Start a healthy career
Develop a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology through specialisation topics in Therapy Studies, providing a strong foundation for future endeavours in a range of traditional and emerging therapy areas.
This specialisation meets the prerequisites to apply for post-graduate studies in established fields in Allied Health including Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.
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Why study Health Sciences (Therapy Studies) at Flinders
This degree will lead to a wide range of careers in varied health care settings. Follow your own pathway in the health care sector by putting the wide suite of transferable skills we’ve taught you to practice in a range of environments.
This course has real flexibility.
Choose from a variety of specialisations including ageing, health management, health promotion, innovation, digital health^, physiology & neuroscience^, psychology^ and therapy studies^. Or build your own Health Sciences degree by combining the core skills topics with a selection of courses from any field within the entire university.
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* The Health Management, Health Promotion, Physiology & Neuroscience and Psychology specialisations require you to choose specific topics in your first year so be sure to check your study program before enrolling.
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This degree provides you with the option to undertake a work placement, preparing you for the workforce and giving you the opportunity to build industry connections and develop practical skills, ensuring you are career ready.
There are opportunities to take your studies overseas with a student exchange program.
At Flinders University, we recognise that careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today.
Whatever undergraduate course you are studying at Flinders you can add innovation and enterprise electives to your degree to gain new, adaptable and transferrable skills that will equip you for changes in the global job market.
These innovation and enterprise electives prepare you for the careers of tomorrow by developing what we like to call ‘personal enterprise skills’ – the innate ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you, professionally and personally.
Choose your preferred course.
Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.
Choose other courses to include in your preferences.
Visit SATAC and submit your application online.
Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study, TAFE/VET qualifications, or through adult entry (STAT/Foundation Studies/tertiary preparation course).
Find the entry path that’s right for you.
An annual subquota is available for applicants from rural and remote areas. To be considered for the rural and remote subquota applicants must apply to SATAC in the normal way.
Applicants must also, within 10 working days after submitting the SATAC application, submit a Statutory Declaration to SATAC which confirms that they have lived in non-metropolitan areas of Australia (Remoteness Classifications RA2 to RA5) for at least 5 consecutive years, or 10 years cumulatively, from birth (i.e. during any period of their life). A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded here.
Applicants can check their eligibility in accordance with the definition above using the search tool at the Remoteness Area (RA) Locator site. Filter your search using the ASGS Remoteness Areas (2016) layer.
When choosing your preferences through SATAC, you might want to include the Bachelor of Nursing in your list
Select your course.
Check entry requirements.
Check your eligibility for credit.
Obtain certified documents.
Submit your application and documents.
If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.
This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.
If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through academic pathways programs provided by the Flinders International Study Centre.
Want more information about studying at Flinders University? Contact us to find out more – we’d love to help you decide if Flinders University is the right choice for you.
For all course enquiries phone or email us or complete the course enquiry form.
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