The program includes a mandatory 12-month paid professional work placement. You'll benefit from Swinburne’s unique industry partnerships, gain invaluable full-time work experience and earn credit towards your degree. Explore Australian and international health challenges. Examine the physical, psychological and social aspects of health in a variety of settings. Learn about contemporary issues in health science, such as biomedical testing or health communication, and how to address them. Apply your learning in a professionally focused, multidisciplinary project during your final year of study. Discover a career in counselling, community development, health communication, disability, social welfare or medical research. Graduates may also progress to postgraduate study in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy or nursing.

1) Successful completion of a Year 12 qualification undertaken in Australia, such as the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), International Baccalaureate or interstate Year 12 equivalent. Non-Year 12 qualifications, Foundation Year and qualifications undertaken overseas will not be accepted. 2) VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4: a minimum study score of 25 in English (or equivalent) or 30 in English (EAL). 3) Only students applying through VTAC will be considered for admission directly into this course. Other international students may apply to transfer to this course from the Bachelor of Arts if they are successful in gaining a professional placement. 4) Satisfactory completion of one of the following: Swinburne’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP 5 Advanced level) with overall 70%, all skills 65% minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.0 TOEFL iBT (internet-based) minimum score of 79 with a reading band no less than 18 and writing band no less than 20 Pearson (PTE) minimum score of 58 (no communicative skills less than 50) any other equivalent assessment of English language proficiency.