A rewarding career in a health-related field gives you the chance to reduce health disparity and to help people – whether in Australia or overseas – to lead fuller, healthier and happier lives. As a Bachelor of Health Sciences graduate, you can be confident that you will get a solid grounding in multiple fields of health sciences, and be prepared for a successful career in the fastest growing employment sector in Australia.

Do you want to study a flexible course that focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of people in local and global communities?

If you want to work in the health and human services sector, tackling the big issues in health, our degree gives you the opportunity to learn from leaders in their field and build industry connections. You will get the chance to explore and combine your specific interests and gain unique expertise relevant to contemporary issues in health.

Become a specialist in two major areas, and choose elective units to broaden your skill set even further. You can also consider selecting a third major area of study.* Combining your interests with multiple majors can open more doors to further study and increase your employability. Major study areas include:

• disability and inclusion
• environmental health
• exercise science
• family, society and health
• food studies
• health promotion
• health and sustainability
• medical biotechnology
• nutrition
• physical activity and health
• psychological science
• psychology for professional development.

Health sciences also offers workplace learning opportunities, including units in your second and/or final year of study. The Health Sciences Practicum offered in final year gives you the option to complete a 120-hour practice education placement. This gives you the opportunity to apply your theoretical knowledge in a real-word context, adding experience to your resume and developing your professional networks in the health sector.

Whatever your choice of majors, this is the degree to propel you into a rewarding career contributing to the promotion of health and wellbeing across society.

This flexible degree allows you to combine study areas that you are passionate about, and benefit from workplace learning to become a specialist in the booming health sector.

Depending on your majors, your health sciences degree can prepare you for work in the following roles and fields:

• case manager
• disability inclusion worker
• family/community/refugee/indigenous project officer
• environmental and sustainability officer
• policy adviser
• exercise specialist
• food and nutrition policy developer
• food scientist
• health educator or counsellor
• health and sports marketer or PR officer
• health policy development
• health promotion and communication officer
• international aid worker
• lifestyle and wellness professional
• medical biotechnology researcher
• nutrition and health promotion coordinator
• regional health service planner.

The health and human services sector is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in Australia and the world. With ageing populations and public health issues, such as obesity and chronic illness on the rise, and with governments around the world increasing emphasis on disease prevention, as well as treatment, employability in the sector is strong and continually increasing.

In Australia, the health and human services sector is projected to make the largest contribution to employment growth by 16.1% over the five years to May 2022.*

You may choose to begin your studies with a Bachelor of Health Sciences to get a solid grounding in health sciences and explore your interest areas, then follow a pathway into psychology, nutrition, public health or nursing. This will allow you to pursue further career opportunities in specialist fields.