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Applied Health Promotion

Extended major

Available in the Bachelor of Health Science

If you’d like to work directly with communities to identify issues (such as nutrition or sexual health) and develop strategies that meet their needs, then look no further than a career in health promotion.

You’ll study the science of contemporary health promotion at the individual, group and population levels; development of health promotion; design, implementation and evaluation of health policies and programs; health promotion settings, populations and issues; environmental health; epidemiology; and research.

You’ll also get practical experience through a work placement in your final year of study, helping you to be job-ready.

The program meets national and international health promotion competency standards and prepares you for a career in health promotion, health policy development or disease prevention.

To complete the extended major in Applied Health Promotion, students must successfully complete 11 courses:

Required courses (11)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SCS110 Social Psychology
HLT242 Motivation and Emotion
PUB210 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
PUB252 Indigenous Wellbeing Practice
PUB262 Concepts of Epidemiology
PUB271 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
PUB272 Environmental Health Risk Management
PUB351 Health Promotion Principles
PUB361 Health Promotion Settings and Advocacy
INT370 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
PUB305 Epidemiology and Biostatistics