Be ready for anything
Pursue your passion for health and open up your options with a generalist degree in the health sciences.

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Many options
The Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHS) is ideal for people looking for:

1. A general grounding in health
Obtain the knowledge necessary to work in one of the largest and most in demand sectors of the economy: health.
2. A pathway to specialisation
Successful BHS graduates will be eligible to apply for entry into a Graduate Entry Masters (GEM) degree. These masters courses offer right of practice in your chosen profession.

Looking for a general grounding in health?
The health sector has doubled in size over the last six years to become the second-largest employer in Australia. Health encompasses more than those roles that provide the actual care – it also includes a whole range of professions which make it possible for the system to operate.

Among many others, a BHS can lead to a role as a:

• health knowledge manager keeping hospital records accurate and accessible, helping avoid situations like the  administration of incorrect drugs
• project officer delivering health initiatives in Indigenous communities
• sales representative for a health-related corporation
• health development officer working as a member of a team - planning, implementing and evaluating health care projects
• drug and alcohol services coordinator leading a team providing drug- and alcohol-related community services.

Wide-ranging opportunities
The study of health sciences lends itself particularly well to a number of areas of crossqualification.
You can choose a second major in the BHS from just about any other faculty from across the university. This second major that you select will appear on your degree once you complete it successfully. Combine the BHS with:

• cultural studies to work as a health advocate
• chemistry to work as a health officer in mining
• economics or business to work in a hospital, NGO or health service provider in a business development role.

See examples of difference majors

» Biochemistry
» Biology
» Economics

Best of two campuses
The first year of the BHS is undertaken at the Camperdown campus. You can do your entire degree there, depending on the major and electives you choose.

International placements will be available
As a BHS student you will have the opportunity to do a component of your degree in an international setting and have it credited back to your degree.

Looking for a pathway to be a specialist?
You are eligible to apply for entry into the Graduate Entry Master’s (GEM) courses on successful completion
of the BHS.

GEMs offer right of practice in your chosen profession. This means you get a specialist qualification through your master’s, but you also have the generalist qualification of the BHS to back that up. Choosing this path makes it easier for you to shift the focus of your career at a later stage. For example, some people who work directly with patients may decide to move to a supervisory role as they start looking for a more senior position.

The broader skills you acquire as part of your BHS would make this transition smoother.

Looking for a pathway to enter our GEMs?

The Faculty is offering our intake of Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHS) students, from 2009 onwards, and who attain a minimum credit grade average, a guaranteed place in the relevant GEM postgraduate program as a continuation of their studies. Students should be aware that study in prescribed majors is a prerequisite for entry into some programs as detailed in the table below. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to plot their study pathway right through to professional preparation leading to accreditation in their chosen field!

Course completion requirements

144 credit points: students are to complete as required the core, elective and general elective units of study shown in the Table of units of study for the degree as set out in the Faculty of Health Sciences handbook.

On campus attendance pattern

Full time

End qualification

Bachelor of Health Sciences

Course structure

Course level

Bachelor

Honours availability

Additional year

Handbook website link

http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/handbooks_admin/health_science.shtml