Bachelor of Oral Health
Central Queensland University
Program Overview
Completing the Bachelor of Oral Health at CQUniversity enables you to apply to the Dental Board of Australia for registration as an Oral Health Therapist.
Designed to equip you with a broad skill set, the course ensures you graduate work-ready. You will develop skills to effectively perform preventive and operative dentistry for patients and provide specialist dental practices. In addition, your education and training will provide you with underpinning industry knowledge so you can educate and promote oral health in small group and community settings.
The course has a strong focus on work-integrated learning in pre-clinical and clinical settings such as our purpose-fit oral health laboratory and dental clinic at CQUniversity Rockhampton. This allows you to gain valuable practical experience whilst also increasing your employability. Oral health can be a diverse and rewarding career. During your studies, you will benefit from learning alongside students in other health courses in facilities such as CQUniversity's Allied Health Clinic.
Rockhampton, Australia
36 Months
AU$ 36,720
IELTS: 7 TOEFL: 75
Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Foundations of Health
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Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
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Introduction to Oral Health Therapy
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Oral Anatomy 1
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
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Introduction to Oral Disease
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Oral Anatomy 2
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Introduction to Oral Health Practice
Year 1 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Community Engaged Learning
Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Oral Disease Prevention and Management
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Oral Health Pre Clinical Practice 1
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Oral Health Clinical Practice 1
Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Microbiology for Health Care
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Orthodontics, Prosthodontics and Pharmacology
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Paediatric Dentistry for the Oral Health Therapist
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Oral Health Clinical Practice 2
Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Oral Health Clinical Placement 1
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Population Health Epidemiology
Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
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Oral Health Clinical Placement 2
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Health Promotion Strategies
English (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent; one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent
English Language Proficiency Requirements
If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.
Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion with the last 5 years of:
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A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
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Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0
completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:
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An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 7.0 with a minimum 7.0 in each subset; or
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An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.
Tuition Fees
International Indicative First Year Fee $36,720.00
Graduates will be able to apply for registration to work as an oral health therapist in general and specialist dental practices within Australia. They will be able to perform preventive and operative dentistry for patients across the lifespan. Graduates are also able to educate and promote oral health in small group and community settings.