Bachelor of Health Sciences?

[Sabrina19]

Hey guys..
I'm interested in studying Bachelor of Health Sciences at Deakin, so basically you choose to major in two areas; I would choose Health Promotion and Family, Society & Health major, and take electives which fill in the Psychology major too. (6 credit point- so wouldn't be APAC accredited) .

I'm only concerned about the job opportunities after the course because its not accredited by anything and it says on the site:

"Depending on the major sequences you take and your choice of electives, you could be qualified to work in areas such as health promotion, health education, community health, family and community support, health marketing, health and sport public relations, health policy development, nutrition and research in health areas."

But don't all of these areas require further study? I'm just concerned as don't want to end up in a degree where I can't find a job later on. As many graduates from undergrad- Health Science & Psychology complain that they can't find a proper job without postgraduate study.

Should I go on and complete the course without worrying, as I love studying it or switch to an accredited course such as Social work/speech pathology?

[slothpomba]

The worry about having a time finding a job isn't unique to this degree. It happens to pretty much every degree out there, in particular the "broad" or "generalist" degrees like BA, BSci and yes, i guess health sciences. They don't neatly slot you into a job like a nursing or dentistry degree would so you have to work a bit harder to carve out a niche for yourself.

I'm sure there are certainly jobs out there, it just might take a bit of looking. Postgrad would usually increase your employability and knowledge of the area so i guess you have to factor that into your decision making process. There are many options, many government departments will take anyone with a degree (doesn't matter what in) for instance.

There may be graduate entry degrees in social work/speech pathology, so, you can complete this course and go take one of those if you want (or i suppose you could just try transfer into one of them).

What job were you thinking that you would get out of this course?