Course Level
Diploma
Diploma in Health Sciences
Turn your passion into a profession with La Trobe's Diploma in Health Sciences. Take a supported pathway into our Bachelor of Health Sciences or head straight into entry-level healthcare roles with the interdisciplinary skills you need. Build your health sciences knowledge and get the full university experience by studying core subjects alongside Bachelor's degree students. Learn the fundamentals, including anatomy and physiology, and explore the social and psychological impacts of health and science. By studying La Trobe's Diploma in Health Sciences, you will: explore key concepts in health sciences, including human structure and function, concepts in contemporary health and wellbeing, and how to use data and statistics in health tailor your study to your career or future study plans by choosing from a range of specialist health sciences streams, including health promotion, public health, environmental health, digital health and more have the flexibility to study on campus in Melbourne, online or a mix of both earn up to one year's worth of credit for the subjects you study, making you eligible to apply to enter second year of our Bachelor of Health Sciences.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne (Bundoora) | Full-time - 1 years Part-time - 2 years | N/A | N/A |
Online | Online/Off-campus - 1 years Full-time - 1 years Part-time - 2 years | N/A | N/A |
Structure
To qualify for the award of Diploma in Health Sciences, students must complete 120 credit points as follows: 45 core credit points 75 elective credit points (including 30 credit point of Heath Science stream)
Subjects
- First Year Subjects: Academic Integrity Module
- Human Structure and Function
- Making Sense of Data
- Understanding Health and Wellbeing
- Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
Entry requirements
- Recent secondary education - VTAC prerequisite: Year 12 English prerequisite (20) - Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.
- Recent secondary education - UAC prerequisite: Year 12 English prerequisite (Band 3) - equivalent to VCE 25 - One of English Standard, English Advanced (Band 3), English as an Additional Language or Dialect (Band 4).
- Non Year 12 - Vocational Education & Training: VET prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.
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