Bachelor of Midwifery

BMidw

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Blacktown
• Brisbane
• Melbourne

Note:

Blacktown - not offered in 2022

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 60 cp from Interdisciplinary Units (Part A);
2. 20 cp from University Core Curriculum Units; (Part B)
3. 100 cp from Midwifery Theory Units (Part C);
4. 60 cp from Midwifery Practice Units (Part D).

Progression requirements

Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence.

Part A : Interdisciplinary Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL121	Human Biological Science 1	10
BIOL122	Human Biological Science 2	10
HLSC111	The Person, Health and Wellbeing	10
HLSC120	Indigenous Health and Culture	10
HLSC122	Evidence for Practice	10
HLSC220	Health Care Ethics	10

Part B : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10

Part C : Midwifery Theory Units

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
MIDW113	Midwifery Care of the Pregnant Woman	10
MIDW127	Foundations in Midwifery	10
MIDW215	Perinatal Mental Health	10
MIDW216	Midwifery Care of the Birthing Woman	10
MIDW217	Midwifery Care of the Woman with Complex Needs	10
MIDW246	Midwifery Care of the Postnatal Woman and Family	10
MIDW335	Babies Needing Extra Care	10
MIDW350	The Profession of Midwifery	10
MIDW351	Global Perspectives on Midwifery	10
MIDW353	The Inquiring Midwife	10

A student must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery or the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) to undertake MIDW coded units.

Part D : Midwifery Practice Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
MIDW100	Clinical Midwifery Practice 1	10
MIDW200	Clinical Midwifery Practice 2	10
MIDW201	Clinical Midwifery Practice 3	10
MIDW300	Clinical Midwifery Practice 4: Caring for Babies	10
MIDW301	Clinical Midwifery Practice 5	20