BMIDGE
140 cp
Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Ballarat, Victoria1
Brisbane, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
1. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.
To be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate Entry)2,3 an applicant must have either completed:
- a Bachelor of Nursing and be a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
OR
- a Bachelor of Paramedicine and be a practicing Paramedic.
2. Completion Requirements
To qualify for the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate entry), a student must complete 140cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 20 cp from Midwifery Foundation Units
- 60 cp from Midwifery Theory Units
- 60 cp from Midwifery Practice Units.
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.
In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Midwifery Foundation Units | Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
|---|
| MIDW215 | 10 | Perinatal Mental Health (Pre: MIDW245 Therapeutics in Midwifery) |
| MIDW245 | 10 | Therapeutics in Midwifery (Pre: MDGE100 Introduction to Midwifery) |
Midwifery Theory Units | Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
|---|
| MDGE100 | 10 | Introduction to Midwifery |
| MIDW216 | 10 | Being with Birthing Women |
| MIDW217 | 10 | Caring for Women with Complex Needs (Pre: MIDW216 Being with Birthing Women, MIDW245 Therapeutics in Midwifery; Co: MIDW200 Clinical Midwifery Practice 2) |
| MIDW335 | 10 | Babies Needing Extra Care (Pre: MIDW216 Being with Birthing Women) |
| MIDW341 | 10 | Feeding Babies |
| MIDW351 | 10 | Global Perspectives on Midwifery (Pre: MIDW127 Beginning the Journey) |
Midwifery Practice Units | Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
|---|
| MDGE101 | 10 | Introduction to Midwifery Practice |
| MIDW200 | 10 | Clinical Midwifery Practice 2 (Pre: MDGE101 Introduction to Midwifery Practice; Co: MIDW216 Being with Birthing Women |
| MIDW201 | 10 | Clinical Midwifery Practice 3 (Pre: MIDW200 Clinical Midwifery Practice 2, MIDW216 Being with Birthing Women, MIDW245 Therapeutics in Midwifery; Co: MIDW217 Caring for Women with Complex Needs) |
| MIDW300 | 10 | Clinical Midwifery Practice 4: Caring for Babies (Co: MIDW335 Babies Needing Extra Care) |
| MIDW301 | 20 | Clinical Midwifery Practice 5 (Pre: MDGE101 Introduction to Midwifery Practice, MIDW200 Caring for Women with Complex Needs, MIDW201 Clinical Midwifery Practice 3, MIDW300 Clinical Midwifery Practice 4) |
1 Away-from-Base mode for Indigenous students only , also available from Brisbane
2 A student must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery or the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate entry) to undertake MIDW coded units
3 A student must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate entry) to undertake MDGE coded units
Page last updated:
2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/593485
