Overview

The Bachelor of Allied Health produces work-ready health professionals who have the knowledge, skills and necessary qualifications to make a real difference within the wider Allied Health community. Throughout this course you will develop your knowledge in a broad range of topics including anatomy and physiology, health psychology, evidence-based practice and rural and remote health. This course will provide you with opportunities to apply your knowledge and skills in rich and authentic learning environments through laboratory activities, research projects and work-integrated learning where you will be engaged in genuine, real life professional experiences. You also have the option to complete the vocational award of HLT33015 Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance, through successful completion of your first year of study as an embedded VET award. This vocational award enables entry to the allied health workforce as an Allied Health Assistant.

At the completion of your studies, you will be well-placed to find employment as a competent health professional within the allied health industry and/or to continue with further studies at an honours or postgraduate level.

Prerequisites

English Standard (Band 2).

Majors

Areas of study

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, allied health liberal studies, community and public health, introduction to occupational therapy, introduction to physiotherapy, introduction to speech pathology, psychology for health.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Career opportunities exist within aged care, Indigenous heath, community health project management, health promotion, public health, health research.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer83.6083.60
Median rank to receive an offer67.9069.90
Lowest rank to receive an offer58.1560.40

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Central Queensland University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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