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Bachelor of Nursing Science (Honours)

This is your first step towards an academic career, nursing research or PhD.

This honours program has a strong focus on clinical practice and allows you to research contemporary health issues. You’ll develop your research capabilities and choose a health care topic that sparks your interest for your research project.

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

GPA requirement

UniSC program code
SC420
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

This honours program has a strong focus on clinical practice and allows you to research contemporary health issues. You’ll develop your research capabilities and choose a health care topic that sparks your interest for your research project.

Our program is designed to support your transition from a Registered Nurse’s role to professional roles, academia or further study. You’ll complete a professional internship to gain practical experience and it could even help you secure a job at the end of your degree.

The opening of a new public hospital in 2016 presents tremendous job opportunities, or consider further research such as the Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy.

Admission requirements

Students will have satisfied the requirements for the award of an AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Nursing Science award (or equivalent), be registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (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 the degree program.

Career opportunities

Registered Nurse in a wide range of practice contexts and roles including nurse researcher. As a first step to an academic career pathway.

Membership

Graduates would be eligible to apply for membership to the Australian College of Nursing.

Program structure

For students commencing in the current semester. All other students please refer to previous handbooks.

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

Coursework component

Complete the following four (4) courses:

NUR721 Professional Internship
NUR713 Earth's Surface Processes, Materials and Soils
NUR709 Chemistry

Plus select one (1) of the following courses:

PUB708 Science Research Methods
HLT701 Biodiversity and Ecology
NUR751 Communication and Thought
NUR705 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
NUR707 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
NUR722 Plant Diversity and Ecology
HLT702 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology

Research component

Complete the following four (4) courses:

NUR731A Hydrology and Geomorphology
NUR731B Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
NUR731C Satellite Image Analysis and Surveying
NUR731F Introduction to Weather and Climate

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