Course Content
The Bachelor of Health Science requires the completion of 144 units, of which:
- A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
- A minimum of 30 units must come from completion of 3000-level courses from the Science course list .
The 144 units must consist of:
72 units from completion of compulsory courses from the following list:
- BIOL1004 Biology 2: Molecular and Cell Biology (6 units)
- BIOL1008 Human Biology (6 units)
- HLTH1001 Health in the 21st Century (6 units)
- HLTH1002 Research Methods in the Health Sciences (6 units)
- HLTH2001 Health Systems and Policy: An Introduction (6 units)
- HLTH2002 Introduction to Global Health: Issues, Theories and Practices (6 units)
- HLTH3001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (6 units)
- HLTH3002 Professional Practice in Health Science (6 units)
- MEDN2001 Medical Physiology and Pharmacology (6 units)
- MEDN2002 Pathogenesis of Human Disease (6 units)
- POPH3000 Introduction to Population Health (6 units)
- SCOM3033 Health Promotion Principles and Practice (6 units)
Either:
Applications of Health
A minimum of 18 units from completion of courses from the following list:
- ANTH2026 Medicine, Healing and the Body (6 units)
- BIAN2119 Nutrition, Disease and the Environment (6 units)
- BIAN2130 Ancient Medicine (6 units)
- BIOL2142 General Microbiology (6 units)
- BIOL2161 Genes: Replication and Expression (6 units)
- BIOL2171 Biochemistry and Nutrition (6 units)
- BIOL2174 Cell Physiology in Health and Disease (6 units)
- CHEM1101 Chemistry 1 (6 units)
- CHEM1201 Chemistry 2 (6 units)
- DEMO2004 Social inequalities in health (6 units)
- PHYS1004 Life Physics (6 units)
- PSYC1003 Psychology 1: Understanding Mind, Brain and Behaviour (6 units)
- PSYC1004 Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context (6 units)
- PSYC1005 The Wellbeing Formula: The Science and Practice of Making a Good Life (6 units)
- PSYC2007 Biological Basis of Behaviour (6 units)
- PSYC2009 Quantitative Methods in Psychology (6 units)
- SCOM2031 Science, Risk and Ethics (6 units)
- SOCY2162 Sociology of Health and Illness (6 units)
- A minimum of 6 units from completion of 3000-level courses from the Science course list
Or:
Pre-Medicine
18 units from completion of the following courses:
- BIOL2171 Biochemistry and Nutrition (6 units)
- CHEM1101 Chemistry 1 (6 units)
- CHEM1201 Chemistry 2 (6 units)
6 units from completion of 3000-level courses from the Science course list.
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Elective units
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
