Bachelor of Health Promotion

The Bachelor of Health Promotion (Preventive Health) from The University of Notre Dame Australia provides an exciting pathway into the field of health management.

With a strong focus on the practical improvement of individual and community health and wellbeing, you will learn the ways and means in which our current health system can be improved.

Three Core Curriculum courses

• Ethics
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Theology

Required courses, which may include:

• Health Issues and Preventive Approaches
• Population Approaches to Health Promotion
• Community Approaches to Health Promotion
• Health Sciences Research
• Nutrition for Health
• Health and Disease Risk Factors
• Aboriginal People
• Health Education
• Physical Activity and Health
• Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity
• Marketing
• Marketing Research
• Theories and Approaches to Counselling
• Counselling Skills Training
• Developmental Psychology

Four elective courses from the following suggested clusters:

• Behavioural Science (Major, Minor options)
• Marketing & Public Relations (Minor and specialisation options)
• Communications & Media (specialisation options)
• Exercise & Sport Science (specialisation options)

Plus industry practicum placements

• Preventive Health Industry Practicum I
• Preventive Health Industry Placement II
• Preventive Health Industry Internship

More information about the courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations & Planner.

Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy minimum requirements outlined at admission requirements. These include those relating to age and English Language Proficiency. We also consider your application more broadly – your non-academic achievements (such as any previous leadership roles, volunteering, work, church and/or community involvement) as well as personal qualities - your aspirations and interests and your capacity to complete your chosen program.

Applicants with recent Secondary Education:

• Indicative ATAR of 70 with a score of 50+ in ATAR English, ATAR Literature or ATAR English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD)
• OR
• Minimum International Baccalaureate (IB) score of 24

Applicants with Higher Education Study

• Other university studies completed at undergraduate level or higher, a minimum of 4 successfully completed subjects;
• OR
• Successful completion of the Notre Dame Tertiary Pathway Program or of another Enabling Program at a level deemed sufficient by the University.

Applicants who have successfully completed subjects at another University, which are relevant to the selected program of study, may be eligible for Advanced Standing.

Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) study

• Completed AQF Certificate IV or higher in a relevant discipline, from an accredited provider such as TAFE or a Registered Training Organisation (RTO).

Applicants with Work and Life Experience

Applicants who left secondary education more than two years previously and who have not undertaken VET or higher education study since then, but with relevant work and life experience. Such experience may include, but is not limited to:

• STAT scores of at least 135 in the Multiple Choice section and 140 in the Written English section are required
• OR
• Mature-age completion of two Year 12 WACE or HSC exams with a resulting ATAR of 70 or above
• OR
• Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) or equivalent results if these have been completed within the last 5 years.

Please note: all applicants must be of school leaving age or older to apply.