Arts and Health Sciences - A2017
Combining Arts with Health Sciences provides you with powerful communication and critical thinking skills coupled with a strong technological or scientific base to improve health outcomes for individuals and groups.
What is a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Health Sciences?
This course leads to two separate degrees:
- the Bachelor of Arts, and
- the Bachelor of Health Sciences.
You’ll gain all the benefits of each degree course and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field separately or to combine the two in your chosen work.
The Bachelor of Arts offers you 30+ areas of study to choose from, such as, bioethics, psychology, sociology, languages and communications, and provides you with an essential skill set, effective communication, interpersonal skills, empathy, critical thinking, cultural awareness and a global outlook.
The Bachelor of Health Sciences develops through three themes: Personal and professional development; Population, communities, health and illness; and Scientific basis of health care practice; and allows you to apply scientific approaches to improve health challenges, keeping in mind physiological, behavioural, developmental, social and environmental aspects of human health.
Jobs with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Health Sciences degree?
Studying Arts and Health Sciences opens the door to a range of exciting career opportunities in health and human relations. You’ll be enabled to improve human health outcomes whilst considering physiological, behavioural, developmental, social and environmental aspects of human health and disease.
Your unique human approach to identifying, investigating, analysing and assessing health issues will prepare you for work in communications, health education, marketing, policy design, public health campaigns, bioethics, community development, mental health support, health and wellbeing, and so much more.
At a glance
Subject prerequisites
| English | Maths | Sciences / Other |
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| N/A | N/A |
Course Details
Location |
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| Note: | Arts studies are completed at Clayton; Health Sciences studies are completed at Caulfield. |
Duration |
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Start date |
First Semester (February) |
Qualification |
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Health Sciences |
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements (Domestic students)
There are many ways to be considered for entry to a Monash University degree depending on your educational background and history. The below options reflect the academic requirements for the different applicant categories (or the highest level of education previously completed) to be considered for this Monash course. All applicants must satisfy equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites or equivalent tertiary units including the English language requirements.
Qualifications
Equivalent Australian Year 12
Completing Year 12 in the Current Year or within the Last 2 Years
Applicants with Recent Secondary Education
Started or Completed a TAFE Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma
Applicants with VET Study
Started or Completed a Bachelor Degree
Applicants with Higher Education Study
Finished Year 12 More than 3 Years Ago with No Further Study
Applicants with Work and Life Experience
Alternative qualifications and prerequisites
For other domestic and international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course use the study credit and admissions eligibility search.
English requirements
Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.
University entrance requirements
Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.
Making the application
Future students
Semester one (February)
Applications for on campus studies should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
Current Monash students
You may apply to transfer from another Monash course. Transfers are a competitive process. You may apply mid-year for available courses however consideration will be given as to whether you will be able to follow your course progression.
Please note that if you apply for a course transfer, you should still enrol in your current course as if you were continuing so as not to jeopardise your enrolment in the Faculty if your transfer application is unsuccessful. More about Course Transfer.
Self assess for credit eligibility
Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page.
Fees
Fees are subject to change annually.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
The average annual student contribution amount for 2026 is:
A$13,558
Note: see information on how fees are calculated.
Fee assistance
As a Commonwealth supported student, you may be able to either:
- pay all of your student contribution upfront, or
- defer payment through the HECS HELP loan scheme.
Full fee
Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2026 are:
A$40,500
Scholarships
We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.
Other fees
The Student Services and Amenities Fee applies to some students each calendar year.