CQ26 Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
  2. Complete electives

Core Structure

Number of units: 21 Total credit points: 126

Recommended study schedule

The following schedule is designed for full-time students who usually enrol in 4 courses per term or 24 units of credit. Part-time students should therefore modify this schedule to suit their own needs. The normal study load for part-time students is 2 courses per term or 12 units of credit per term.

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCHS11026 Introductory Occupational Health and Safety
OCHS11025 Health and Safety Risk Management
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health
SCIE11022 Introductory Science
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
AINV11001 Real World Investigation
AINV11002 Socio-technical Systems
AINV11003 Introduction to Investigative Methods
BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology
Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCHS12018 Safety Science
OCHS12019 Human Factors
ENVH11001 Health and the Environment
AINV12002 Accident Phenomenology
Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCHS12002 Occupational Health and Safety Practice
OCHS12015 Occupational Health and Safety Law
ENVH12003 Environmental Toxicology

In Year 2 Term 2 students are to select 1 elective from your elective stream.

Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCHS13020 Future Paradigms in OHS A
OCHS13016 Advanced Occupational Health
OCHS13018 Safety Systems

In Year 3 Term 1 students are to select 1 elective from your elective stream.

Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
OCHS13021 Future Paradigms in OHS B
OCHS13019 Prevention Through Design
OCHS13017 Resilient Organisations

In Year 3 Term 2 students are to select 1 elective from your elective stream.

 

Note:

Courses: Introductory Science; Introductory Anatomy and Physiology; Occupational Health and Safety Practice; Future Paradigms in OHS A and Future Paradigms in OHS B have compulsory residential schools.

See the residential school timetable for details. Compulsory residential schools are held in Rockhampton and are conducted for these courses taken by external and (in some cases) internal students.

Elective

Number of units: 3 Total credit points: 18

Recommended Elective Streams

These elective streams have been selected to provide students with guidance in selecting a group of subjects that may assist in their career progression.  If a suitable combination of subjects is not available, please contact the Student Contact Centre on 13 27 86 to get your Program Advisor to contact you.

The recommended elective stream will not show as a specialisation on your degree but future employers will be able to see your three-course elective choices.

Only ONE level one course may be included in your elective stream.

 

Safety Science Electives:

Available units
Students must complete 3 from the following units:
AINV13001 Accident Analysis
AINV12001 Investigative Methods Practice
AINV12003 Victim Pathology
AINV12005 Forensic Engineering
AINV13004 Learning From Failure
HLTH12031 Community Engaged Learning

Only ONE level one course may be included in your elective stream.

 

Population Health Electives:

Available units
Students must complete 3 from the following units:
HLTH13031 Population Health Epidemiology
ENVH12001 Food Safety
HLTH12028 Health Promotion Strategies
HLTH12030 Drugs in Society
HLTH12031 Community Engaged Learning

Only ONE level one course may be included in your elective stream.

 

Human Factors Electives:

Available units
Students must complete 3 from the following units:
AINV13002 Human Factors Investigation
AINV12005 Forensic Engineering
AINV13001 Accident Analysis
SOCL19069 Social Research Methods
HLTH12031 Community Engaged Learning

Liberal studies Electives:

( any three courses)                  

Any course at appropriate level i.e. must have a limit of one level one course and include advanced level courses (recommend discussing with the program advisor and/or discipline leader)