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Diploma of Health Science (Year 1)

Australia

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What will I learn?

This course has been Accredited by TEQSA as an AQF Level 5 – Diploma course.

Diploma of Health Science (Year 1) is designed to enhance your learning experience, and provide you with the underpinning knowledge necessary to prepare you for studies in Nursing or health related fields at university level.

Biomedical Science

Focus on how cells, organs and systems function in the human body. Their work is an important element in our understanding and treatment of human diseases

Exercise and Sports Science

Work with elite sportspeople, promote health in the community, work in corporate health or a wide range of other exciting environments

Nursing

Make significant contributions to the outcomes of patients within a diverse range of health care settings

Psychology

Give you the skills to analyse and research behaviour and explain interactions between people and their environment

Speech Pathology

Provide diagnostic assessment and management of disorders of communication and swallowing for people of all ages, from babies to the elderly

Nutrition Bioscience

Provides students with an understanding of the known nutrients and the non-nutrient substances in food, the assessment of nutritional status, nutritional needs during the lifecycle, community nutrition issues, the psychology and sociology of food habits, and current controversies in nutrition, biochemistry and human physiology

Leading to
Diploma of Health Science Year 2

Majors

  • Biomedical Science
  • Exercise and Sports Science
  • Nursing
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CRICOS

103337G

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
A$26,000.00 (US$ 17,158) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

Expected October 2025

Venue

Joondalup campus

Building 80, Joondalup Campus West, 10 Injune Way,

JOONDALUP,

Western Australia,

6027, PERTH, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Minimum 50% in 4 Year 11 General subjects (excluding English), and a pass/C in Year 11 English, or; Certificate II, and a pass/C grade in Year 11/12 English

Entry requirements vary from country to country.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS (Academic) Score: 5.5 with no band less than 5.0; TOEFL iBT score: 60; Pearson Test of English (Academic): 42 with no score less than 36; Duolingo (selected countries only): 95; Phoenix English Proficiency Test (iPEPT): B2 (no component); IGCSE, GCSE or GCE- O levels: Grade C or Grade 4; GCE - A levels: Grade E in English Language, English Literature or English Language and Literature

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Edith Cowan College (ECC)

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  • Pathway and foundation program for university direct entry
  • Live and work in the highly liveable coastal city of Perth
  • Excellent facilities and curriculum
  • Wide array of scholarships and financial support

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