Program summary
Program overview
Career opportunities
Advanced standing, recognition of prior learning, credit and articulation
Program structure
Program requirements and notes
Enquiries
Recommended enrolment patterns
Program summary
QTAC code: 014101
OP/Rank for 2008 entry: OP-18 / Rank-62
Award abbreviation: BA/BHlth(HlthProm)
Degree type: undergraduate
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Fee type: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying places, international fee-paying places
Total units: 384
Recommended prior study: English and Maths
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
CRICOS code: 058119F
New students: selecting courses for 2008
Program overview
The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health (Human Services and Health Promotion) examines the complex interaction of behaviours and conditions of living that impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, groups and communities. These include the social, economic, cultural, organisational and political conditions in which people live.
In the human services portion of this program, you will develop the knowledge needed by skilled human services professionals to work in the field. The health promotion component of the program covers health promotion needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. The program includes two fieldwork placements in human services organisations, as well as a public health internship, and has been designed in collaboration with industry professionals to ensure that you graduate with the skills and knowledge most valued by potential employers.
Career opportunities
The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health (Health Services and Health Promotion) equips graduates with skills that may be applied in a range of areas including aged care services, child protection, community health promotion, community safety, disability services, education, environmental health, health hazard and risk assessment, health promotion, health services management, human service delivery, immunisation and communicable disease control, indigenous and ethnic health, injury prevention, police and correctional services, policy coordination, policy development and analysis, prevention and early detection of disease, public health research, road safety, social planning and administration, social policy, social research, and welfare work.
Program structure
Core courses
Select 2 courses from:
COR109 Communication and Thought
COR110 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
COR111 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
Introductory courses
5 required courses:
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
SCS100 Introduction to the Social Sciences: Knowledge, Power and Society
SCS110 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Social Change
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
SCS180 Counselling for the Human Services Professional
Advanced courses
7 required courses:
SCS235 Providing for the People: Social Justice, Welfare, and the State
SCS272 Human Services Theory and Practice
SCS276 Groupwork
SCS277 Working with Families
SCS278 Ethics and Professional Practice
SCS279 Human Services Project
SWK303 Complexity and Social Work: Policy and Practice *
Electives
Select 3 elective courses from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (may include additional advanced SCS courses)
Faculty of Science, Health and Education courses
Introductory courses
3 required courses:
SCI111 Public Health Foundations
SCI109 Environment and Health
SCI110 Science Research Methods
Advanced courses
Select 7 advanced (200 and 300 level) courses from the major in Health Promotion
Electives
Select 5 elective courses from the Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Course substitution: the GO (Global Opportunities) Program
As part of their USC program, students may apply to participate in the GO Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider.
Program requirements and notes
- No course may be counted towards more than one major or minor.
- Electives may be used to complete an additional minor.
- A maximum of 5 introductory level courses can be included in the 15 Arts and Social Sciences courses in this program.
- An introductory level course has a number less than 200 in its course code. An advanced level course has a number greater than 200 and less than 400 in its course code.
- Refer to the Academic Rules.
- Refer to explanation of terms.
- Refer to the recommended enrolment patterns.
Enquiries
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Tel: +61 7 5430 1259
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5430 2869
Email: sheinfo@usc.edu.au
* Subject to approval