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Bachelor of Science (Health Science)
(Not available to students commencing in 2001)
The 'health industry' is one of Australia's largest. Until
recent years health policy has been very much the province
of professional groups, and the public at large through its
elected representatives or governmental bureaucracies has
played a relatively minor part. All this is now changing with
the realisation that health is largely a function of personal
choice and social organisation, that we must decide health
policies, and that, as with any commodities, we must choose
what kind of resources and how much we allocate to achieve
health goals. The major in health science may be taken by
students who expect to be employed in the health system, but
it should be considered by students who wish to be informed
about a subject of interest to all Australians. A number of
postgraduate options are available to allow graduates to proceed
into masters degrees (e.g. in public health, health policy
and management) or into research programs.
FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, OR BACHELOR OF ARTS, HEALTH
SCIENCE SPECIALISATION THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS MUST BE UNDERTAKEN
100-Level
| SOC103 |
Sociology 1A: Aspects of Australian Society |
| PSYC101 |
Introduction to Behavioural Science |
| GEOS142 |
The Human Environment: Problems and Change |
| PHN103 |
Introduction to Public Health |
| BIOL103 |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
| and |
| CCS101 |
Communication, Media and Society |
| or |
| SOC104 |
Sociological Theory in Context |
200-Level
| GEOS242 |
Living in Cities |
| PHN203 |
Current Issues in Food and Nutrition |
| SOC203 |
Central Issues in Sociological Theory |
| GEOS246 |
A Hungry World: Food, Resources and the
Word Economy |
| PHN205 |
Public Health - Issues and Concepts |
| STAT252 |
Statistics for the Natural Sciences |
300 -Level
For a Double Major: A maximum of 72 credit points from the above
list of subjects can be counted towards a double major with
Health Science including PHN330 and a choice of two out of three
subjects, i.e. GEOS349, PHIL380, ECON317, except that double
majors with Psychology do not require STAT151.
Additional subjects may be selected from the Health and Behavioural
Sciences, Science or General Schedules to make up the required
144 credit points.
Note: Subjects to the value of at least 90 credit points must
be selected from the Science or Health and Behavioural Sciences
Schedules. |
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