australian institute of holistic medicine

Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine
Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy
HLT60507 (Naturopathy Course)

This comprehensive Naturopathy course has been designed to give students the required knowledge and skills to practice as Naturopaths.

Provision is available for specialisation in any chosen field of natural therapy and the course satisfies the minimum university entry requirements with advance standing status for selected degree programs and meets the Australian National Competency Standards. Students are also eligible to apply for Austudy/Abstudy assistance.

During this course students will cover the theory and practicing skills in at least 5 major core areas of Natural Medicine; Homoeopathy, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition, Massage and Iridology and the course further provides the opportunity to study elective units, which will give an introduction to other areas appropriate for natural therapists, such as Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Meditation, Yoga, Kinesiology, Vedic Astrology, Bowen Technique, Intuition in Healing, Flower Essences, Ayurveda or Energy Healing.

The Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy meets the requirements stipulated by the Australian Natural Therapists Association and other professional membership organisations that represent Naturopaths and as such Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy holders are eligible to apply for the membership of such organisations.

Advanced Diplomas can be upgraded to a Bachelor of Health Science degree by completing additional units with the Charles Sturt University.

Course Structure

There are 3 terms per year at the Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine and the Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy course is designed for completion within 3 years with full time study or part time study may take up to 6 years. To view the course contents and the applicable fees, please click here. Course content and fees.

It is also a requirement to complete a minimum of 500 hours of supervised clinical training. These clinical sessions are conducted and supervised by qualified practitioners at the student clinic on campus. Members of the general public may attend the clinic for a nominal fee. Students are required to attend the clinic from the third term of their full time studies.

Completion of this course will meet the requirements of the Nationally Recognised Training Qualification - Advanced Diploma of
Naturopathy HLT60507.

Units of Competency

(as set out in the Health Training Package HLT07)