Bachelor of Science (Health)

Health is one of Australia's fastest growing employment sectors. Graduates who understand the nature of the health problems global communities face or would like to design effective healthcare approaches for an increasingly consumer-driven, ageing population are in high demand. The Bachelor of Science (Health) provides a thorough grounding in health and health systems at the local, national and global level. You will graduate with the ability to navigate the complexity of health in different sociocultural, political and economic contexts, along with skills in critical thinking, complex problem solving, communication and empathy. Majors You will complete a major in Health with core units in areas such as health and society, introduction to healthcare and eHealth, ensuring you gain comprehensive knowledge of healthcare and its latest developments. As you progress through the health major you will be able to specialise in areas of interest (e.g. health, ethics and the law, international health or health promotion). To complement your Health major you can also study a second major from across the university such as Marketing, Management, Design, Applied Medical Sciences, Education, Nutrition Science, Psychology, Hearing and Speech or Human Movement. Majors You are required to complete a major in Health for this stream and a second major or minor either from your faculty options or from our shared pool of majors and minors. Anatomy and Histology (Major) Animal Health, Disease and Welfare (Major) Animal Production (Major) Applied Medical Science (Major) Applied Medical Science (Minor) Behavioural Sciences (Major) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Major) Biology (Major) Cell and Developmental Biology (Major) Chemistry (Major) Computer Science (Major) Data Science (Major) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Major) Environmental Studies (Major) Financial Mathematics and Statistics (Major) Food Science (Major) Genetics and Genomics (Major) Geography (Major) Geology and Geophysics (Major) Health (Major) History and Philosophy of Science (Major) Human Movement (Major) Immunology and Pathology (Major) Infectious Diseases (Major) Information Systems (Major) Marine Science (Major) Mathematics (Major) Medicinal Chemistry (Major) Microbiology (Major) Neuroscience (Major) Nutrition Science (Major) Pharmacology (Major) Physics (Major) Physiology (Major) Plant Production (Major) Quantitative Life Sciences (Major) Software Development (Major) Soil Science and Hydrology (Major) Statistics (Major) Careers & future study Graduate opportunities Our science graduates can be found in a broad range of careers and roles including: health promotion, policymaking, project and case management, consultancy, logistics and procurement, insurance, business development, marketing and public relations.