Program Overview

Create a rewarding career in Australia's fastest-growing sector by changing the lives of individual people and whole populations with La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Examine the way our minds, society, environment and political structures affects the health of individuals, families and communities at local, national and international levels. Broaden your expertise with a choice of nine majors and the option of second majors and minors in health sciences or a range of other disciplines.

By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Sciences, you will:

• Build your skills in scientific thinking, lab and fieldwork, problem solving, collaboration, professional conduct and scientific communication
• Study how it suits you with options to study on campus or online, as well as Diploma and Associate Degree early exit options
• Choose from majors in allied health, digital health, environmental health, food and nutrition, health promotion, health, wellbeing and performance, psychological science, public health, and rehabilitation counselling
• Graduate ready to make real impact on health policy and practice in areas such as digital health, environmental health, nutrition or health promotion – or, depending on your choice of major, gain a pathway into postgraduate allied health and other health degrees, including audiology, physiotherapy, speech pathology and occupational therapy.

Major: Allied health

The major in Allied Health provides the knowledge, skills and capabilities to prepare students for further study to enable them to qualify as an allied health professional. Students will develop effective communication and reflective practice skills and apply these skills to diverse client populations. Students develop an understanding of the important role that physical activity plays in the prevention and development of chronic disease, and the evidence-based practice skills they need to support clinical decision-making and the delivery of client-centred health care. The evolving health care environment is explored, including the political, economic, professional, ethical and social and cultural influences on clinical decision-making, and the different organisational contexts within which allied health professional work.