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Bachelor of Arts (Population Health)
Population Health (UAC Code 757649)
The Bachelor of Arts (Population Health) aims to train students
in skills to obtain, review and analyse health information,
to plan and manage a health project and to improve the health
of populations. The program is designed to do two main things.
Firstly, students will learn the basics of the health sector
and develop an understanding of the problems involving health,
illness, treatment and welfare. Secondly, useful skills are
developed that can be used in a variety of jobs. Skills such
as analysing information, researching with people, developing
policy, project management and writing for a range of purposes,
such as report writing and writing for the media. This means
that when you graduate, there are many possibilities with
regard to jobs, especially if you take population health in
conjunction with another specialty area, such as psychology,
economics or politics.
Major Study
The Population Health Major consists of 88 credit points of
subjects, as outlined in the course structure below, together
with other subjects which may be selected from the Health
& Behavioural Sciences, Arts or General Schedules to make
up the 144 credit points required for the degree.
Honours
The degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in the Graduate School
of Public Health is designed to provide supervised training
in independent research. Candidates can be admitted with a
Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline with research skill
subjects and a credit average depending on the availability
of supervision. The program will consist of 48 credit points
of research leading to the submission of a thesis. Research
should be in an area of research expertise of a member of
the Graduate School of Public Health. Potential candidates
should discuss their research interest with the coordinator
of the program and present a research project title and general
outline.
Once the supervisor has been approved the candidate will undertake
an approved course program recommended by the School Head.
The student is also required to pass an examination of the
detailed research proposal before about one third of the research
time has passed. The total duration of the honours year is
no less than one year full-time and no more than 1.5 years
full-time. Requirements are specified in the Honours Bachelor
Degree Rules.
| 100-Level |
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Credit Points |
| POP101 |
Population Health - current issues and their
determinants |
6 |
| BMS103 |
Human growth nutrition and exercise |
6 |
| STAT151 |
Introduction to the concepts & practice
of statistics |
6 |
| and one of |
| ABST150 |
Introduction to Aboriginal Australia |
6 |
| or |
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| POP103 |
Introduction to Health Behavioural Change |
6 |
| 200-Level |
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| POP201 |
Contemporary population health problems |
6 |
| POP202 |
Promoting healthy lifestyles |
6 |
| POP203 |
Health policy and service structure |
6 |
| POP204 |
Epidemiology |
6 |
| 300-Level |
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| POP301 |
Project and program design, management and
evaluation |
8 |
| POP302 |
Analysis and interpretation of evidence |
8 |
| POP331* |
Population Health Project A |
24 |
| * Students taking a joint major with another
specialisation should take: |
| POP332 |
Population Health Project B |
8 |
| Note: Students can include additional subjects
in Population Health in their degree, including: |
| POP102 |
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: public health
perspectives |
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| POP220 |
Mass media and population health |
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| POP221 |
Behaviour change for population health |
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| POP222 |
Current Issues in Food and Nutrition |
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| POP325 |
Aboriginal health issues |
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Other Information
Subjects to the value of at least 90 credit points must be
selected from the Health and Behavioural Sciences or Arts
Schedules. Subjects to the value of 144 credit points are
required for the degree.
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