Handbook

To qualify for the Bachelor of Midwifery - Preregistration, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available each year.

1. This Program of Study serves as a suggested study plan.  When core topics are offered in both halves of the year, students may enrol in these topics in either half of the year as long as requisites are met.

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency as specified by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) English language skills registration standard.

This course has inherent requirements in the areas of:

• Professional experience requirements
• Observational skills
• Motor skills
• Behavioural and social skills
• Intellectual - Conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities

For further details visit the Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery inherent requirements website.

In order to complete the course, you will need to fulfil placement requirements to undertake compulsory field placements.

Further information can be found on the Midwifery placement webpage.

Applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency as follows:

• English is your primary language and you have satisfactorily completed at least six years of schooling in English (including two years at secondary school level) in one of the following countries:  Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States, Canada , Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom

OR

• You have achieved, or will achieve, the required minimum scores in an acceptable English language proficiency test no more than two (2) years prior to the course start date.