Program Overview

The Bachelor of Midwifery is specifically designed to prepare you for entry to professional midwifery practice. You will develop the skills, knowledge and attitude necessary to provide high quality care through safe and effective midwifery practice in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Midwife standards for practice. Study areas include anatomy and physiology, midwifery theory and practice, primary healthcare, women’s health, mental health and psychosocial sciences. As an essential member of multi-disciplinary teams, graduates will have the skills and abilities to work in partnership with women to contribute to healthier outcomes for mothers and babies. Graduates will be equipped to work in multi-disciplinary teams and in partnership with women to contribute to healthier outcomes for mother and baby.

Placements in this degree give you the opportunity to follow the journey of women throughout their pregnancies, to experience the full range of midwifery practice.

Graduates of this program will be able to register and practice as midwives across a range of settings, including public and private hospitals, clinics and as midwifery educators.

Course Content

Year 1, Session 1
	HBIO1003	Systemic Anatomy	Session1,3
	MIDW1001	Midwifery Foundations	Session1
	MIDW1002	Primary Health Care Midwifery	Session1
	HBIO1007	Human Physiology I	Session1,2
Year 1, Session 2
	HBIO1008	Human Physiology II	Session2,3
	MIDW2002	Optimising Health in Childbearing I	Session2
	MIDW2001	Midwifery Continuity Partnerships A	Session2
Year 2, Session 1
	MIDW2003	Optimising Health in Childbearing II	Session1
	PHAR2001	Introductory Pharmacology	Session1,3
	STAT2001	Introduction to Evidence for Health Science Practitioners	Session1,2,3
	MIDW2004	Midwifery Continuity Partnerships B	Session1
Year 2, Session 2
	MIDW2006	Optimising Health in Complex Childbearing	Session2
	MIDW2008	Midwifery Practice in Complex Childbearing	Session2
	MIDW2005	Midwifery Continuity Partnerships C	Session2
	INDG2001	Health and Indigenous Australian Peoples	Term2,4
Year 3, Session 1
	MIDW3002	High Acuity Midwifery	Session1
	MIDW3001	Mental Health and Wellbeing	Session1
	MIDW2007	Midwifery Continuity Partnerships D	Session1
Year 3, Session 2
	MIDW3003	Transition to Registered Midwife	Session2
	NUTR1001	Food and Nutrition in Health	Session2,3
	MIDW3004	Midwifery Internship	Session2
	MIDW3005	The Role of the Midwife as Leader, Mentor and Educator	Session2

Entry Requirement
To meet the University’s minimum English Language Proficiency requirement an applicant must:

1. provide a written declaration that English is their primary language1;

or

2. have achieved:
- the IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components: or
- the OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components; or
- the PTE Academic with a minimum overall score of 65 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills; or
- the TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 94 and the following minimum score in each section of the test: 24 listening, 24 reading, 27 writing, and 23 speaking.
Fees & Scholarships
Tuition Fees

Fees for the whole year is $28,800
Career Prospect
Midwives are responsible for the care of women and babies during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour, birth and the early infancy period. They provide direct clinical care and support for healthy women and babies and work collaboratively with multiple health professionals including medical practitioners when there are risks or complications.

Registered midwives may practise midwifery in various capacities in public and private hospitals and community, maternity and neonatal health care settings in urban, rural and remote areas. They can practise as group practice midwives, clinical midwifery consultants, midwifery educators, midwifery unit managers, community midwives, researchers, and as independent midwives (with further training).

Upon completion of this course, graduates are eligible for graduate-year placement opportunities in any Australian state and in New Zealand.

Cost Of Studying At Southern Cross University

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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