Bachelor of Midwifery

Make a difference to the lives of women and their families with UC’s innovative Bachelor of Midwifery.

Upon completion of this three-year full-time or five-year part-time degree, you’ll play a vital role in building strong communities as a creative and socially valuable midwife.The degree accepts a small cohort of students each year, which allows for a highly flexible and personalised learning experience, giving you the opportunity to develop a very special bond with your fellow midwifery students.The Bachelor of Midwifery offers Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities in a variety of practice areas and starts early in your first year of full-time study.

Over the course of your degree, you’ll undertake a total of 1310 hours of clinical placements, including the provision of woman-centred care to 22 women during their journey through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.

The course has an extremely high graduate employment rate, and feedback from industry is that it produces ‘sensational’ midwives.WIL is essential to the process of becoming a midwife.

With a total of 1310 practice hours across the three years of this course, UC invests significantly in WIL compared with other universities.

From the moment you begin your studies, you’ll engage in clinical practice experience across a range of ACT Health and Southern NSW maternity settings, such as Calvary Public Hospital, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, and Queanbeyan District Hospital.You’ll support the birth journeys of 22 individual women during your time on the course and will graduate job-ready, with an in-demand qualification from an innovative university.If you would like to undertake international work experience, opportunities exist to participate in two-week Study Abroad WIL programs in places such as South-East Asia and the South Pacific.

You’ll also be encouraged to join the University of Canberra Midwifery Society, which has student engagement as a primary focus.Please note:

throughout your degree you will be working in continuity with women and will be required to attend their regular antenatal and postnatal visits, and be on call for the woman’s labour and birth.

The nature of continuity work means that you will need flexibility in both your personal and professional life and be able to adjust your commitments accordingly.Upon completion of the Bachelor of Midwifery, you’ll be eligible to register as a midwife in Australia across a variety of settings, including rural and remote areas, hospitals, birth centres, communities and in women’s homes.

Bachelor of Midwifery (72 credit points) Required - Must pass 69 credit points as follows

• 7434 - Indigenous Health: Contemporary Issues - 3 cp, Level 2 11294 - Professional Orientation (Midwifery) - 3 cp, Level 1 11295 - Women In Pregnancy and Beyond - 9 cp, Level 2 11296 - Complexity in Early Parenting - 3 cp, Level 2 11297 - Pharmacology and Diagnostics in Midwifery - 3 cp, Level 2 11298 - Women in Labour and Beyond - 9 cp, Level 2 11299 - Continuity Midwifery A - 6 cp, Level 3 11300 - Sharing Contemporary Knowledge in Midwifery - 3 cp, Level 3 11301 - Perinatal Mental Health - 3 cp, Level 3 11302 - Frameworks for Midwifery - 3 cp, Level 3 11303 - Continuity Midwifery B - 6 cp, Level 3 11304 - Professional Evidence (Midwifery) - 3 cp, Level 3 11333 - With Woman With Child - 6 cp, Level 1 11334 - The Work of Birth - 6 cp, Level 1 11335 - Growing a Family - 3 cp, Level 1

Restricted Choice - Must pass 3 credit points from the following

• 6529 - Systemic Anatomy and Physiology - 3 cp, Level 1 10298 - Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology - 3 cp, Level 1

Admission Requirements

This course has an early closing date to submit applications (October 31 every year). To apply you will be required to:(i) have completed Year 12 or a similar level of study(ii) meet normal University requirements for admission to an undergraduate course and(iii) submit a written response to the questions included on the supplementary application form https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/faculties/health/documents/supplementary-forms/Supplementary-Application-for-Midwifery.pdf Applications are judged on both how well they meet the admission requirements (i) and (ii) and how well they consider the issues raised in the supplementary questions (iii).Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places. Please be advised that if you submit your application after the advertised closing date, your application may not be considered.

Additional Admission Requirements

National Police Check, Immunisations, TB Screening, Working with Vulnerable People Registration, NSW Health forms (Code of Conduct Agreement, TB Assessment Tool, Student Declaration).

Assumed Knowledge

ACT: English (T) major; Studies in Science (Chemistry and Biology) and Mathematics are highly recommended.NSW: English Advanced; Studies in Science (Chemistry and Biology) and Mathematics are highly recommended.

Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

Information on admission closing dates can be found here.