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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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| 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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