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Enrolment Fee - $51.40 (NZD)

Student Services Levy - $237.50 (NZD)

Massey Foundation Fee -$22.40 (NZD)

Distance Learning overseas venue fee - $214.20 (NZD)

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CSU's Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) aims to prepare graduates who have appropriate knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to work competently as a mental health worker within their own communities and mainstream mental health services.

Originally designed in collaboration with a community-based Aboriginal Mental Health Steering Committee and the Greater Southern Area Health Service, this course was specifically designed for Indigenous mental health practitioners to meet the needs of the mental health workforce with a specific understanding of contemporary health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Today, this specialist course aims to prepare graduates to work within mental health services with all members of the community, with an understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, their families and communities. It places mental health workers within a multi-disciplinary team working alongside other health professionals, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

Entry Requirements

To be admitted into the course, prospective students need to indicate their likelihood of success through: previous studies, and other attainments and experience.

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Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

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Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

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This course provides you with advanced training and knowledge up-skilling in the disciplines dealing with mental health issues in the community and closed environments.

The Master of Mental Health Science is available by coursework or minor thesis and provides the opportunity to exit the course at Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma levels as long as requirements for that alternative exit have been met.

The program offer specialisations in Forensic Behavioural Science, Community Mental Health and Child Psychotherapy.

This three-year, part-time degree is taught off campus by some of Australia's most experienced mental health professionals and researchers, allowing you to apply the latest thinking to your workplace as you study. The course also includes an on-campus workshop.

You get to choose a study pathway that matches your workplace needs, you can specialise in community mental health, child psychotherapy or the rapidly emerging field of forensic behavioural science - or you can select units from across these specialities to gain a broader, generalist qualification.

James Ogloff and Paul Mullen, two of Australasia's two leading forensic mental health experts, put together the forensic behavioural science program, which draws on psychology, psychiatry, nursing, criminology, law, social work and ethics to help health professionals in the criminal justice system apply and assess mental health needs, policies and practices.

The child psychotherapy pathway gives you a deep understanding of psychoanalytic and developmental theory and how it can help children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems. Completing all units in this pathway qualifies you to work under Victoria's Child Psychotherapists Award and to join the Victorian Child Psychotherapy Association.

The community mental health program provides a thorough understanding of community mental health practice in Australia, from population-based to individual clinical and rehabilitation interventions to family and community support to policy and planning. It's relevant not just to case management, disability support and non-clinical mental health workers but also to clinical psychologists, trainee psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and social workers.

Whichever stream you choose, you'll graduate able to evaluate research literature, identify research gaps, conduct practice-based research projects and develop, apply and advocate evidence-based best practice.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelors degree in a relevant field and a minimum of one year of relevant work experience via submission of a comprehensive CV.

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This course is designed for those interested in our relationship with and management of animals in a rapidly changing world. The course has three specialist majors focusing on: 1) livestock production; 2) wildlife management; and 3) horses and dogs.

Students will study the basic sciences and applied biological sciences before undertaking specialist units. The course also develops practical skills.

The Livestock Production major has streams enabling specialisation in sheep and wool science, animal health and nutrition, animal genetics, intensive animal production and consulting and advisory services.

The Canine and Equine major is suited to students with interests in companion animals. Students will learn the fundamentals of animal nutrition, physiology, genetics and human-animal interactions before specialising in their chosen fields. Students in this major will be well placed for a career in the petfood industry, detector dog agencies, canine control and the equine and racehorse industries.

The Wildlife Management major is designed for students seeking a career in the management and conservation of wildlife or management of feral animals, ecological basis for the stable, threatened and nuisance status of animal species together with theoretical and practical skills in animal nutrition, reproduction, genetics breeding, health and welfare are covered.

The program includes four units of equine related study from the University of Queensland which is completed from UNE on a cross-institutional basis.

Entry Requirements

Assumed knowledge is Mathematics.

Recommended studies: Biology and/or Chemistry.

For students without the recommended background knowledge, the Faculty offers a Foundation unit in Chemistry and Mathematics.

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Notes

Mandatory intensive schools may be a requirement of some of the units in this course. See Unit Catalogue for specific requirements.

12 weeks practical industry work experience during vacation periods is essential to the course requirements. For further information contact UNE Career Development through AskUNE.

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