Help create healthier lives
Want to help shape the future of health? In this degree, you’ll learn about the current and future health issues facing communities, both locally and globally. You’ll also develop the practical skills you need to improve population health and wellbeing through your choice of one of five extended majors, including Applied Health Promotion, Health Communication, Applied Environmental Health, Prosthetics and Orthotics, and Indigenous Health and Wellbeing.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2024 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
- Please refer to the English Language Requirements for the Prosthetics and Orthotics extended major.
- ^Prosthetics and Orthotics Semester 1 commencement only
- ^Prosthetics and Orthotics Semester 1 commencement only
Want to help shape the future of health? In this degree, you’ll learn about the current and future health issues facing communities, both locally and globally. You’ll also develop the practical skills you need to improve population health and wellbeing through your choice of one of five extended majors, including Applied Health Promotion, Health Communication, Applied Environmental Health, Prosthetics and Orthotics, and Indigenous Health and Wellbeing.
In this program you will:
- Gain a strong foundation in health science
- Understand the current and future health needs of the community
- Develop the problem-solving skills you need to help tackle health issues
- Gain workplace experience in your area of specialisation
Career opportunities
- Health promotion officer
- Environmental health officer
- Clinical prosthetist and/or orthotist
- Health policy development
- Project development and management
- Health communication specialist
- Technician
Membership
As a Health Science student or graduate, you may be eligible to become a member/associate member of professional associations and bodies relevant to your extended major area of study. These include:
- Australian Health Promotion Association Public Health Association of Australia
- Environmental Health Australia
- Indigenous Allied Health Australia
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
- Rural Health Workforce Australia
- Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) Inc.
Program structure
Introductory courses (7) 84 units
LFS103 Research Foundations
HLT140 Research Foundations
PUB104 Software Development 1
SCI110 e-Media A
HLT150
PLUS select 1 course (12 units) from:
PUB112 ^
LFS112 *
^Must complete if enrolled in Applied Environmental Health, Applied Health Promotion, Health Communication or Indigenous Health and Wellbeing extended major
* Must complete if enrolled in the Prosthetics and Orthotics extended major
PLUS select 1 course (12 units) from:
^ Must complete if enrolled in Applied Environmental Health, Applied Health Promotion, Health
Communication or Indigenous Health and Wellbeing extended major
* Must complete if enrolled in the Prosthetics and Orthotics extended major
Developing and Graduate courses (156 units)
PLUS select 1 extended major (144 units) from:
- Applied Health Promotion
- Applied Environmental Health
- Health Communication
- Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
- Prosthetics and Orthotics (additional courses required in place of elective courses - see below ∇)
Elective courses (4) 48 units ∇ #
PLUS select 4 elective courses (48 units) from the undergraduate elective course options, with the exception of WPL310 ICT Project Management and WPL320
∇ Note for students enrolled in the Prosthetics and Orthotics extended major: Due to pre requisite and external accreditation requirements, in place of electives students will be required to undertake the following courses:
HLT102
SPX201 Work Place Learning I
SPX231 Database Programming
PUB252 Communication and Thought
# Note for students enrolled in the Applied Environmental Health extended major: You are encouraged to consider courses from the following list when selecting electives.
PUB252 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
INT370 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
ENS253 Urbanism and Urban Design
HRM311 Changing Planet Earth
# Note for students enrolled in the Applied Health Promotion extended major: You are encouraged to consider courses from the following list when selecting electives however, only one (1) elective course can be at 100 level to meet program requirements.
SUS101 Hydrology and Geomorphology
INT230 Historical Geographies
CMN276 Animals and Society
CMN231 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
SCS201 Teaching Senior Secondary History
HLT341 Regions, Change and Sustainability
HRM311 Landscapes, Place and People
SCS235 Introduction to Weather and Climate
# Note for students enrolled in the Health Communication extended major: You are encouraged to consider courses from the following list when selecting electives however, only one (1) elective course can be at 100 level to meet program requirements.
SUS101 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
CMN140 Applied Geospatial Analysis
CMN204 Coastal Geomorphology
HLT242 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
HRM311 Individual Learner Needs
INT370 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
CMN252 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
# Note for students enrolled in the Indigenous Health and Wellbeing extended major: You are encouraged to consider courses from the following list when selecting electives.
SUS101 Teaching Junior Secondary History
PUB272 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
INT370 Diversity and Inclusion
HRM311 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
PUB210 The Psychology of Learning
SCS235 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
- (Sippy Downs) Applied Health Promotion Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Applied Environmental Health Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Applied Health Promotion Extended Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Applied Environmental Health Extended Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Epidemiology and Public Health Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Epidemiology and Public Health Extended Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Health Communication Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Health Communication Extended Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Prosthetics and Orthotics Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Extended Major - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Extended Major - Semester 2 commencement (July)
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- For Sippy Downs students some courses in this program will be taught at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute
- Hold a valid Blue Card from the Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA), throughout the duration of your program. You should allow 12 weeks for PSBA to issue the card. Note: students who do not possess a valid Blue Card will be unable to complete the work place learning component of their program and will be unable to meet graduation requirements
- Have a National Criminal History check (by Queensland Police Service or other state / territory authority)
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa. Please refer to the English language requirements
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.