Responsible faculty or institute:
Health Science (principal)
Campus(es) Offered:
Hobart:
Launceston:
Sydney:
Course Duration: Minimum
1 yrs, Maximum
2 yrs.
Course Contact (faculty or school):
Associate Professor John Field, (03) 6226 4883
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Introduction
This on-campus course is offered at Launceston, Hobart and Sydney on a full time or part time basis. The course length is a minimum of one year of full-time study and a maximum of two years part time.
Admission & Prerequisites
To be admitted to the honours program a student must hold a Bachelor of Nursing, normally with a minimum of a credit average across both the second and third years of the degree.
Course Objectives
The objectives of the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours are:
- Develop an understanding of individual responses to nursing practice and how this impacts on research.
- Develop the ability to critically and theoretically analyse a context or aspect of practice and apply this analysis to the research project.
- Conduct a modest but rigorous research project that incorporates an appropriate research design and demonstrates critical engagement with the phenomenon of interest.
- Contribute to a scholarly community through dialogue, debate and critique.
Career Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours may enter graduate/professional development programs in Australian healthcare systems. Graduates are prepared to undertake postgraduate research and activities; and gain preferential access to postgraduate courses.
Articulation to/from Course
Graduates holding first class (I) or upper 2nd class (IIA) BN (Hons are eligible to apply for PhD candidature.
Students who hold a Bachelor of Nursing from another university may be considered for admission to the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours.
