. The type of options available to you will depend on the major sequences you take within your course.
Depending on the study areas you choose throughout the health sciences component of this course, you may qualify to work in areas such as health promotion, health education, community health, project management, program planning, case management, counselling, family and community support, housing services, regional health service planning, sports psychology, sports nutrition and sports development.
An arts degree provides skills for a wide range of careers. Graduates may find careers in international relations, journalism, professional writing, advertising, media, photography, multimedia, publishing, public relations, marketing, sales, personnel and industrial relations, government, administration, policy development, research, business, banking, finance, community services, ethnic affairs, psychology, social work, community development, education, policing, the security industry, performing arts (including dance and drama) and visual arts.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. Refer the relevant unit guide.Pathways
This course provides a pathway to higher degree by research courses (if students undertake an additional Honours year) and other postgraduate coursework programs.Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.
Course Learning Outcomes
See course entry for Bachelor of Health Sciences (H300) or Bachelor of Arts (A300)
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts students must attain 32 credit points. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. In order to gain 32 credit points you will need to study 32 units (AKA 'subjects') over your entire degree. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters each year.
You must fulfil the requirements of each of the two degrees in your course of study.
The course comprises a total of 32 credit points which must include:
- 16 credit points from the Faculty of Health including 6 compulsory core units in the Bachelor of Health Sciences PLUS one major (6 credit points) and one minor (4 credit points)
- 16 credit points from the Faculty of Arts comprising two major sequences (8 credit points each) or one major sequence (8 credit points) and one minor sequence (4 credit points) as described under course A300 Bachelor of Arts. Students are also required to complete AAI018 Academic Integrity (0 credit point compulsory unit).
See course entry for Bachelor of Health Sciences (H300) or Bachelor of Arts (A300)
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. Click here for more information.Course structure
The course structure includes 16 credit points from each of the two component courses. The 16 unit maximum size of the component degrees of combined courses does not permit students in D391 to complete two major sequences within the Health Sciences degree. For this reason, they are restricted to a major sequence and a minor sequence. The sixteen credit points within the Health Sciences component of the combined course are made up of:
- The six core units of the Bachelor of Health Sciences;
- A major sequence of six credit points (as listed above), consisting of the specified units at Levels 1, 2 and 3;
- A minor sequence of four credit points, consisting of at least one unit at Level 1 and no more than one unit at Level 3 (subject to pre-requisite requirements) from the set of approved major sequences.
Work experience
Work-Integrated Learning
A core unit at third-year level, based on inter-professional learning (IPL), provides students the opportunity to draw together their cross-disciplinary learning to demonstrate the knowledge and the skills they have acquired throughout the course and apply them to real-world issues. HSH324 Integrated Learning for Practice involves interdisciplinary teams working to develop responses to real-world problems for presentation to a professional audience.
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Third party arrangements
Nature of third party arrangements
Deakin College offers a subset of 1st year subjects of the degree as part of the Diploma of Health Sciences. Students who complete the program with a WAM of at least 50, can gain entry into H300, with credit for core and other units already completed, enabling them to enter at 2nd yr level of the degree.
Quality assurance arrangements
The units offered by Deakin College are those offered as part of the H300. Quality assurance is as for the rest of H300.
Research and research-related study
The degree includes two core units that offer research-related study, HBS108 and HSH219. HBS108 ‘Health Information and Data’ provides the basic skills necessary to be consumers and providers of health research information. The unit comprises nine topics, covering: measuring health and disease in populations, introduction to qualitative research, study design, obtaining online health information, evaluating popular health claims, introduction to quantitative research, evidence based practice including critical appraisal. HSH219 ‘Population Health: A Research Perspective’ aims to introduce students to the principles and practices of research in public health and health promotion with a focus on current population health issues using qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. The unit covers topics such as the development and expression of research aims, questions and hypotheses; the application of appropriate research methods specific to research questions; and the different ways of collecting data in various research settings. In addition, the capstone unit in the final year, HSH324, may further provide some students with opportunities to conduct research activities dependent on the nature of projects offered by employers/organisations. Finally, a range of units across the majors incorporate smaller applied research tasks, such as health needs analyses of specific groups, service profiles, social issues research etc.