CC59 Bachelor of Public Health (Specialisation)

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
  2. Complete 1 major
  3. Complete 1 minor

Core Structure

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENVH11001 Health and the Environment
SCIE11022 Introductory Science
PBHL11001 Public Health Data and Measurement
PBHL11002 Public Health and Chronic Disease
PBHL12001 Communicable Diseases and Public Health
PBHL12002 Public Health Initiatives
PBHL13001 Public Health and Environmental Sustainability
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health

Environmental Health Major

Number of units: 12 Total credit points: 72

The environmental health profession in New South Wales often includes significant duties relating to building surveying. Students considering working in this jurisdiction should consider the Built Environment minor when planning their study.

This major is accredited by Environmental Health Australia. Graduates of this major are eligible for Membership of Environmental Health Australia.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENVR11011 Modern Environmental Issues
AINV11003 Introduction to Investigative Methods
ENVH12002 Environmental Health Law
MBIO19012 Microbiology
ENVH12001 Food Safety
ENVH12003 Environmental Toxicology
ENVH13002 Environmental Health Risk Management
SCIE11023 Scientific Research Fundamentals
HLTH13031 Population Health Epidemiology
PBHL13002 Public Health Disaster Management
PBHL13003 Public Health in Practice A
PBHL13004 Public Health in Practice B

Generalist Major

Number of units: 16 Total credit points: 96

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
BMSC11006 Food, Nutrition and Health
HLTH11029 Health Promotion Concepts
HLTH11031 Healthy Lifestyles
HLTH12032 Community Assets and Needs Assessment
NUTR12001 Human Nutrition
ENVH12001 Food Safety
ENVH12003 Environmental Toxicology
HLTH12031 Community Engaged Learning
NUTR13001 Public Health Nutrition
HLTH13035 Health in all Policies
PBHL20003 Epidemiology and Statistics
PBHL20002 Systems Thinking in Public Health
DSMG28001 Foundations of Emergency and Disaster Management
PBHL20010 Public Health Practice in the Cross-Cultural Community

Health Promotion Major

Number of units: 12 Total credit points: 72

This major is accredited by the International Union of Health Promotion and Education through the Australian Health Promotion Association. Graduates of this major are eligible to register for the title of IUHPE Registered Health Promotion Practitioner.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HLTH11029 Health Promotion Concepts
INDG11006 Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface
HLTH12032 Community Assets and Needs Assessment
HLTH12030 Drugs in Society
HLTH12031 Community Engaged Learning
HLTH13035 Health in all Policies
HLTH11031 Healthy Lifestyles
ENEV12002 First Nations and Community Engagement
HLTH13031 Population Health Epidemiology
PBHL13002 Public Health Disaster Management
PBHL13003 Public Health in Practice A
PBHL13004 Public Health in Practice B

Built Environment Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

The environmental health profession in New South Wales often includes significant duties relating to building surveying.
Students considering working in this jurisdiction should consider the Built Environment minor when planning their study.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BLAR11050 Residential Construction
BLAR11051 Construction Legislation 1
BLAR11033 Building Materials 1
BLAR11043 Building Systems and Services 1

Emergency and Disaster Management Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students completing this minor may be eligible to apply for credit toward CM39 Graduate Diploma of Emergency and Disaster Management or CM52 Master of Emergency and Disaster Management.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
DSMG28001 Foundations of Emergency and Disaster Management
DSMG29001 Disaster Risk Reduction
DSMG29003 Building Adaptive Capacity in Communities
DSMG29006 Volunteerism and the Community

Environmental Health Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students will be required to attend compulsory residential schools for units within this minor.

Students majoring in Environmental Health are not eligible to complete this minor.

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
ENVH12002 Environmental Health Law
ENVH12003 Environmental Toxicology
ENVH12001 Food Safety
SCIE28002 Water Resource Management

Environmental Science Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students will be required to attend compulsory residential schools for units within this minor.

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
ENVR11014 Environmental Monitoring
GEOG12022 Geographic Information Systems
EVST13017 Catchment to Reef Management
SCIE28002 Water Resource Management

Exercise Science Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
ESSC11001 Physical Activity, Fitness and Health
ESSC11003 Skill Acquisition and Movement
ESSC12003 Exercise and Sport Psychology

Health Promotion Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students majoring in Health Promotion are not eligible to complete this minor.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HLTH11031 Healthy Lifestyles
HLTH11029 Health Promotion Concepts
HLTH12032 Community Assets and Needs Assessment
ENEV12002 First Nations and Community Engagement

Human Resource Management Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HRMT11011 Human Resource Management
HRMT11010 Organisational Behaviour
HRMT19023 Conflict and Negotiation
HRMT19014 Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection

Indigenous Studies Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface
INDG11015 Contemporary Indigenous Issues
NURS11171 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health
INDG12013 First Nations Cultures and Country

International Development and Humanitarian Service Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOCL11059 Introducing Social Change
ENEG12008 Appropriate Technology for Humanitarian Projects
DSMG29003 Building Adaptive Capacity in Communities
PBHL20005 Global Public Health

Liberal Studies Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

This minor/major has been designed to support credit, articulation agreements and transition arrangements. Students may only be enrolled in this minor following discussion and approval from the Head of Course and the Course Advisor.

Public Health Nutrition Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

 

 

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BMSC11006 Food, Nutrition and Health
NUTR12001 Human Nutrition
NUTR12002 Nutrition in Practice
NUTR13001 Public Health Nutrition

Safety Science Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students completing this minor may be eligible to apply for credit toward CC77 Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety. 

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SAFE28003 Safety in Complexity
SAFE28001 Safety Regulation and Management
SAFE20011 Exposures and Health Risk
SAFE29001 Hazard Management and Risk Control

Science and Sustainability Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Students who complete this minor may be eligible to apply for credit toward the Master of Sustainable Futures

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Sustainable Energy
SCIE28002 Water Resource Management
SCIE28001 Rethinking Waste
SCIE28003 Sustainability Issues and Solutions