Why Study Health Sciences?

Are you looking for a career in health where you can make a real difference?

Through the Bachelor of Health Sciences program at the University of Adelaide you can follow your passion for a specific career in health, or discover a whole new world of opportunity in the rapidly expanding and growing health industry sector. Whilst other Faculty of Health Sciences vocational programs, such as Medicine and Dentistry, are well known with students seeking a career in the health sector, not everyone may be aware of the additional opportunities and flexibility of career pathways in health available through the Bachelor of Health Sciences program (SATAC code 314411).

The Health Sciences program has a vocational focus and offers:

• Exposure to a wide range of health-related disciplines including Medical Sciences (Anatomical Sciences, Pathology, Pharmacology), Public Health and Psychology.
• Flexibility to match core courses in health with other areas of interest in science, humanities and social science, mathematical and computer science, and commerce.
• Individual and population approaches to wellness and the prevention and treatment of human disease. It is also the only science-based program in South Australia that offers courses in human anatomy and pathology.
• Links with major health industry providers in South Australia including hospitals, research centres and institutes, government, professional bodies and private industry.
• Opportunities to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to the health industry in a caring and supportive environment.
• An excellent pathway into postgraduate programs in medicine, physiotherapy, chiropractic and other health professions.

Careers

Specific career outcomes will depend on the choice of study pathway undertaken, however, in previous years Bachelor of Health Sciences graduates have found work in Australia and overseas in:

• Medical research
• Medical and hospital administration
• University, hospital and pathology laboratories
• Hospital and non-hospital health promotion units
• Forensic sciences
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Commercial clinical trial laboratories
• Local, state and federal government departments and agencies (e.g. Therapeutic Goods Administration, State Health Department agencies, Drug and Alcohol Services Council, Department of Human Services, Community Health Services, Department of Health and Ageing, Health Insurance Commission)
• Tertiary and secondary education
• Counselling, clinical, educational, forensic, health, sport, and community psychology, neuropsychology
• Human resources and personnel selection
• Government funded research institutes (e.g. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, CSIRO)
• Non-government organisations (e.g. Oxfam, Red Cross)
• Consumer organisations (e.g. Asthma Foundation, Diabetes SA)
• Graduate programs (e.g. medicine, veterinary science, chiropractic, dietetics, physiotherapy, nursing, paramedics)
  

For more information on planning a successful career visit the following website:

• The University of Adelaide - Get a Great Future