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Bachelor of Science (Health)/Master of Nursing (Pre-registration)

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 12 February 2024.
View details of the changes below.

Bachelor of Science (Health) / Master of Nursing

Students must complete a total of 192 credit points, including:
a) Science Degree core: 12 credit points of units of study as set out in Table A Degree Core; and 12 credit points of 1000-level units of study as set out in Table A (excluding units
present in Table A Degree Core); units used to meet the Degree Core requirement can also be used to meet the requirements for major(s) or minor(s)
(b) a Health major (48 credit points) from the Bachelor of Science Table A to count towards the Health stream
(c) 6 credit points from the Open learning environment Table O
(d) Where appropriate, elective units from Bachelor of Science Table A, Table S (shared pool) or Table O
(e) 96 credit points of core Master of Nursing units set out in the table below; and
(f) clinical experience as prescribed.
Students enrolled in the Dalyell stream are to refer to the Bachelor of Science (Health) / Master of Nursing rules for additional course requirements.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Year 1

12 credit points of units and 6 credit points of 1000 level stream core unit from the Health Stream in Table A (refer to the Course overview for guidance) and the following core units:
HSBH1012
Introduction to Health and Health Care
6 N HSBH1006 or HSBH1008 or HSBH1009
PSYC1002
Psychology 1002
6  
HSBH1013
Society and Health
6  

Year 2

NURS5042
The Body, Its Function and Pharmacology
6
NURS5081
Introduction to Nursing Practice
6  
FMHU2000
Introduction to Research Methods in Health
6 N BACH2140 or HSBH1007 or HSBH2007
NURS5006
Illness Experience and Nursing Care
6 P NURS5081
NURS5043
Understand Health and Managing Disease
6 P NURS5042
HSBH2009
Innovations in eHealth
6 A HSBH1012, HSBH1013
P 48 credit points
N HSBH1010 or HSBH3008

Year 3

12 credit points of 3000-level Health units as set out in the Health Stream in Table A of the Science Undergraduate handbook and the following core Nursing units:
NURS5002
Social Contexts of Health
6  
NURS5082
Developing Nursing Practice
6 C NURS5081
NURS5084
Nursing the Acutely Ill Person
6 P NURS5082 and NURS5081
NURS5085
Mental Health Nursing Practice
6 C NURS5084

Year 4

NURS6018
Care and Chronic Conditions
6 P NURS5084 and NURS5085 and NURS5043
NURS6019
High Acuity Nursing
6 P NURS5084 and NURS5043
NURS6031
Frameworks for Practice (MN)
6 P NURS5081 and NURS5082
NURS6033
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
6 P NURS5002
NURS6022
Community Health Nursing
6 P NURS6018 and NURS6019
NURS6029
Australian Health Care - Global Context
6  
NURS6030
Evidence Based Practice
6 P NURS5002 and NURS5006
NURS6032
Transition to Practice (MN)
6 P NURS5085 and NURS6018 and NURS6019

Post-publication amendments

Date

Original publication
Post-publication amendment
9/01/2024 Prerequisites (P) for HSBH2009 published as:
48 credit points
Prerequisites (P) for HSBH2009 amended to:
HSBH1010 or HSBH3008
5/02/2024 Prerequisites (P) for HSBH2009 published as:
P HSBH1010 or HSBH3008
Prerequisites (P) for HSBH2009 amended to:
P 48 credit points
5/02/2024 Prohibitions (N) for HSBH2009 published as:
N HSBH1010 
Prohibitions (N) for HSBH2009 amended to:
N HSBH1010 or HSBH3008
12/02/2024 Course requirements (a) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing published as:
(a) Degree core: 12 credit points of Mathematics degree core units of study as set out in the Bachelor of Science Table A, and 12 credit points of 1000-level science elective units of study (excluding units listed as Mathematics degree core) as set out in the Bachelor of Science Table A (students may count the units from their major to fulfill part of this requirement)
Course requirements (a) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing amended to:
(a) Science degree core: 12 credit points of units of study as set out in Table A Degree Core; and 12 credit points of 1000-level units of study as set out in Table A (excluding units present in Table A Degree Core); units used to meet the Degree Core requirement can also be used to meet the requirements for major(s) or minor(s)
12/02/2024 Course requirements (c) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing published as:
(c) 12 credit points from the Open learning environment Table O
Course requirements (c) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing amended to:
(c) 6 credit points from the Open learning environment Table O
12/02/2024 Course requirements (d) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing published as:
(d) 12 credit points of elective units from Bachelor of Science Table A, Table S (shared pool) or Table O
Course requirements (d) for Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing amended to:
(d) Where appropriate, elective units from Bachelor of Science Table A, Table S (shared pool) or Table O
12/02/2024 Supplementary text for collection "Year 1" published as:
12 credit points of 1000 level units and 6 credit points of 1000 level stream core unit from the Health Stream in Table A (refer to the Faculty of Science handbook) and the following core units:
Supplementary text for collection "Year 1" amended to:
12 credit points of units and 6 credit points of 1000 level stream core unit from the Health Stream in Table A (refer to the Course overview for guidance) and the following core units: