The following information is for students interested in H412 Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion (Honours) and H400 Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours).
What is Honours?
The Honours year builds on the foundation of study in content and research methods provided by the three year undergraduate degree in Public Health and Health Promotion or Health Sciences.
The aim of the fourth, or Honours, year is to provide appropriate units of study to enhance graduate skills and employability, enable students to qualify for research candidature in a higher degree (MSc, MA and PhD), and to expand students' knowledge in their chosen field of study.
What does Honours study involve?
In the Honours programs a candidate must complete the equivalent of eight credit points over one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study. The requirements include an independent research project/thesis worth four credit points conducted under the supervision of two supervisors, at least one of whom will be a School of Health and Social Development staff member; a two-credit points unit in research methods; and a two credit points unit in developing research skills in health sciences.
What skills will I gain by doing Honours?
During your Honours studies you will:
- Develop higher level skills in information retrieval and the critical analysis of published material
- Develop conceptual frameworks and methodological procedures for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data
- Become familiar with significant ethical and professional issues
- Produce a thesis which demonstrates evidence of research ability and written communication skills
Find out about Sarah Roberts's experience of completing the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) at Deakin.
Please note that the application deadline for 2013 entry into H400/H412 Honours will be Sunday 2nd December 2012. Updated information on Honours and projects on offer for 2013 will be posted on this site in September 2012. If you're interested in finding out more about these Honours courses before then, please have a look through the information below from 2011, or contact the School of Health and Social Development.
H400/H412 information session documents
- H412/H400 Honours information session (86KB)
- H400/H412 Honours projects 2012 (881KB)
- Previous H412/H400 Honours projects (40KB)
- A previous Honours student's perspective (54KB)
- Application information for 2012 entry into H412/H400 (15KB)
iLecture recording of the H412/H400 Honours information session from August 2011
Note: You will need a Deakin University account to access the iLecure recording.
Course information handbooks
