Study Human Biology and Natural Health by Distance Learning
This course is excellent for people looking to enter into a career in Natural Therapies or those who have a passion for Alternative and Complementary Medicine. This course can be studied on its own or as a foundation course for higher qualifications. After completing this you may continue your studies and upgrade to any one the Advanced Diplomas offered through Health Schools Australia. These include:
If you decide to study the Foundation Diploma on its own you will be awarded this qualification by ACS Distance Education and your qualification will be internationally accredited through the IARC.
You also have the option of being awarded the Foundation Diploma through our UK school, a college member that has also been assessed and approved for training in natural therapies and nutrition by the Complimentary Medicine Association (UK).
The Foundation Diploma can also be used to gain significant credits for the Pre Medical Diploma offered by Warnborough College in the UK and Ireland.
Modules
Note that each module in the Foundation Diploma In Natural Health is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.
JOB TIPS for a Career in Natural Health
- A qualification helps open doors, but it's only part of what you need
- Keep your Options Wide -this industry is always changing, as new therapies are developed and new opportunities arise, you need to be placed to take them up.
- Get Experience, even if it is unpaid -Volunteering can be a great way to get a leg in the door
- Join a professional body as a Student Member and get active.
- Networking is critical -We show you how and get you started in this course. Often it's who you know as much as what you know that gets you the job
- Build your communication skills. This is a service industry. You need to deal with people, communicating clearly and concisely.
- Be prepared to do anything to get started. Many successful professionals started out doing menial jobs. Consider working in allied industries at first (eg. Sales in a Health Food Shop, Reception in a Clinic or a Health Club, Fitness Instructor, Working in a Herb Nursery, etc)
Continuing Your Study with ACS and Affiliates after this Course
In recognition of the fact that career ambitions may tend to evolve over time, you may also wish to consider using your Foundation Diploma studies as credit towards higher qualifications in the fields of;
Under arrangements with Health Schools Australia (in Australia) and Warnborough College (in Ireland and the UK), studies in this course can provide advance standing in higher studies via those institutions.
Health Schools Australia
Health Schools Australia (HSA) is the leading provider in complementary medicine courses and is accredited under the AQTF (Australian government) and by Australian Traditional Medicine Society (A.T.M.S.). Graduates of the Advanced Diplomas that HSA offers up have access to a wide range of professional benefits in the various fields of studies such as:
- Professional Indemnity Insurance Cover
- Health Fund Rebates with certain funds
- Receive the Therapeutic Goods Act Certificates which permit you to supply patients with "Practitioners Only" products (it is illegal to prescribe these without this Certificate)
- Graduates of the remedial massage courses are permitted membership into the Queensland Association of Massage Therapists
- The National Herbalist Association of Australia has approved accreditation of the herbal medicine courses and graduates are permitted membership into the Association
HSA seminars are also approved by the Royal College of General Practitioners. They are the only natural medicine college to have this approval.
Career Choices: This course sets the foundation to develop a career as a Naturopath or Nutritionist when studies continue in Advanced Diplomas.
Warnborough College
Modules undertaken here can provide credit in a Pre Medicine Diploma through Warnborough. Warnborough has flow on arrangements that allow their graduates to move into Medical studies at certain universities approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) elsewhere in the world.
This course is internationally accredited through I.A.R.C
