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Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours)

Take the first step towards a career in advanced midwifery roles, midwifery research or academia – develop your skills in research, critical thinking and leadership.

Our one-year honours program has a strong focus on clinical practice and allows registered midwives to research contemporary health issues. You’ll develop your research capabilities through coursework and a research project focused on a topic you’re passionate about. You’ll also extend your clinical practice knowledge with the opportunity to complete a professional internship.

Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast Not applicable — direct application to USC
Minimum selection threshold

GPA Requirement

UniSC program code
SC423
Commence
Semester 1 or 2
Duration
1 year full time or equivalent part time
Fee type 2016
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Total courses
8
Total units
96

Our one-year honours program has a strong focus on clinical practice and allows registered midwives to research contemporary health issues. You’ll develop your research capabilities through coursework and a research project focused on a topic you’re passionate about. You’ll also extend your clinical practice knowledge with the opportunity to complete a professional internship.

At USC, you can choose from a diverse range of research topic areas and benefit from face-to-face support and strong industry links.

At the end of the program, you’ll have clinical practice knowledge and a developed capacity to undertake research within a midwifery practice context. Take advantage of advanced roles that develop with the planned health precinct on the Sunshine Coast, new maternity services and models, and increasing demand for midwifery researchers.

If you’re not a registered midwife and want to study midwifery, check out our Bachelor of Nursing Science / Bachelor of Midwifery.

Admission requirements

Students will have satisfied the requirements for the award of an AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Midwifery award (or equivalent), be registered with AHPRA; met the English language requirement and have demonstrated a high level of achievement evidenced by a GPA of 5.0 over the second and third year of a degree program.

Career opportunities
  • Registered Midwife in a wide range of practice contexts and roles
  • Midwifery researcher
  • Pathway to an academic career

Program structure

For students commencing Semester 1 or 2,  2016.

To graduate from the Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours) a student is required to complete 4 courses (48 units) of coursework at AQF Level 8 and 4 courses (48 units) of study in the research component.

Coursework component

Complete the following four (4) courses:

Required courses (3)

NUR721
NUR713
NUR709

Plus select one (1) of the following courses:

PUB708
HLT701
NUR751
NUR705
NUR707
NUR722
HLT702

Research component

Complete the following four (4) courses:

NUR731A
NUR731B
NUR731C
NUR731F

Classes of honours

The degree will be awarded in one of the three classes:

  • Class 1
  • Class 2 (awarded as Division 1 or Division 2)
  • Class 3

Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 96