| Campus | Type of place | UAC code | Course duration | 2009 ATAR cut-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbelltown | CSP | 704442 | 3F/EqP | nc |
Assumed knowledge: Any two units of English.
Major studies: Health promotion (including health politics and planning, practice, injury prevention, public health), health services management (including financial and workforce management); therapeutic recreation (theory and practice in aged care and disability, learning, education programming and mental health). Students start to take units in their chosen key program in the second semester of Year 1.
Minor studies: Professional health competencies.
Practical experience: One-week placement in Year 1 for all students. Students majoring in Health Promotion undertake eight weeks in Year 3. Students majoring in Health Services Management undertake two placements each of four weeks and additional short placements in Year 3, developing skills in managing and responding to changes within the healthcare system, the broader political sphere and in areas that deal with policy initiation, development and evaluation. Students majoring in Therapeutic Recreation undertake three weeks of placements in Year 2 and six weeks of placements in Year 3. The Therapeutic Recreation program strongly emphasises self-directed learning, applying the principles of leisure and recreation in actual health and community settings.
Practical experience is structured to meet both the requirements of relevant professional recognition bodies and to give experience in diverse workplaces. Workplace learning experiences are conducted in various government and non-government settings.
Honours: Available to meritorious students as an additional year for full-time students (or a longer equivalent for part-time students) at the end of Year 3.
Professional recognition: Graduates qualify for membership of the Australian College of Health Services Executives, the Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals or the Public Health Association, depending on the key program they have completed. Graduates of the Therapeutic Recreation program are eligible for Level 1 membership of the Diversional Therapy Association of Australia.
Career opportunities: Examples in Health Promotion include roles focused on communication and behavioural change at not-for-profit foundations, disability councils, the public health sector, community health centres, youth centres, schools and, increasingly, local government. Examples in Health Services Management include quality improvement, financial management and occupational health and safety roles, where graduates are in demand by Area Health Services, community and aged care centres and rehabilitation hospitals. Examples in Therapeutic Recreation include providing recreation resources and opportunities in public hospitals and community centres for day care, mental health, disability care and aged care.
Additional information: Some units in Years 2 and 3 of the program are taken online. Some students may be able to take a six-month overseas exchange in Year 2 or 3 of the program.
UWS offers a number of B Health Science (BHSc) degrees and integrated BHSc/Master programs. At the start of first year, all UWS BHSc students must provide completed NSW Health National Criminal Record Check and a Prohibited Employment Declaration Forms. By week 10 in first semester all students must have obtained a First Aid Certificate. To be eligible for fieldwork placements in public hospitals, students must comply with vaccination requirements and be prepared to submit a completed Adult Immunisation Card to placement institutions. NSW Health can provide details of necessary vaccinations.
Note: Special government policies apply.
This key program focuses on facilitating changes that improve health status. Students will develop skills enabling them to work on specific health promotion projects such as injury prevention, nutrition and physical activity, smoking, HIV/AIDS awareness, and community development projects, as well as in areas that deal with policy initiative, services planning, development and evaluation.
This key program aims to develop introductory level health managers and project workers who will understand, and facilitate, the new directions that health care systems are taking. This key program is accredited by the Australian College of Health Services Executives (ACHSE). In recent years a number of graduates have won highly competitive traineeships with the ACHSE.
This key program involves the study of recreation and leisure theory and practice. It explores the therapeutic use of these activities for people with special needs. Therapeutic recreation specialists are specifically educated to work in a broad range of health care and community settings. The course strongly emphasises self-directed learning, which means fewer contact hours on campus and more time applying the principles of leisure and recreation in real world health and community settings.
| CSP | Commonwealth-supported place (used to be called HECS: includes upfront HECS payment and deferred payment through HECS-HELP). |
| N/A | Selection criteria other than the ATAR used; or the course is not offered to current Year 12 applicants. |
| A+C | Combination of ATAR and additional selection criteria used. |
| nc | New course offered through UAC, no cut-offs available. |
| n/o | No offers made in 2009, no cut-off available. |