• This combined degree prepares students to complete the requirements to embark on a nursing career while developing knowledge of human behavior, including understanding human personality, behavior, emotion, underlying mental processes and the factors that lead people to differ in the way they think and behave.
  • Deakin was the first university in Australia to offer combined nursing degrees. This was in response to demand from the health sector of the growing need for educated nurses with multidisciplinary skills. This course will prepare them with a strong understanding of research methods in psychology, human behavior, and mental processes.