Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)

Bachelor

Combine nursing and psychology to work as a nurse in emergency, mental health, palliative care or cancer departments, or take the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Course Code

425112, 065615J

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb

ATAR

84

About this course

Highlights

Complete the requirements for a nursing career and develop knowledge about how humans respond and react to challenging situations.
Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years of full-time study.
Undertake 840 scheduled hours of clinical practice, with a minimum of 800 hours required for registration in nursing.
Take the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist.

Highlights

Complete the requirements for a nursing career and develop knowledge about how humans respond and react to challenging situations.
Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
Take the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist.

Entry requirements

Additional entry requirements

You must have attended and satisfactorily completed at least 6 years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English. At least two years of this education must have been between grades 7 and 12. This education must have been completed in one of the following countries:

Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Republic of Ireland
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America

If you have not met these educational requirements you are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test.

English language proficiency

You must demonstrate that they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.

Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:

IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no sub-score below 7.0
PTE: 65 or better overall with no sub-score below 65
TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing sub-score of 27 or better listening and reading sub-scores of 24 or better and speaking sub-score of 23 or better
Occupational English Test (Nursing Profession) with a minimum score of 350 in each component.

The test must have been completed within 2 years before the proposed course start month.

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Graduate prepared to deal with situations where an understanding of how humans respond and react to challenging situations would be an advantage such as when working as a nurse in emergency mental health palliative care or cancer departments. Graduates of this degree may find employment in a number of healthcare settings.

Professional recognition

The Bachelor of Nursing

is subject to accreditation from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.

Graduates are eligible to apply for registered nurse status with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

The Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council. To pursue a career in a professional area of psychology you'll need to undertake further study to gain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Student registration

We automatically register students enrolled in this course with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009. Details about student registration are available from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Possible careers

Administrator
Aged services worker
Case manager
Child protection officer
Community health officer
Community worker
Counsellor
Disability services worker
Family services officer
Government officer
Health policy officer
Health services manager
Nurse
Probation and parole officer
Psychologist
Public servant
Research assistant
Research officer
Social scientist
Youth worker