Health Sciences

If you have graduated from a Monash Bachelor of Health Sciences or Bachelor of Public Health this honours year is designed for you.

You also might be eligible if you come from another discipline.

You'll be supervised primarily by staff from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, although opportunity exists for you to identify a project and co-supervisor with Monash partner organisations such as the Burnet Institute, the Baker-IDI (Heart and Diabetes Institute), and others.In keeping with the degree's focus on health in a global context and the breadth of expertise in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and its partner organisations, it is expected that a range of local, national, and internationally-focussed honours projects will be available.

This course consists of supervised research and coursework components. In the coursework component you will develop advanced theoretical and/or technical knowledge of your area of focus within health science. In the research component you will develop research methodologies appropriate to your focus and plan and execute a research project under the individual guidance of an academic supervisor.

Qualifications

To be considered for entry to this course, students are required to have:

• satisfied the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree, or a three or four year Australian Bachelor degree in any discipline, or an overseas qualification assessed as equivalent to an Australian Bachelor degree
• undertaken and satisfactorily completed a minimum of six units at the highest level of the completed degree
• obtained an average of at least 70 per cent across all units at the highest level of the degree

Note: Applicants with a bachelor degree completed more than five years ago need to provide evidence that they have kept their knowledge and skills in the field current through work, clinical practice, professional development, registration with professional body and/or other activities

Alternative qualifications and prerequisites

For other domestic and international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course use the study credit and admissions eligibility search.

English requirements

Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework Level 8 and Monash Graduate Attributes. Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

100.

plan, develop and conduct original and ethical research

200.

critically review and analyse public health, health science and related literatures and research

300.

demonstrate effective communication skills

400.

perform scientifically relevant and appropriate procedures and techniques as required to satisfactorily complete and report on a research project

500.

demonstrate proficiency in the skills of computer-based data acquisition, cleansing, analytical and presentation

600.

demonstrate understanding of ethical, theoretical and methodological issues in scientific research

700.

present potentially publishable reports of research projects

800.

recognise the breadth and diversity of public health and health sciences within a global context

900.

demonstrate the capacity to critically examine public health and health science-related issues within a global context.