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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
HLT150 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
HLT242 Indigenous Wellbeing Practice
PUB210 Concepts of Epidemiology
PUB252 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
PUB262 Environmental Health Risk Management
PUB271 Health Promotion Principles
PUB272 Health Promotion Settings and Advocacy
PUB351 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
PUB305 Public Health Practicum
PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics