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Award appellations - Faculty of Health

Doctoral degrees

Award Title Abbreviation
Doctorate Doctor of Health Science DHSc
Doctorate Doctor of Letters DLitt
Doctorate Doctor of Nursing DNurs
Doctorate Doctor of Philosophy PhD
Doctorate Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) DPsych(Clin)
Doctorate Doctor of Psychology (Forensic) DPsych(Forensic)
Doctorate Doctor of Psychology (Health) DPsych(Health)

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Master degrees

Award Title Abbreviation
Masters Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology MClinExPhys
Masters Master of Clinical Nursing Practice MClinicalNursPrac
Masters Master of Clinical Psychology MClinPsych
Masters Master of Dietetics MDiet
Masters Master of Disability Studies MDisStuds
Masters Master of Food Innovation and Management MFoodInnovation&Mgt
Masters Master of Forensic Psychology MForensicPsych
Masters Master of Health and Human Services Management MHHSM
Masters Master of Health Promotion MPH
Masters Master of Health Psychology MHealthPsych
Masters Master of Health Science (Addiction Studies) MHSc(AddictStuds)
Masters Master of Health Science (Critical Care Nursing) MHSc(CritCareNurs)
Masters Master of Health Science (Disability Services) MHSc(DisServ)
Masters Master of Health Science (Disability Studies) MHSc(DisStuds)
Masters Master of Health Science (Family and Child Health Nursing) MHSc(Fam&ChildHealthNurs)
Masters Master of Health Science (Health Promotion) MHc(HealthProm)
Masters Master of Health Science (Health Promotion & Health Education) MHSc(HealthProm&HealthEd)
Masters Master of Health Science (Human Movement) MHSc(HumanMovement)
Masters Master of Health Science (Human Nutrition) MHSc(HumNutr)
Masters Master of Health Science (Nursing) MHSc(Nurs)
Masters Master of Health Science (Nursing:Community Health and Development) MHSc(Nurs:CommunityHealth&Dev)
Masters Master of Health Science (Perioperative Nursing) MHSc(PeriopNurs)
Masters Master of Health Science (Special Education) MHSc(SpecEd)
Masters Master of Health and Human Services Management MHHSM
Masters Master of Human Nutrition MHumNutr
Masters Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology MInd&OrgPsych
Masters Master of Mental Health (Nursing) MMentalHealth(Nurs)
Masters Master of Midwifery MMid
Masters Master of Nursing MNurs
Masters Master of Nursing (Psychiatric) MNurs(Psych)
Masters Master of Nursing Practice MNursPrac
Masters Master of Nursing Practice (Nurse Practitioner) MNursPrac(Nurse Practitioner)
Masters Master of Nursing Studies MNursStuds
Masters Master of Nutrition and Dietetics MNutrDiet
Masters Master of Psychology (Clinical) MClinPsych
Masters Master of Psychology (Industrial and Organisational) MPsych(Ind&Org)
Masters Master of Psychology (Professional Practice) MPsych(PP)
Masters Master of Public Health MPubHealth
Masters Master of Public Health Nutrition MPHN
Masters Master of Social Work MSW
Masters Master of Special Education MSpecEd
Masters by Research Master of Applied Science MAppSc
Masters by Research Master of Arts MA
Masters by Research Master of Arts (Human Movement) MA(HumMvmnt)
Masters by Research Master of Human Nutrition MNumNutr
Masters by Research Master of Nursing MNurs
Masters by Research Master of Nutrition and Dietetics MNut&Dietetics
Masters by Research Master of Philosophy - Nursing MPhil
Masters by Research Master of Science MSc
Masters by Research Master of Social Work MSW

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Graduate Diplomas

Award Title Abbreviation
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Addiction Studies GDipAddictStuds
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Career Development GDCareerDev
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Community Health Nursing GDip(CommunityHealthNurs)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Disability Studies GDipDisStuds
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Disability Studies (Leadership) GDipDisStuds(Leadership)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Food Innovation and Management gDipFoodInnovation&Mgt
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Gerontological Nursing GDipGerontNurs
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Health Promotion GDipHealthProm
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Health Promotion) GDipHSc(HealthProm)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Health Promotion and Health Education) GDipHSc(HealthProm&HealthEd)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Human Nutrition) GDipHSc(HumNutr)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Nursing) GDipHSc(Nurs)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Human Movement GDipHumMvmt
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Human Nutrition GDipHumNutr
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing GDipMentalHealthNurs
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Midwifery GDipMid
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Community Health and Development) GDipNurs(CH&Dev)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care) GDipNurs(CritCare)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Family and Child Health) GDipNurs(Fam&ChildHealth)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Infection Control) GDipNurs(Infect)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Perioperative) GDipNurs(Periop)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Psychiatric) GDipNurs(Pyschiatric)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Rehabilitation) GDipNurs(Rehab)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Renal) GDipNurs(Renal)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice GDipNursPrac
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Cardiac Care) GDipNursPrac(Cardiac Care)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Critical Care) GDipNursPrac(Critical Care)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Emergency Care) GDipNursPrac(Emergency Care)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Intensive Care) GDipNursPrac(Intensive Care)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Perioperative) GDipNursPrac(Periop)
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Nutrition Education GDipNutrEd
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Physical Education GDipPhysEd
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Psychological Studies GDipPsychStuds
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Psychology GDipPsych
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Public Health GDipPubHlth
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Special Education GDipSpecEd
Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma of Sports Science GDipSportsSc

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Graduate Certificates

Award Title Abbreviation
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Addiction Studies GCertAddictStuds
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Career Development GCertCareerDev
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Current Dietetic Practice GCertCurrDietPrac
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education GCertDiabEd
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Disability Studies GCertDisStuds
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Disability Studies (Positive Behaviour Support) GCertDisStuds(PBS)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Food Innovation GCertFoodInnovation
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Forensic Psychology GCertForensicPsych
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Health Promotion GCertHealthProm
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Health Promotion and Health Education) GCertHSc(HealthProm&HealthEd)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Health Promotion) GCertHSc(HP)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Human Nutrition) GCertHSc(HumNutr)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Nursing) GCertHSc(Nurs)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Human Nutrition GCertHumNutr
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Mental Health Nursing GCertMentalHealthNurs
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Community Health and Development) GCertNurs(CommunityHealth&Dev)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Critical Care) GCertNurs(CriticalCare)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Infectious Diseases and Infection) GCertNurs(Infec)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Perioperative) GCertNurs(Periop)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Psychiatric) GCertNurs(Pyschiatric)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Rehabilitation) GCertNurs(Rehab)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Renal) GCertNurs(Renal)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice GCertNursPrac
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Cardiac Care) GCertNursPrac(Cardiac Care)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Critical Care) GCertNursPrac(Critical Care)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Emergency Care) GCertNursPrac(Emergency Care)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Intensive Care) GCertNursPrac(Intensive Care)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Perioperative) GCertNursPrac(Periop)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Psychology (Clinical) GCertPsych(Clin)
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Public Health Nutrition GCertPubHlthNutr
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Special Education GCertSpecEd
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate of Sports Nutrition GCertSportsNutr

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Bachelor degrees with honours

Award Title Abbreviation
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Disability Studies) (Honours) BAppSc(DisStuds)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science) (Honours) BAppSc(Ex&SS)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Family and Consumer Studies) (Honours) BAppSc(Fam&ConsStuds)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition) (Honours) BAppSc(FoodSc&Nutr)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion) (Honours) BAppSc(Health Prom)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Sciences) (Honours) BAppSc(HlthSc)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) (Honours) BAppSc(HumanMovement)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology) (Honours) BAppSc(Psych)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport Coaching and Administration)(Honours) BAppSc(SportCoach&Admin)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Arts (Disability Studies) (Honours) BA(DisStuds)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Arts (Nutrition)(Honours) BA(Nutr)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Honours) BA(Psych)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Honours) BEx&SS(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition (Honours) BFS&N(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Health and Medical Science (Honours) BHlth&MedSci(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) BHlthSc(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) BNurs(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion (Honours) BPH&HP(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) (Honours) BSc(Nutr)(Hons)
Bachelor with Honours Bachelor of Science (Psychology) (Honours) BSc(Psych)(Hons)

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Bachelor degrees

Award Title Abbreviation
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Disability Studies) BAppSc(DisStuds)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Scicence (Exercise and Sport Science) BAppSc(Ex&SpS)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Family and Consumer Studies) BAppSc(Fam&ConsStuds)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition) BAppSc(FoodSc&Nutr)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion) BAppSc(HealthProm)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Sciences) BAppSc(HealthSc)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Home Economics) BAppSc(HomeEco)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) BAppSc(HumanMovement)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Intellectual Disability) BAppSc(IntDisab)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology) BAppSc(Psych)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport Coaching and Administration) BAppSc(SportCoach&Admin)
Bachelor Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport Coaching) BAppSc(SportCoach)
Bachelor Bachelor of Arts (Disability Studies) BA(DisStuds)
Bachelor Bachelor of Excercise and Sport Science BEx&SpS
Bachelor Bachelor of Food and Nutrition BF&Nutr
Bachelor Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition BFSc&Nutr
Bachelor Bachelor of Health Sciences BHealthSc
Bachelor Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery BMBS
Bachelor Bachelor of Midwifery BMidwifery
Bachelor Bachelor of Nursing BNurs
Bachelor Bachelor of Nursing (Post-Registration) BNurs(Postreg)
Bachelor Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration) BNurs(Prereg)
Bachelor Bachelor of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing) BNurs(PsychNurs)
Bachelor Bachelor of Nursing Studies (Postregistration) BNursStuds(Postreg)
Bachelor Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics BND
Bachelor Bachelor of Occupational Therapy BOccThy
Bachelor Bachelor of Psychology BPsych
Bachelor Bachelor of Psychlogy and Management BPsychMgt
Bachelor Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion BPH&HP
Bachelor Bachelor of Science (Psychology) BSc(Psych)
Bachelor Bachelor of Social Work BSW

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20th June 2012