Bachelor of Midwifery

Requirements

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Before applying, make sure you double check all entry requirements, gather required documentation and review the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, noting any specifics listed below.

Entry requirements

1. As an alternative to Rule 2 Section 2 of the Rules Relating to Awards, applicants for admission to candidature may be selected where the applicant is a nurse who holds a Bachelor of Nursing degree, who is registered with NMBA and has current or recent practice as a registered nurse (i.e. equal to one year of full-time practice within the past 3 years).
2. Applicants from non-English speaking backgrounds who have less than 2 years of high school education in Australia or other English speaking country must be able to demonstrate proficiency of English as required by Australian Nurses and Midwives Board i.e. an IELTS of 7.0 with a score of no less than 6.5 across each of the bands of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
3. An applicant who has completed a Certificate III qualification will not be admitted solely on the basis of this qualification.

Credit for prior learning

1. Candidates admitted under Rule 2 Section 2 may be granted advanced standing for equivalent units of study completed at university during the past 3 years. Equivalence will be based on evidence provided by the applicant which demonstrates to the Course Coordinator that the applicant has completed studies that are 70% equivalent to one or more of the units in the Bachelor of Midwifery.
2. Candidates admitted under Admission Requirement (a) will be granted advanced standing for all units listed in Part A and Part C of the Schedule of Units attached to these Rules (equivalent to 114 credit points of advanced standing). This is the maximum advanced standing that is possible for a candidate who is admitted solely on the basis of being a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Nursing degree.  

Course requirements

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Midwifery a candidate shall successfully complete the prescribed number of units as follows:

1. applicants admitted under Rule 2 Section 2 of the Rules Relating to Awards, will be required to complete the equivalent of 24 units comprising all units listed in Part A, all units listed in Part B and all units listed in Part C of the Schedule (288 credit points) and complete all clinical placement hours assigned to the units in which they are enrolled.
2. registered nurse applicants admitted on the basis of Admission Requirement (a) of the Specific Award Rules, will be required to complete all units listed in Part B of the Schedule of Units attached to these Rules (174 credit points) and complete all clinical placement hours assigned to the units in which they are enrolled. 

Exclusion

In addition to Rule 2 Section 10 – Exclusion, students enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery who are reported to the Regulatory Authority for Professional Misconduct will be excluded from the course.

Course structure