This is your first step towards an academic career, nursing research or PhD.
Pursue your passion for health care and develop your scientific knowledge of bioscience, anatomy and physiology, mental health, medical management and leadership research by enrolling in the Bachelor of Nursing Science (Honours) program.
Pursue your passion for health care and develop your scientific knowledge of bioscience, anatomy and physiology, mental health, medical management and leadership research by enrolling in the Bachelor of Nursing Science (Honours) program.
This program has a strong focus on clinical practice and allows you to research contemporary health issues. You’ll develop your research capabilities, learning how to assess and analyse practice issues and find information to solve problems in your work or educational context. For your research project, you can choose a health care topic that sparks your interest. Your topic may even link to your workplace, allowing you to target a population of interest to you.
At USC, you can develop a supportive one-on-one relationship with your supervisors and immerse yourself in an environment of quality research. You’ll have the opportunity to engage in collaborative research in the NURTURE Research Cluster with experts in three main fields: Maternal and Child Health, Acute and Complex Care of Adults, and Health Professional Education. USC’s research in Nursing is rated well above world standard in the Australian Research Council’s 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) report.
Our program is designed to support your transition from a Registered Nurse’s role to professional roles, academia or further study. You’ll complete a professional internship to gain practical experience and it could even help you secure a job at the end of your degree.
The opening of a new public hospital in 2016 presents tremendous job opportunities, or consider further research such as the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) or Doctor of Philosophy.
Admission requirements
Students will have satisfied the requirements for the award of an AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Nursing Science award (or equivalent), be registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), met the English language requirement and have demonstrated a high level of achievement evidenced by a GPA of 5.0 over the second and third year of the degree program.
Career opportunities
Registered Nurse in a wide range of practice contexts and roles including nurse researcher. As a first step to an academic career pathway.
Membership
Graduates would be eligible to apply for membership to the Australian College of Nursing.
Program structure
Program Structure
Coursework component (4)
NUR709 Introductory Bioscience
NUR713 Research Foundations
NUR721 Environment and Health
PLUS select 1 course from:
HLT701 Introduction to Behavioural Health
HLT702 Public Health Foundations
NUR705 Science Research Methods
NUR707 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
NUR722 Concepts of Epidemiology
NUR751 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
PUB708 Environmental Health Risk Management
Research component (4)
NUR731A Health Promotion Principles
NUR731B Infectious Disease Epidemiology
NUR731C Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
NUR731F Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Classes of honours
The degree will be awarded in one of the three classes:
- Class 1
- Class 2 (awarded as Division 1 or Division 2)
- Class 3
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 96
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 96 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
- Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
- When enrolling, please refer to the Plan your study tab