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3 years full-time
Mixed mode — combination of online (asynchronous), blended (online content with on-campus intensive), live-streamed (synchronous virtual), and on-campus subjects.
Full time / Part time available
Monday 4 May 2026
Course Overview
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Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
TEQSA
Professional Body
Chinese Medicine Board of Australia / AHPRA
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
Chinese Medicine Board of Australia
Course Content
Introduction to Human Biology
This subject introduces students to human anatomy and physiology, chemistry and biochemistry starting with the cell, through the various levels of structural organisation of systems to the organism, as a whole. The integration of basic chemistry, cellular biochemistry, and metabolism into the cell function is discussed. Further, students are introduced to the structure and function of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, immune, cardiac, respiratory, renal, reproductive, and integumentary systems.
Chinese Medicine Foundations
This subject introduces students to the foundational theories, history, development, and terminology of Chinese medicine. Students develop an understanding of foundational Chinese medical theories, including yin yang, five elements (wu xing), the internal organs (zang xiang), the vital substances (qi, xue, jin-ye, jing, shen,), and the Chinese view of health enhancement (yang sheng).
Chinese Manual Therapies 1
This subject introduces students to the foundational knowledge and skills of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remedial massage (tui na) techniques. Historical development, foundational theories, and terminologies of the channels (jing luo), channel sinews (jing jin), the luo and divergent channel systems, cutaneous regions (pi bu), and acupuncture points (shu xue) are introduced.
Developing Cultural Competence in Healthcare
This subject will develop students' knowledge of counselling skills and cultural competence relevant to complementary medicine health care. Students will explore the concepts of 'cultural competence and safety' and a holistic person-centered approach as essential for working with individuals in a complementary medicine, community-based setting, and within a broader healthcare system.
Systems Physiology
This subject is designed to build on the knowledge gained in Introduction to Human Biology (BIOA111) by providing the student with the principles of physiology that underpin natural medicine. Students will explore physiology of the human skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, immune, cardiac, respiratory, renal, and reproductive systems.
Chinese Medicine Consultation and Diagnosis
This subject introduces students to consultations and pathophysiology in Chinese medicine and develops students' skill in clinical reasoning utilising disease differentiation (bian bing), pattern differentiation (bian zheng), and Chinese medicine diagnostic methods.
Point Prescriptions and Locations
This subject develops students' skill in accurately locating the acupuncture points of the fourteen channels and principal non-channel points and introduces the theories of point prescriptions.
Chinese Manual Therapies 2
Students develop novice skills in musculoskeletal assessment, channel based diagnostic frameworks, biomedical investigative reports, and the management of simple acute musculoskeletal conditions. Students will investigate the historical development and research findings relevant to Chinese manual therapies.
Clinical Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
This subject introduces the study of pathology and disease states, and their pharmacological treatment in conventional medicine. The pathological processes of inflammation, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and immunodeficiency are covered, as well as the disease states of the musculoskeletal/neuromuscular system and gastrointestinal system.
Chinese Dietetics and Herbal Formulas
Students study the history, development, terminology, and construction of Chinese materia medica. They use case-based learning to apply foundational Western nutritional principles, Chinese dietary prescribing, and patent herbal formulas commonly used in acupuncture practice.
Common Questions
Graduates will be skilled to pursue several career paths, including Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Qi Gong, clinical practise, research, education, clinic management or content creation. Practitioners may practice independently as a sole trader or provide treatment in a multidisciplinary setting alongside other allied health practitioners such as medical doctors, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, and naturopaths.
Yes. Graduates of this degree are eligible to register with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (part of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) in the single division of Acupuncturist.
The Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture Therapies) is offered in mixed mode, with a combination of online, blended, live-streamed and on campus subjects. The course is 3 years full-time, with part-time options also available.
The Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture Therapies) is available at six campus locations: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Gold Coast, and Perth.
Yes, clinical practice is progressively integrated throughout the course. As described by an Acupuncture student: 'The gradual approach Endeavour takes to clinical practice gives me confidence. First, we observe lecturers providing acupuncture treatment, then we work alongside senior students and then, we get to decide the treatment path.' Students also develop and refine clinic management and decision-making skills within the protected environment of Endeavour's Wellness Clinics.
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