Students will build a degree tailored to their interests with a Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts. This flexible and diverse degree will equip students with a unique skill set that will unlock wide-ranging career opportunities and give them a competitive edge in the job market. Students will develop specialist knowledge in their chosen disciplines and learn how to apply critical, creative and strategic thinking to solve real-world issues.
Students studies in the arts will arm them with transferable skills in communication, research, analysis and problem-solving, making them highly employable in many areas. Students will also gain a solid grounding in multiple fields of health sciences, preparing them for a successful career in the largest and fastest-growing employment sector in Australia.
This combined degree gives students the freedom to choose majors based on their interests to connect and expand their career prospects. Students will study equal parts health sciences and arts, ensuring them graduate with a well-developed skill set in both disciplines.
Build a solid foundation in health while developing students' skills across a range of arts, communications, humanities and social science disciplines. Create original course combinations by choosing majors including (but not limited to):
- advertising
- criminology
- disability and inclusion
- education
- family, society and health
- food studies
- health, nature and sustainability
- health promotion
- international studies
- journalism
- media
- physical activity and health
- politics and policy studies
- public health
- sociology
- sport and society.
Students will gain invaluable experience by immersing themselves in their chosen field – whether it’s helping to design public relations campaigns for major food companies or working at grassroots level in the community through health education programs.
