BHSc/BSc - Bachelor of Health Sciences / Bachelor of Science Conjoint

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The BHSc/BSc conjoint allows you to develop your interest and knowledge about the government's role in determining health policy, alongside how wealth systems function, and how biological and social bases of ill-health exist in our communities.

Coupled with your passion for Science, the duality of the degree can provide fertile ground to delve deeper into these issues from the perspective of statistics, psychology or even environmental science.

Enhance your BHSc with complementary courses in Science to enrich your skills and learning experience, and become a key player in the health sector.

The BHSc/BSc conjoint programme can be completed in four years (eight semesters) if you are studying full time and complete nine courses each year.

You will need to complete a total of 540 points, consisting of:

255 points from BHSc courses
255 points from BSc courses
15 points from General Education
15 points from courses available for any programme

Your enrolment for the BSc side of the conjoint will depend on your major(s) of choice. You may choose either a single major or double major. Please note the following majors are not available for conjoint degrees: Anthropological Science, Biomedical Science, Data Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Green Chemical Science, Information and Technology Management, Logic and Computation and Medicinal Chemistry.

You must meet the requirements of the Population Health major for the BHSc component of your conjoint. You can choose from six different pathways to structure your courses in this component:

Health Promotion
Mental Health and Addictions
Population Health Nutrition
Health Systems
Health Information and Analysis
Research

You would usually enrol in nine 15-point courses (135 points) each year if you want to complete your study in four years. You will need to maintain a Grade Point Average of 3.5 each year to continue with your conjoint.

We advise that the University of Auckland is not involved in the employment of graduates and can make no guarantee of post-qualification registration or employment in New Zealand or any other country.

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Semester	Application Closing Date	Semester Start Date	Semester End Date
2025 Semester One	08 December 2024	03 March 2025	30 June 2025
2026 Semester One		02 March 2026	29 June 2026

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Selected courses from the Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component must include courses in a minimum of two subject codes listed in the Bachelor of Science Schedule.

Complete 540 points comprising:

255 points for Bachelor of Health Sciences Conjoint Component, and
255 points for Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component , and
15 points from Waipapa Taumata Rau Courses, and
15 points from General Education Courses, and
1 item from Academic Integrity Course

Bachelor of Health Sciences Conjoint Component

Complete 255 points comprising:

165 points for all Compulsory Courses, and
15 points from Group 1 Elective Courses , and
15 points from Group 2 Elective Courses , and
15 points from Group 3 Elective Courses , and
30 points from Group 4 Elective Courses , and
15 points from Group 5 Elective Courses

Compulsory Courses

Complete 165 points for ALL of the following:

HLTHPSYC 122 - Behaviour, Health and Development (15 points)

MAORIHTH 201 - Introduction to Māori Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 101 - Introduction to Health Systems (15 points)

POPLHLTH 102 - Social Determinants of Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 111 - Population Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 202 - Research Methods in Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 204 - Health Care Ethics (15 points)

POPLHLTH 210 - Equity and Inequalities in Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 216 - Quantitative Methods in Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 300 - Health Sector Professional Competencies (15 points)

POPLHLTH 302 - Health Services Placement (15 points)

Group 1 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

MAORIHTH 301 - Māori Health and Practice (15 points)

POPLHLTH 312 - Health and Pacific People in NZ (15 points)

POPLHLTH 313 - Health in Asian Communities (15 points)

Group 2 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

POPLHLTH 301 - Strengthening Health Systems (15 points)

POPLHLTH 303 - Health Informatics (15 points)

POPLHLTH 304 - Principles of Applied Epidemiology (15 points)

POPLHLTH 311 - Shaping Health Policy (15 points)

POPLHLTH 316 - Translating Health Information (15 points)

Group 3 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

MAORIHTH 301 - Māori Health and Practice (15 points)

POPLHLTH 305 - Community Nutrition (15 points)

POPLHLTH 306 - Health Promotion 2 (15 points)

POPLHLTH 307 - Communities and Addictions (15 points)

POPLHLTH 312 - Health and Pacific People in NZ (15 points)

POPLHLTH 313 - Health in Asian Communities (15 points)

Group 4 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

No credit will be given for POPLHLTH 214.

FOODSCI 200 - Food Composition and Nutrition (15 points)

MAORIHTH 301 - Māori Health and Practice (15 points)

POPLHLTH 203 - Health Promotion: Philosophy and Practice (15 points)

POPLHLTH 206 - Life Cycle Nutrition (15 points)

POPLHLTH 207 - Community and Cultural Development (15 points)

POPLHLTH 208 - Mental Health Development (15 points)

POPLHLTH 211 - Introduction to Environmental Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 212 - Bio-behavioural Aspects of Drug Use (15 points)

POPLHLTH 213 - Special Topic: Positioning Pacific Health (15 points)

POPLHLTH 214 - Special Topic (15 points)

POPLHLTH 215 - Dynamics of Health Systems (15 points)

POPLHLTH 301 - Strengthening Health Systems (15 points)

POPLHLTH 303 - Health Informatics (15 points)

POPLHLTH 304 - Principles of Applied Epidemiology (15 points)

POPLHLTH 305 - Community Nutrition (15 points)

POPLHLTH 306 - Health Promotion 2 (15 points)

POPLHLTH 307 - Communities and Addictions (15 points)

POPLHLTH 311 - Shaping Health Policy (15 points)

POPLHLTH 312 - Health and Pacific People in NZ (15 points)

POPLHLTH 313 - Health in Asian Communities (15 points)

POPLHLTH 315 - Special Topic: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (15 points)

POPLHLTH 316 - Translating Health Information (15 points)

STATS 201 - Data Analysis (15 points)

STATS 330 - Statistical Modelling (15 points)

Group 5 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

BIOSCI 107 - Biology for Biomedical Science: Cellular Processes (15 points)

CHEM 110 - Chemistry of the Living World (15 points)

ECON 151 - Understanding the Global Economy (15 points)

ECON 152 - Principles of Economics (15 points)

ENV 102 - Social and Environmental Change (15 points)

GENDER 101 - Gender: Global and Local (15 points)

MAORI 130 - Te Ao Māori: The Māori World (15 points)

MEDSCI 142 - Biology for Biomedical Science: Organ Systems (15 points)

PHIL 104 - Ethics and Justice (15 points)

PSYCH 108 - Individual, Social and Applied Psychology (15 points)

PSYCH 109 - Mind, Brain and Behaviour (15 points)

SOCIOL 101 - Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand (15 points)

SOCIOL 103 - Aotearoa New Zealand Social Policy and Social Justice (15 points)

STATS 101 - Introduction to Statistics (15 points)

Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component

Complete 255 points comprising:

At least 1 item from Majors, and
15 to 30 points for Capstone Courses, and
0 to 90 points for 0 to 2 Modules from Modules , and
0 to 120 points from Other Courses from the Bachelor of Science Schedule

Selected courses must include at least 150 points at level 200 or higher.

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 200.

Majors

Complete at least 1 of the following:

ANTS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Anthropological Science (120 points)

BIOS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences (150 points)

BLBC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Biochemistry and Cell Biology Pathway (180 points)

BLBT-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Biotechnology Pathway (225 points)

BLEC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Ecology Pathway (165 points)

BLEV-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Evolution Pathway (150 points)

BLGE-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Genetics Pathway (165 points)

BLMA-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Marine Biology Pathway (150 points)

BLMI-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Microbiology Pathway (180 points)

BLPB-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Plant Biology Pathway (150 points)

BLZO-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Zoology Pathway (165 points)

CHEM-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Chemistry (135 points)

COMP-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Computer Science (135 points)

EASC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Earth Sciences (120 points)

ENVS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Environmental Science (120 points)

EXES-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Exercise Sciences (135 points)

EXAS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Exercise Sciences - Applied Exercise and Sport Sciences Pathway (210 points)

GIS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Geographic Information Science (135 points)

GEOG-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Geography (120 points)

ITEM-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Information and Technology Management (135 points)

LOGC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Logic and Computation (150 points)

MNSC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Marine Science (150 points)

MATH-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics (135 points)

MAAM-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics - Applied Mathematics Pathway (135 points)

MAPM-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics - Pure Mathematics Pathway (135 points)

PHAR-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Pharmacology (135 points)

PHYS-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics (180 points)

PHMI-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics - Medical Physics and Imaging Technology Pathway (270 points)

PHPH-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics - Photonics Pathway (240 points)

PHYO-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physiology (135 points)

PSYC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Psychology (135 points)

STAT-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics (120 points)

STAA-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics - Applied Statistics Pathway (120 points)

STAP-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics - Statistics and Probability Pathway (135 points)

Capstone Courses

Complete 15 to 30 points for one of the following:

15 points for all Exercise Sciences Capstone Course, or
30 points for all Information Systems Capstone Course, or
15 points from Other Capstone Courses

A student completing BHSBS Major in Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Exercise Sciences - Applied Exercise and Sport Sciences Pathway must complete the requirements from Exercise Sciences Capstone Course.

Exercise Sciences Capstone Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

EXERSCI 399 - Capstone: Applying Exercise Sciences (15 points)

Information Systems Capstone Course

Complete 30 points for ALL of the following:

INFOSYS 310A - Business Project (15 points)

INFOSYS 310B - Business Project (15 points)

Other Capstone Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

ANTHRO 399 - Capstone: Anthropological Science (15 points)

BIOMED 399 - Capstone: Biomedical Science (15 points)

BIOSCI 399 - Capstone: Biology: The Science of the 21st Century (15 points)

CHEM 397 - Capstone: Green Chemical Science (15 points)

CHEM 398 - Capstone: Medicinal Chemistry (15 points)

CHEM 399 - Capstone: Chemistry (15 points)

COMPSCI 399 - Capstone: Computer Science (15 points)

DATASCI 399 - Capstone: Creating Value from Data (15 points)

EARTHSCI 399 - Capstone: Earth Sciences (15 points)

ENVPHYS 399 - Capstone: Environmental Physics (15 points)

ENVSCI 399 - Capstone: Environmental Science (15 points)

FOODSCI 399 - Capstone: Food and Nutrition (15 points)

GEOG 399 - Capstone: Geography (15 points)

GISCI 399 - Capstone: GIScience (15 points)

INFOMGMT 399 - Capstone: Information Management (15 points)

LOGICOMP 399 - Capstone: Logic and Computation (15 points)

MARINE 399 - Capstone: Marine Science (15 points)

MATHS 399 - Capstone: Mathematics (15 points)

MEDSCI 399 - Capstone: Medical Sciences (15 points)

PHARMCOL 399 - Capstone: Integrated Pharmacology (15 points)

PHYSICS 399 - Capstone: Physics (15 points)

PHYSIOL 399 - Capstone: Physiology (15 points)

PSYCH 399 - Capstone: Communicating Psychology (15 points)

SCIGEN 399 - Capstone: Science (15 points)

STATS 399 - Capstone: Statistics in Action (15 points)

Modules

Complete 0 to 2 Modules from the following:

DANA-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Data Analysis (45 points)

EXBO-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Exercising the Body and Mind (45 points)

ENET-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (45 points)

QCRI-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Quantitative Critical Thinking and Communication (45 points)

SSOC-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Science in Society (45 points)

SSCO-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Science Scholars (45 points)

SODV-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Software Development (45 points)

SPAT-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Spatial Data Analysis (45 points)

STFH-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Studies in Food and Health (45 points)

SUST-BHSc/BSc - Conjoint: BHSc/BSc module in Sustainability (45 points)

Other Courses from the Bachelor of Science Schedule

Complete 0 to 120 points from the following:

No credit will be given for courses matching the pattern *******G, ********G, *********G, **********G, ***********G, or ************G.

No credit will be given for BUSAN 201 or BUSAN 300 or BUSAN 302 unless a student completing or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for EDUC 200 or EDUC 201 or EDUC 221 or EDUC 223 or EDUC 323 or EDUC 352 unless a student completing or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Psychology.

No credit will be given for ELECTENG 209 or ELECTENG 292 or ELECTENG 303 or ELECTENG 331 unless a student completing BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics, BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics - Medical Physics and Imaging Technology Pathway, or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Physics - Photonics Pathway.

No credit will be given for FINANCE 261 or FINANCE 361 or FINANCE 362 unless a student completing BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics, BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics - Applied Mathematics Pathway, BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Mathematics - Pure Mathematics Pathway, BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics, BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics - Applied Statistics Pathway, or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Statistics - Statistics and Probability Pathway.

No credit will be given for INFOMGMT 192 or INFOMGMT 399 unless a student completing or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for INNOVENT 203 or INNOVENT 307 unless a student completing BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Biological Sciences - Biotechnology Pathway, or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for MEDIMAGE 300, or MEDIMAGE 302.

No credit will be given for URBPLAN 125 or URBPLAN 203 or URBPLAN 205 unless a student completing or BHSBS Major Conjoint: BHSc/BSc major in Geographic Information Science.

No credit will be given for WTRSCI 100.