Recommended Allied Health MINORS for all other (non-CB66) students:

Allied Health:

1. ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health
2. HLHT12028 Health Promotion Strategies
3. ALLH13011 Rural and Remote Practice for Allied Health Professionals
4. HLTH13035 Health in all Policy

Research for Health:

1. ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals
2. ALLH12006 Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals
3. ALLH14002 Research Project for Health Professionals 1 
4. ALLH14001 Research Project for Health Professionals 2

Recommended Allied Health MAJOR for all other (non-CB66) students:

1. ALLH11001 Introduction to Allied Health
2. ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals
3. ALLH12006 Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals
4. HLHT12028 Health Promotion Strategies
5. ALLH13011 Rural and Remote Practice for Allied Health Professionals
6. HLTH13035 Health in all Policy
7. ALLH14002 Research Project for Health Professionals 1
8. ALLH14001 Research Project for Health Professionals 2

ALL students must accumulate a total of 144 credit points.

These credit points will be broken down into eight (8) core units, eight (8) discipline units and eight (8) breadth / extension units.

YEAR 1

All students are required to complete six (6) compulsory core units in Year 1.

Students are then required to choose two (2) units from their selected minor/s or major to complete their first year of study, provided eligibility and requisite requirements are met.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ALLH11001	Introduction to Allied Health Practice
ALLH11006	Life Course Development for Health Professionals
PSYC11010	Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour
ALLH11009	Research Methods for Health Professionals
BMSC11007	Medical Anatomy and Physiology 1
BMSC11008	Medical Anatomy and Physiology 2

YEAR 2

All students are required to complete four (4) compulsory core units in Year 2.

Students are then required to choose four (4) units from their selected minor/s or major to complete their second year of study, provided eligibility and requisite requirements are met.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ALLH12006	Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals
ALLH11010	Skills for Allied Health Assistants
SOCL11060	Being Bad
MPAT12001	Medical Pathophysiology

YEAR 3

All students are required to complete six (6) compulsory core units in Year 3.

Students are then required to choose two (2) units from their selected minor/s or major to complete their third year of study, provided eligibility and requisite requirements are met.

 

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BMSC13010	Pharmacology
ALLH14002	Research Project for Health Professionals 1
ALLH13011	Rural and Remote Practice for Health Professionals
ALLH14001	Research Project for Health Professionals 2
ALLH13009	Work-Integrated Learning for Health Professionals
MBIO12013	Microbiology for Health Care

Many Indigenous Australians experience poorer health than other Australians, especially in rural, regional and remote communities. As such, they require care that is contextualised within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander systems of kinship, reciprocity and spirituality, and which acknowledges the intergenerational effects of past government policies, discrimination and racism on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In this minor, you will engage with colonialism taking you into the national context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and perspectives in interface with non-Indigenous power and authority. You are enabled to make connections to the international global and colonial context. You will develop skill sets to critically investigate, argue and interpret issues around identity, nationalism and power, and to question issues and approaches that purport to be about ‘reconciliation’. You develop into a critical and ethical thinker enabled to be a transformative citizen skilled in the struggle for social justice.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
INDG11015	Contemporary Indigenous Issues
NURS11171	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health
INDG19015	Aboriginal Cultures and Country
ENEV12002	First Nations and Community Engagement

This minor has been designed to support credit, articulation agreements and transition arrangements. Students cannot opt-in to complete the Allied Health Liberal Studies minor. Please contact Course Advice for further information.

The health landscape in Australia is changing rapidly and it is vital that health professions and policies adapt to meet the changing needs of our population. This requires a specialised combination of skills and knowledge to achieve system-wide change. Within this minor, you will learn about current and future health challenges in our population and develop skills in identifying needs and populations at risk, changing systems to improve health, advocating for disadvantaged groups and contributing to healthy public policy.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HLTH11027	Foundations of Health
HLTH12028	Health Promotion Strategies
HLTH12032	Community Assets and Needs Assessment
SOWK13012	Professional Practice and Mental Health

Note: Access to this Minor is restricted. Please contact the Course Advice Team to discuss. Rockhampton and Bundaberg campuses only. The Introduction to Physiotherapy and Introduction to Speech Pathology minors cannot be completed with this minor.

This minor is designed to introduce you to the profession of occupational therapy, including occupational, biomedical, and social foundations. Occupational therapists support people of all ages, and their families, to engage in their desired and required occupations and activities of daily life, optimising physical and mental health and wellbeing. During this minor you will be introduced to: the scope of contemporary occupational therapy practice; the history of occupational therapy; occupational therapy theories and models; foundational professional skills, including interviewing; how personal, environmental, and occupational factors can represent strengths and barriers to occupational engagement; and the support occupational therapists provide to people to achieve their goals. This minor is subject to quota availability.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCCT11002	Introduction to Occupational Therapy Theory and Practice
OCCT11001	Introduction to Activity and Occupation
BMSC12007	Neurological Physiology & Measurement
HLTH13035	Health in all Policies

Note: Access to this Minor is restricted. Please contact the Course Advice Team to discuss. Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Cairns campuses only. The Introduction to Occupational Therapy and Introduction to Speech Pathology minors cannot be completed with this minor.

Physiotherapy is an exciting and rewarding allied health profession that has employment opportunities in hospital, community, sports and occupational settings. Physiotherapists work collaboratively with other health care providers to improve the quality of life for individuals with health and/or movement disorders. In this minor, you will develop an understanding of the ethical, legal and professional frameworks that underpin physiotherapy practice, including evidence-based and inter-professional healthcare. You will acquire basic knowledge and skills in the assessment of posture and movement, and the safe use of therapeutic massage, manual handling, and mobility aids in the context of physiotherapy practice. You will also be introduced to the physiological and biochemical determinants of exercise performance, and develop basic skills in the assessment and prescription of exercise for healthy individuals. This minor is subject to quota availability.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSIO11004	Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 1
PSIO11003	Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 2
BMSC12006	Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Measurement
HLTH13035	Health in all Policies

Note: Access to this Minor is restricted. Please contact the Course Advice Team to discuss. Rockhampton campus only. The Introduction to Occupational Therapy and the Introduction to Physiotherapy minors cannot be completed with this minor.

Speech Pathology is an exciting field that helps people overcome communication difficulties that prevent them from fully engaging with people around them. In this minor, you will develop an understanding and appreciation of how communication disorders across the lifespan create barriers to participation in community, education and employment. Strategies to facilitate development of language in children and improved understanding and use of language to promote better health outcomes will also be explored. This minor is subject to quota availability.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SPCH11001	Introduction to Communication and Swallowing
SPCH12006	Linguistics
SPCH12008	Phonetics
HLTH13035	Health in all Policies

In this minor, you will be introduced to the social and cultural bases of human behaviour and the theory behind the skills and interventions that are commonly implemented with clients in applied health and sports settings. You will examine human lifespan development, including cognitive and social development, and investigate social psychology as well as abnormal psychology. Additionally, you will analyse individual and societal attitudes to psychoactive drug use by exploring the history of its use, drug policy, public health responses and current media representations.

 

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC11009	Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy
PSYC12050	Applied Health and Sports Psychology
HLTH12030	Drugs in Society
PSYC13017	Foundations of Psychopathology