Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours) (CS46)

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Course Details

Course duration (full-time):	Domestic: 4 years
Total credit points:	384
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Course coordinator:	Enquiries to podiatry@qut.edu.au; +61 7 3138 2000;
Discipline coordinator:	AskQUT
Course contact:	+61731382000, podiatry@qut.edu.au
CRICOS code:	080485M
Faculty:	Faculty of Health

Professional recognition

The course meets the requirements for accreditation by the Australian and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council. Graduates meet the requirements for registration with the Podiatry Board of Australia.

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) requires that graduates demonstrate English language skills at IELTS level 7 or equivalent before being considered for professional registration. For further information visit the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Please refer to the Podiatry Board of Australia website for additional information on the Board's Registration Standards.

Graduates have been eligible for registration in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and some European countries and may also become members of the Australian Podiatry Association (APA) and Sports Medicine Australia (SMA).

Registration

QUT automatically registers students enrolled in this course with the Podiatry Board of Australia in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009. Details about student registration are available from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Additional costs

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Course Structures

Semester 1 (Feb) entry - 4 years full-time [commenced 2024 onwards]

There is no direct entry into CS46 Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours). Students complete Year 1 and Year 2 of CS44 Bachelor of Podiatry and apply for entry into CS46.

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
CSB111	Foundations of Clinical Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LQB187	Human Anatomy	Gardens Point Semester 1
LQB182 Equivalents: LQB186	Cell and Molecular Biology	Gardens Point Semester 1
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)
QUT005	QUT You: Seeing Me, Seeing You: Skills for a Diverse World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LQB201	Microbiology and Infection Control for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Basic knowledge of biology and chemistry is assumed
LSB235	Anatomy of the Lower Limb	Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187
LSB231	Physiology	Gardens Point Semester 2
XNB272	Biomechanics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187 or XNB198 or XNB187 or XNB167 Maths B equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) is assumed knowledge

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB520 Equivalents: LSB475	Disease Processes	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: LSB321, LSB361, LSB367
CSB521	Podiatric Medicine 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and LQB201
CSB523	Podiatric Clinical Gait Analysis	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and XNB272
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)
QUT002	QUT You: Walking on Country	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB522	Podiatric Medicine 2	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB521 and CSB520 and CSB523
CSB531 Equivalents: PUB537	Diagnostic Imaging for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB601	Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185. LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185 can be enrolled in the same study period as CSB601 Basic knowledge of body systems, physiology and disease processes is assumed knowledge
PUB561	Statistical Methods in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PUN105, MAB141
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB530 Equivalents: LSB584	Pharmacotherapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB601 and CSB520
CSB532	Medicine for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB520
CSB533	Podiatric Medicine 3	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB538	Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: (CSB522 and CSB531) or (CSB525)
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB536	Clinical Therapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB532 and CSB530 Corequisites: CSH534
CSB539	Podiatric Anaesthesiology and Surgery	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB530 and CSB532 and CSB533
CSH534 Equivalents: CSB534	Podiatric Medicine 4	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB533
HLH401	Advanced Research Methods	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PUB561 or (XNB251 and XNB255 and XNB345) or XNH279 or XNH269 or SWH401 Completion of a basic statistics unit is assumed knowledge.

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB541	Professional Placement 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH545	Podiatric Medicine 5	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and CSB538 and CSB539
CSH547 Equivalents: CSB547	Current Theory of Podiatric Medicine	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and (CSH600 or HLH401)

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB544	Transition to the Clinical Profession	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH548	Podiatric Medicine 6 for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH545
HLH402 Equivalents: HLB402	Research Project for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: Completion of 288 credit points including HLH401 or HLB401
From 2026 HLH403-1 and HLH403-2 Research Project for Honours will replace HLH402.

Semester 1 (Feb) entry - 4 years full-time [commenced prior to 2024]

There is no direct entry into CS46 Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours). Students complete Year 1 and Year 2 of CS44 Bachelor of Podiatry and apply for entry into CS46.

NOTE:

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
Year 1 and Year 2 are completed in CS44 BPod before transferring to CS46 BPod(Hons) from Year 3

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB421	Chemistry for Medicines	Gardens Point Semester 1
LQB182 Equivalents: LQB186	Cell and Molecular Biology	Gardens Point Semester 1
LQB187	Human Anatomy	Gardens Point Semester 1
PYB007	Communication for Health Professionals	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1	Antirequisites: PYB074, HHB113, PYB111

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LQB201	Microbiology and Infection Control for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Basic knowledge of biology and chemistry is assumed
LSB231	Physiology	Gardens Point Semester 2
LSB235	Anatomy of the Lower Limb	Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187
XNB272	Biomechanics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187 or XNB198 or XNB187 or XNB167 Maths B equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) is assumed knowledge

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB111	Foundations of Clinical Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
CSB520 Equivalents: LSB475	Disease Processes	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: LSB321, LSB361, LSB367
CSB521	Podiatric Medicine 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and LQB201
CSB523	Podiatric Clinical Gait Analysis	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and XNB272

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB522	Podiatric Medicine 2	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB521 and CSB520 and CSB523
CSB531 Equivalents: PUB537	Diagnostic Imaging for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB601	Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185. LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185 can be enrolled in the same study period as CSB601 Basic knowledge of body systems, physiology and disease processes is assumed knowledge
PUB561	Statistical Methods in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PUN105, MAB141
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
From Year 3, students are invited to transfer to the CS46 BPod(Hons)
CSB530 Equivalents: LSB584	Pharmacotherapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB601 and CSB520
CSB532	Medicine for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB520
CSB533	Podiatric Medicine 3	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB538	Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: (CSB522 and CSB531) or (CSB525)
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.
From 2026 CSB538 unit title will be Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation for Podiatrists

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB536	Clinical Therapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB532 and CSB530 Corequisites: CSH534
CSB539	Podiatric Anaesthesiology and Surgery	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB530 and CSB532 and CSB533
CSH534 Equivalents: CSB534	Podiatric Medicine 4	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB533
HLH401	Advanced Research Methods	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PUB561 or (XNB251 and XNB255 and XNB345) or XNH279 or XNH269 or SWH401 Completion of a basic statistics unit is assumed knowledge.

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB541	Professional Placement 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH545	Podiatric Medicine 5	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and CSB538 and CSB539
CSH547 Equivalents: CSB547	Current Theory of Podiatric Medicine	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and (CSH600 or HLH401)

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB544	Transition to the Clinical Profession	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH548	Podiatric Medicine 6 for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH545
HLH402 Equivalents: HLB402	Research Project for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: Completion of 288 credit points including HLH401 or HLB401
From 2026 HLH403-1 and HLH403-2 Research Project for Honours will replace HLH402.

Pre-2019 Semester 1 (Feb) entry - 4 Years Full-time

There is no direct entry into CS46 Bachelor of Podiatry (Honours). Students complete Year 1 and Year 2 of CS44 Bachelor of Podiatry and apply for entry into CS46.

NOTE:

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
Year 1 and Year 2 are completed in CS44 BPod before transferring to CS46 BPod(Hons) from Year 3

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LQB182 Equivalents: LQB186	Cell and Molecular Biology	Gardens Point Semester 1
PYB007	Communication for Health Professionals	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1	Antirequisites: PYB074, HHB113, PYB111
From 2024 on, LSB131 Anatomy and CZB190 Chemistry for Health Science were removed from the program.

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB111	Foundations of Clinical Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LSB235	Anatomy of the Lower Limb	Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187
XNB272	Biomechanics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB131 or LQB187 or XNB198 or XNB187 or XNB167 Maths B equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) is assumed knowledge
From 2024 on, LSB250 was removed from the program.

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB520 Equivalents: LSB475	Disease Processes	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: LSB321, LSB361, LSB367
CSB521	Podiatric Medicine 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and LQB201
CSB523	Podiatric Clinical Gait Analysis	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: LSB235 and XNB272
PUB561	Statistical Methods in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PUN105, MAB141

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB522	Podiatric Medicine 2	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB521 and CSB520 and CSB523
CSB531 Equivalents: PUB537	Diagnostic Imaging for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB601	Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185. LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185 can be enrolled in the same study period as CSB601 Basic knowledge of body systems, physiology and disease processes is assumed knowledge
LSB492	Microbiology	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Basic knowledge of biology and chemistry is assumed knowledge.
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
From Year 3, students are invited to transfer to the CS46 BPod(Hons)
CSB530 Equivalents: LSB584	Pharmacotherapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB601 and CSB520
CSB532	Medicine for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB520
CSB533	Podiatric Medicine 3	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSB522 or CSB525
CSB538	Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: (CSB522 and CSB531) or (CSB525)
From 2026 CSB531 and CSB532 will switch availabilities. CSB532 will be taught in Year 2, Sem 2 and CSB531 will be taught in Year 3, Sem 1.

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB536	Clinical Therapeutics for Podiatrists	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB532 and CSB530 Corequisites: CSH534
CSH534 Equivalents: CSB534	Podiatric Medicine 4	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB533
CSB539	Podiatric Anaesthesiology and Surgery	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSB530 and CSB532 and CSB533
HLH401	Advanced Research Methods	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PUB561 or (XNB251 and XNB255 and XNB345) or XNH279 or XNH269 or SWH401 Completion of a basic statistics unit is assumed knowledge.

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB541	Professional Placement 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH545	Podiatric Medicine 5	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and CSB538 and CSB539
CSH547 Equivalents: CSB547	Current Theory of Podiatric Medicine	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CSH534 and (CSH600 or HLH401)

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CSB544	Transition to the Clinical Profession	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH534
CSH548	Podiatric Medicine 6 for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: CSH545
HLH402 Equivalents: HLB402	Research Project for Honours	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: Completion of 288 credit points including HLH401 or HLB401
From 2026 HLH403-1 and HLH403-2 Research Project for Honours will replace HLH402.

Unit Lists

QUT You (24 credit points)

Learn more about QUT You.

QUT You (QUTYOU-24CP2A01)

Code	Title	Offered In
In order to complete this study package, you must complete 24 credit points made up of two core units and two QUT You option units.
QUT002	QUT You: Walking on Country	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT005	QUT You: Seeing Me, Seeing You: Skills for a Diverse World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
Select two units (12 credit points) from the QUT You Unit Options list:
QUT001	QUT You: Artificial Intelligence in the Real World	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B
QUT003	QUT You: Real Action for Real Change	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A
QUT004	QUT You: Living and Working Collaboratively, Ethically, and Inclusively	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT006	QUT You: The Art of Pitching	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT007	QUT You: Fighting 'Fake News'	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT008	QUT You: Think Like a Computer and Change the World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A
QUT009	QUT You: Data Science for Society	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT010	QUT You: People with Robots	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 2 - 6 Week C

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