Domestic
Qualification
Diploma of Health Science
Next intake
More info
Sept. 5, 2022
Oct. 3, 2022
Campus locations
Online only
Course length
1 years full time
2 years part time
Contact hours
24 hours per week full time
12 hours per week part time
Payment options
FEE-HELP available
View our Domestic fee schedule for 2022 here.
View our International Student fee schedule for 2022 here.
For more information please see our fees and payment options page.
International admissions
Yes - Learn more
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If you have a desire to learn more about herbs and their practical usage, the elective in Herbal Botany and Manufacturing will teach you skills to produce various herbal medicine preparations for topical and internal administration. Perhaps your passion lies in food as medicine where the elective medicinal food science will allow you to explore the therapeutic potentials of various whole foods, in order to understand the effects on health outcomes, disease risk, prevention and/or treatment.
Upon graduation, this Higher Education Diploma opens the doors to further study in health science degrees or roles in allied health or complementary medicine environments. From owning your own business to being a part of community health project teams, the career outcomes of this course are full of exciting possibilities.
Your career in natural health is what you make of it! The Diploma of Health Science sets you up for a range of career opportunities including:
This course forms a solid base for you to go forth and work in established professions or branch out into a career that doesn’t even exist yet! The opportunities for you are endless.
Subjects may be delivered using a combination of online and livestream learning methods. Check the course brochure for more information on delivery methods.
Students are required to select 8 credit points in total from the following elective stream. Talk to an admissions adviser about your elective choice
Endeavour College offers the flexibility to study some of your subjects online. With the support of an online tutor and a robust Learning Management System that can be accessed at any time of the day, you can fit study around your work and personal commitments.
Online study offers:
Check the course structure above to see which subjects are available online.
Please note that volume of online study may be restricted depending on visa conditions if you are an international student.
Learn more about our Study Options.
If you have fully or partially completed a qualification with another provider (either at a Higher Education or Vocational Education and Training level), you may receive advanced standing towards your Diploma of Health Science course via our Educational Pathways process.
Endeavour is one of the very few institutions in Australia that maps individual subjects into each of our degree programs. We created the Articulation Abacus to provide a visual interpretation of calculating educational credit points, so you can see how close to gaining a degree you really are.
Use our online Articulation Abacus to calculate possible credit based on your previous studies.