Academic IELTS; or IELTS indicator online test**, overall score of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in each component of test
PTE Academic, 65, No less than 65 in each skill
TOEFL IBT; or TOEFL, 94
GCE A-Level, B grade in the General Paper or B Grade in a Humanities and Social Sciences subject at Higher 1 (H1) or Higher 2 (H2 level)
CPE, 185, no band less than 185
CAE, 185, no band less than 185
OET (for Health related award course entry only); or OET@Home**, Overall B (equivalent to an IELTS 7-7.5 range)
Special Home Edition**, Writing 27
Paper-based TOEFL, 600, Writing 5
ANMAC additional English language proficiency requirements
In addition to meeting the Deakin English language requirement, it is an Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) accreditation requirement that applicants meet the English Language requirements of the ANMAC Accreditation Standards leading to initial registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) at commencement of their course. These requirements include a self- declaration that English is their primary language, evidence of achievement of the minimum English language test result as specified in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) English language skills registration standard or hold current registration with APRHA as an Enrolled Nurse or Registered Nurse.
Deakin’s Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Psychological Science develops your understanding of human behaviour and helps to build the skills you need to become a competent and successful nurse. Armed with a wealth of real-world knowledge through your clinical placements, you’ll graduate ready for work as a registered nurse and be eligible to pursue further study towards qualification as a registered psychologist.
This combined degree helps you understand human personality, behaviour, emotion, underlying mental processes and the factors that lead people to differ in the ways they think and behave. You will learn in our purpose-built clinical simulation centres, which replicate real-world hospital and community settings with state-of-the-art equipment. Plus, you’ll undertake 800 hours of extensive clinical placements in various metropolitan, regional and rural healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners, to support and consolidate your learning.
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Level 1 - Trimester 1
Academic Integrity (0 credit points)
Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 1
Quality and Safety in Health Care
Psychology A: Fundamentals of Human Behaviour
Level 1 - Trimester 2
Health Assessment
Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 2
Psychology B: Individual and Social Development
Level 2 - Trimester 1
Understanding Health
Quality Use of Medicines
Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 3
Level 2 - Trimester 2
Health Behaviour
Understanding Research Evidence
Mental Health and Illness
Level 3 - Trimester 1
The Older Person and Supportive Care
Psychology Research Methods (Introductory)
Human Social Behaviour
Brain, Biology and Behaviour (Cloud (online) at Warrnambool)
Level 3 - Trimester 2
Community Nursing Practice
Child and Adolescent Health
Child and Adolescent Development
Personality (Cloud (online) at Warrnambool
Level 4 - Trimester 1
Chronic Illness and Supportive Care
Leadership and Clinical Governance
The Human Mind
Psychology Research Methods (Intermediate)
Level 4 - Trimester 2
Mental Health Promotion
Comprehensive Nursing Practice
Psychopathology
As a registered nurse with psychology experience, you will be a unique graduate who can pursue career opportunities around the world, in a range of work settings, including:
mental health rehabilitation
youth work
careers counselling
community development and work/life counselling
hospitals
homes
hospices
aged care settings
clinics
schools
universities
community health centres
government agencies and private industries.
Alternatively, if you are interested in pursuing a professional career in psychology, your next step involves enrolling into an approved ‘fourth year’ of psychology study (such as Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Psychology or honours in psychology), after which you may apply for provisional registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) and seek associate membership of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
In order to gain full registration, provisional psychologists can then complete either two years of supervised practise, or two years of postgraduate study - such as Deakin’s Master of Psychology (Clinical), Master of Psychology (Organisational), or Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) (with supervised practice completed outside the degree).
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
