Get work-ready
A rewarding career in a health-related field gives you the chance to reduce health disparity and to help people – whether in Australia or overseas – to lead fuller, healthier and happier lives. You'll have the chance to enhance your employment prospects and consolidate your knowledge and skills through an industry placement or volunteer unit, while also learning in our state-of-the-art facilities like the $53m Regional Community Health Hub (REACH).
Undergraduate
Undergraduate (your first degree)
An undergraduate degree is generally completed between two to four years, depending on the pattern of study and any recognition of prior learning you may have. Associate degrees, bachelor and bachelor with honours are all undergraduate degrees.
Research
Higher Degrees by Research (supervised research)
Research degrees are research based master’s or PhD programs that focus on a single area of expertise. They provide students the opportunity to carry out highly specialised research under expert supervision.
Become a highly sought-after specialist
A health sciences degree allows you to concentrate your studies on two specialised health-related areas. That means you gain unique knowledge, making you highly sought-after within the health sector.
Career opportunities
Depending upon your specialisations, your health sciences degree can prepare you for work in the following roles and fields:
- case manager
- disability services officer
- family/community/
refugee/Indigenous support worker - environmental and sustainability officer/policy adviser
- food and nutrition policy
- medical biotechnology researcher
- nutritionist
- food scientist
- health educator or counsellor
- health and sport marketing or PR officer
- health promotion and communication officer
- international aid work
- regional health service planning
- youth services.
Choosing Deakin has helped me form a clear pathway for my future. I have been fortunate to meet people with whom I've made connections with in the industry.
Bethany Griffiths
Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Arts
Research with us
If you’re passionate about health sciences, a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) paves the way to a higher degree by research. Deakin's research in medical and health sciences was awarded the highest possible ranking in 2018.* Your research can be undertaken through our research centres and clusters, including:
*2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
Study a Bachelor of Health Science at Deakin
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