Become a leader in maternal healthcare.
If you are a Registered Midwife, the Master of Midwifery provides an opportunity for you to engage in education designed to enhance your qualities, capabilities and competencies to provide contemporary approaches to women’s health, maternity and infant care. The Master of Midwifery program supports Registered Midwives in developing the necessary skills for clinical leadership, research and advanced practice roles and provides opportunity for continuing professional development. The program places an emphasis on the social, psychological, emotion, spiritual and cultural factors that influence health and wellbeing during women’s childbearing years. The program is 1.5 years in length and may be studied on either a full-time or part-time basis.
There will be no intake for this program from Semester 2, 2018 until further notice
If you are a Registered Midwife, the Master of Midwifery provides an opportunity for you to engage in education designed to enhance your qualities, capabilities and competencies to provide contemporary approaches to women’s health, maternity and infant care. The Master of Midwifery program supports Registered Midwives in developing the necessary skills for clinical leadership, research and advanced practice roles and provides opportunity for continuing professional development. The program places an emphasis on the social, psychological, emotion, spiritual and cultural factors that influence health and wellbeing during women’s childbearing years. The program is 1.5 years in length and may be studied on either a full-time or part-time basis.
The program also offers flexible learning opportunities and supports independent research project work in evaluating and translating evidence for midwifery practice. The program prepares graduates to work in increasingly diverse maternity care settings and leadership roles.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have:
- a Bachelor degree (AQF Level 7) in midwifery or nursing from a recognised tertiary education provider, or equivalent qualification, and
- be registered midwives, and
- hold a current practicing certificate
Applicants who are Registered Midwives in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) who do not have a Bachelor qualification may be considered for admission based on extensive industry experience (minimum 5 years) and will require approval by the Program Coordinator and Head of School.
The Master of Midwifery offers a limited number of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) as well as domestic fee paying places. Offers for both CSP and fee paying places will be made after the application due date for the program.
CSP will be allocated on the basis of your Grade Point Average in the degree used to meet admission requirements and/or your industry experience. Applicants falling below the demand-driven cut-off for a CSP may be offered a domestic fee paying place subject to capacity limitations.
Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens and permanent visa holders enrolled in a fee paying place will have the option of applying for a CSP in subsequent semesters if one becomes available. In these cases, the student’s current GPA in the Master of Midwifery will be used to assess eligibility for a CSP place using the same entry cut-off applied for new CPS entrants during that admission period.
Professional recognition
Upon completion of the Masters of Midwifery, graduates can work in a range of settings and roles, including: Public or private maternity and neonatal care settings; Rural and remote health settings; Academia/teaching; Research; Clinical management; Clinical leadership; Policy development and International development.
Program structure
Required courses (144 units)
Select the following 6 courses (72 units):
NUR703 Introductory Calculus
NUR704 Mechanics of Materials
NUR712 Engineering Materials
NUR713 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
NUR721 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
NUR740 Structural Engineering
PLUS select 1 course from (12 units):
PUB708 Soil Mechanics
HLT701 Numerical Analysis
PLUS select 1 course from (12 units):
NUR708 Science Research Methods
NUR709 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
PLUS select either (48 units):
HLT703 Engineering Project Management
HLT704 Construction Technology
OR select:
NUR731A Engineering Research Methodology
NUR731B Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics
NUR731C Engineering Project 1
NUR731F Design of Roads and Drainage
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 144
Recommended study sequences
- (Sippy Downs) Special Project - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- Master of Midwifery: Study Plan (Nurses)
- Master of Midwifery: Study Plan (Re-entry to Practice)
- (Sippy Downs) Special Project - Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Sippy Downs) Research Project - Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Research Project - Semester 2 commencement (July)
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate students must:
- Students are required to complete 144 units as listed below
Program notes
- Evidence of Hepatitis B vaccination is required
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including, for example, essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests, and examinations
- Some courses in this program require project work and/or independent study and therefore have limited on-campus contact. Please refer to individual course descriptions
- When enrolling, please refer to the relevant Study Plan
- Teaching sessions include Semester 1, Semester 2, Session 4 and Session 8