Health
Honours
The Health Honours program is a one-year component embedded within the Bachelor of Advanced Studies. The program includes two 6-credit point selective coursework units and 36-credit points of research project units.
The Health Honours program offers projects in a number of areas including the social determinants of health, disability, health policy, ethics, health promotion, eHealth/digital health, ageing, women’s health, Indigenous health, climate health, and health services.
To be eligible, students must have completed a major in the Health stream. Admittance into the program is determined by the Faculty of Science as well as the honours coordinator.
Honours Coordinator:
Dr Justin McNab
T +61 2 9036 7432
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Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Errata
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Sessions have changed for the following unit. S2CIAU Intensive August session has closed and a new S2CISE Intensive September session has opened: SCIE4003 Ethics in Science |
15/06/2020 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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HEALTH (HONOURS) |
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| The Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) (Health) requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours coursework selective units, and | |||
| (ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours research project units | |||
Honours Coursework Selective |
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| HSBH4101 Research Design and Analysis in Health |
6 | A 48cp of 3000 level units of study P HSBH3018 or HSBH3019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SCIE4001 Science Communication |
6 | A Completion of a major in a science discipline. Basic knowledge of other sciences is beneficial. Experience in communication such as delivering oral presentations and producing written reports. An awareness of science in a societal context, e.g., of disciplinary applications. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. Mid-year honours students would take this unit of study in S1 (their second semester of study). |
Semester 1 |
| SCIE4002 Experimental Design and Data Analysis |
6 | A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. N ENVX3002 or STAT3X22 or STAT4022 or STAT3X12 |
Intensive March |
| SCIE4003 Ethics in Science |
6 | A Successful completion of a Science major. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A N HSBH3004 or HPSC3107 |
Intensive August Intensive March |
Honours Core Research Project |
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| HSBH4103 Health Honours Project A |
6 | C HSBH4104 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSBH4104 Health Honours Project B |
6 | C HSBH4103 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSBH4105 Health Honours Project C |
6 | C HSBH4014 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSBH4106 Health Honours Project D |
6 | C HSBH4105 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSBH4107 Health Honours Project E |
6 | P HSBH4104 C HSBH4106 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSBH4108 Health Honours Project F |
6 | C HSBH4107 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |