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Applied Environmental HealthMajor

If you enjoy variety and can see yourself in a role that educates others and protects the health of the population, then consider a career in environmental health.

You will study links between our environment and human health; public health and sustainable development; social, ecological, economic and political factors influencing health behaviours and policy; and principles for planning and managing environments for healthy living, working and play. You will apply public health theories and frameworks; empirical science; and complex systems concepts as you build your skills in identifying, assessing and managing risk to human health from hazards in our natural and built environments.

In your final year of study, you will also gain practical on the job experience in your final year of study during 30 days of work placement.

The program prepares you for a career in environmental health, environmental management or risk management.

Extended major

Available in the Bachelor of Health Science

Career opportunities

Environmental health officer or specialist in local or state government, academia or the corporate sector, environmental management or risk management, overseas health agencies, particularly in the area of food, water and sanitation for emergency and disaster management.

Membership

Environmental Health Australia; Public Health Association of Australia; Australian Health Promotion Association.

Extended Major (11)

Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science are eligible to undertake the Applied Environmental Health Extended Major.

For an extended major in Applied Environmental Health, students must successfully complete the following 11 courses:

Required courses (11)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
HLT100 Teaching Mathematics
JST101 Alternative Schooling Pedagogies
SCI102 Contexts of Disability and Differences
ENP211 Communication and Thought
LFS261 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LFS262 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
PUB205 Social Work and Human Services Practice
PUB210 Foundations of Human Behaviour
PUB262 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
ENS351 Numerical Analysis
PUB305 Discrete Mathematics