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This program has been designed to enhance skills and learning gained from completing a Bachelor of Midwifery. It is an ideal program for a qualified midwife who wishes to build their research capacity, upgrade their qualification, maintain currency in their clinical practice or expand their career path opportunities.

This program builds on the key concepts developed in the BHumanServ - learning and socialisation, individual behaviour, human interaction, life stage development, as well as normative and deviant behaviour in culturally specific and multicultural contexts. Students will learn to conduct and disseminate research based on the principles of the behavioural sciences and documenting human behaviour.

Safely guiding expectant mothers (and parents) through pregnancy, birth and the weeks that follow might be one of the most challenging and rewarding careers there is. Celebrate the very essence of life when you study to become a midwife. The Bachelor of Midwifery is a respected and innovative program developed in consultation with healthcare professionals and key industry partners. It takes a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning and integrates lecture-based study with clinical practice in major teaching hospitals. You will start your practical learning in a hospital in the first semester of study. Afterwards, you will start to make the transition from student to midwife during extended placements in your final year. Placements will consolidate your skills and knowledge to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia National Competency Standards for the Midwife. You will benefit from a program that focuses theory on specific case studies, so you can apply everything you're learning. Case studies vary, but include women and parents from diverse cultural, linguistic, age and socio-economic groups. UQ midwives provide professional care, education, support and advice, and play pivotal role in the lives of parents, babies and communities around the world.

The Honours program offers graduates an introduction to health-specific research. The program consists of a literature review, oral presentation, a course on thesis preparation and the research thesis itself. Honours candidates will normally be jointly supervised by two academic staff with complementary skills and expertise. Supervisors may be drawn from any of the schools of the Faculty. The Honours research project itself can be undertaken at any approved University of Queensland location, hospital or health care facility. Possible research areas include: the medical sciences medical and allied health public health indigenous health international health organisational communication health systems and many others Once the research has been conducted, the findings will be presented as an academic thesis. Students may publish their findings in a relevant academic journal.

The Bachelor of Health Sciences provides a broad overview of healthcare and is suited to both clinical and non-clinical health careers. Students seeking a clinical career may complete this program and then, subject to meeting entry requirements, enrol in a clinical postgraduate degree such as the Doctor of Medicine or Master of Dietetics Studies. For non-clinical students it offers studies in health promotion, health management and public health, leading to careers in planning and delivery of quality healthcare. For students seeking Provisional Entry to the Doctor of Medicine, the Bachelor of Health Sciences is a preferred pathway, providing future medical practitioners with a solid grounding in biomedical sciences, public health, healthcare ethics, behavioural sciences and the healthcare system. Further information is available on the Health Sciences website.

This program has been designed to enhance skills and learning gained from completing a Bachelor of Nursing. It is an ideal program for a qualified nurse who wishes to build their research capacity, upgrade their qualification, maintain currency in their clinical practice or expand their career path opportunities.

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare - they're resourceful and compassionate, and they save lives every day. If you are looking for an important and in-demand career where you make a difference, nursing might just be for you. This innovative program adopts a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning and integrates lecture-based study with clinical placements in major teaching hospitals. UQ's Bachelor of Nursing is designed to develop graduate nurses who will be able to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams to promote quality health outcomes for clients in their care.

The Honours program is based on a combination of coursework and a research thesis in the area of Communication. This degree develops advanced skills and knowledge in Communication theory, research, policy and practice. It is an interdisciplinary program that enables students to study within and across schools that specialise in various areas of Communication.

Communication at UQ puts you at the centre of the contemporary information society and economy. You will develop knowledge of communication and communication processes. Communication straddles many aspects of life and work. In the core courses you will develop understanding and skills in a number of areas: visual, written, multimedia and spoken and interpersonal communication and in researching and exploring communications. You specialise by choosing a major, alongside electives, a second major or a minor. All combine practice and theory and provide a platform for either employment or further study. Communication is an expanding area of employment and the Bachelor of Communication is a preparation for careers in public relations, advertising, media planning and analysis; film and television; web design and management; business communication; health promotion, and more. Further study can lead to careers in teaching.

The honours program involves intensive thesis work, usually with a research component. Links to industry in thesis work are encouraged. A student must take #16 from the Bachelor of Information Technology(Honours) course list.