The Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) is a three-year,
full-time programme. It may be taken as a part-time course of study, although students
wishing to apply for medicine must complete
all prescribed first year BHSc courses in an academic calendar year (Semester
One
and Semester Two).
Students begin the degree by taking a series of core courses (generally taken during
the first three semesters of study). This core curriculum is designed to provide
an introduction to many of the different types of disciplines involved in the study
of health.
Although many BHSc students will have a clear vision of their study plans, often this vision changes
as they are exposed to the wide and diverse range of career opportunities in health.
One advantage of the BHSc is the flexibility it provides students in choosing study
options that are best for them.
First year BHSc students take a common group of courses in which they study
biological, physical and social sciences alongside students enrolled in
medicine, nursing, pharmacy and biomedical science.
Prescribed eight courses for the first year BHSc students
Full-time BHSc Year One students must enrol in following prescribed eight
courses. Each course is identified by a subject (e.g., POPLHLTH) and a course
number (e.g., 101 or 108G). You are advised to enrol as soon as possible after
acceptance the offer, as popular times will soon become full. You can change
your mind after you have enrolled, but be aware of the
deadlines.
Click on the course link to find out more about the course.
Notes: some courses will not open for enrolment until the 14th of December,
2012. Find out about these courses
here.
Top
Approved elective courses for BHSc degree
You must take two courses from the following approved elective courses in your
first year.
Click on the course link to find out more about the course.
Notes:
- Students intending to apply for Medicine or Pharmacy at the end of their first
year must take BIOSCI 107 and CHEM 110 as their approved elective courses in the
first semester. See
entry requirements for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
- Preparatory Chemistry: This course is designed to assist both prospective
students who do not have a strong background in chemistry and students who
intend enrolling in first-year chemistry courses after some years away from
formal study. More information is available at
the School of Chemical Sciences website.
- If you are keen to prepare for Biosci 107 over the summer, a
preparation worksheet is available.(81.9KB PDF)
Top
Approved General Education courses for BHSc degree
As a BHSc student, you must take two General Education courses in your degree.
You must take one General Education course in year one and may take your second
General Education course at any time.
- Go to General
Education website
- Click on link
Which General Education schedules can I choose from?
You can choose your General Education courses from
You may not take a General Education course in a subject in which you have
previously passed a course, or are already enrolled or intend to enrol. For
example, you can't take POPLHLTH 103G or MEDSCI 100G as your General Education
course because POPLHLTH 111 and MEDSCI 142 are compulsory courses for BHSc
students.
General Education courses are identified by a ‘G’ suffix to their course code
(e.g. EDUC 121G). Some courses available for General Education are also
available as part of regular degree requirements, for example SPANISH 104 and
SPANISH 104G. The content and assessment for both occurrences of the course are
the same, but students must enrol in the 'G' version of the
course for this to count towards their General Education component. For example
when you do the class search for EDUC121G on SSO, you need to enter 121G
instead of 121.
You can find the answers to frequently asked questions about
General Education courses.
Alternatively you can find out a list of General Education courses approved for
your degree via programme requirements report on
Student Services Online (SSO).
Top
End of Year One – choosing the right path
For most students, the end of year one is the time when they choose their option.
The options available to BHSc students include:
Top
Path A: The Bachelor
of Health Sciences
In your second year of the BHSc you will continue to develop the breadth of your
understanding of the field of Population Health. Core courses on Health Ethics,
Environmental Health, Research Methods and Equity and Inequality build on the
stage one POPLHLTH courses you have taken this year. You will also start to take
courses in the areas that interest you, with broad choices from Nutrition
through to Biobehavioural Aspects of Drug Use, Health Promotion to Mental Health
Development.
Year two allows you to start focusing some of your studies on where your
interests lie and allows you to start thinking about how what you have already
learnt can be applied in the real world.
If you are planning to continue your studies in The Bachelor of Health Sciences
you do not need to do anything as Student Services Online will roll over your
place for 2013. Enrolment is now open so you are free to enroll at anytime.
Top
Path B: The Bachelor of Health Sciences
conjoint programmes
The BHSc has five conjoint possibilities –
Commerce,
Arts,
Law,
Science and
Nursing
The Conjoint Degrees for commerce, arts and science are 540 point programmes
which allow a student to specialize across a second area of interest alongside
their studies in Population Health.
Conjoint qualifications are very much admired by the Health Sector employers.
Nursing is a 570 point programme and Law is 660 points. We have put together the
following sites to list all the possible majors available for students entering
conjoints with Arts, Commerce, or Science:
When moving into a conjoint degree, a student can use the majority, if not all,
of the courses they have already taken in year one of their studies. There may
be a few issues with the stage one electives which were taken, depending upon
which conjoint is applied for. The
Undergraduate Teaching Office is always available to
talk through the permutations, so drop in anytime.
If you are planning to apply for a Bachelor of Health Sciences conjoint
programme you need to apply on Student Services Online by December the 8th. You
are guaranteed an offer of a place if your GPA for 2012 is 3.9 or better.
If you need any help with applying to change to a conjoint visit the
how to apply to change your programme page.
Top
Path C: Entry into other clinical programmes
The BHSc also provides an alternative entry track into the Faculty’s
undergraduate medical programme. Students who gain a minimum GPA of 6.0 (B+
average) in their first year of the BHSc degree are eligible for consideration
for entry into medicine for the following year under the Overlapping Year One
category.
In the year of application or the year immediately prior, all applicants are
required to sit the UMAT. Note
that students who plan to apply for medicine must take the five prescribed BHSc
first year papers, Chemistry of the Living World and Biology: Cellular Processes
as their approved elective courses.
Students who complete year one successfully are also eligible to apply for entry
into Nursing and Pharmacy programmes at the faculty. For more information on the
requirements and process please visit the
FMHS
Admission criteria page
Top
BHSc website
You will find course planning, enrolment information, timetables, POPLHLTH course
outlines and other information on
BHSc website.
Top
