The Bachelor of Midwifery Honours program is a 36 unit course offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
MIDW7000 Honours Thesis (18 units)
NURS7110 Research Ethics (4.5 units)
NURS9217 Thesis Preparation (9 units)
NURS9218 Approaches to Research Designs (4.5 units)
Admission requirements
A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Midwifery, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing they have achieved a Credit average or better in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) and Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours) aim to:
- provide an opportunity for nurses and midwives to develop an understanding of research and the skills necessary to conduct a study in an area of the student's interest, with the assistance of one or more supervisors
- prepare successful graduates for higher degree research studies and/or research in the clinical setting (Admission to a higher degree research program is usually restricted to applicants with an Honours Class 1 or 2A degree or equivalent).
Learning outcomes
Graduates of this course are expected to be able to:
- Be able to pose and refine worthwhile research questions (in an appropriate timeframe)
- Perform literature searches
- Critically review the relevant literature
- Develop a logical research proposal
- Discern and understand the ethical considerations in research
- Apply ethical principles to the conduct of research
- Acquire an appreciation and awareness of a range of methodologies and methods used in research
- Know how to select/exclude methodologies or methods and be able to provide a rationale for their choice
- Develop an understanding of one methodology for the thesis
- Collect and analyse the data, present the findings and defend the conclusions
- Construct a thesis.
Program of study
To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study within one year full-time or two years part-time.
Core - Year 1 topics
MIDW7000 Honours Thesis (18 units)
NURS7110 Research Ethics (4.5 units)
NURS9217 Thesis Preparation (9 units)
NURS9218 Approaches to Research Designs (4.5 units)