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Environment and Public Health
Structure
200 credit points
Students will be required to complete the two core subjects, plus two compulsory specialisation subjects Students in the 200 point pathway must also take at least 12.5 points of subjects from the compulsory capstone subjects – these subjects enable students to complete an independent project related to professional practices in environment and public health. Students in the 100 point pathway will not normally be required to complete this component. Students must also undertake electives to make up the balance of the award. The selection of electives is made in consultation with the Environment and Public Health major coordinator. More information about this stream can be found here:
http://environment.unimelb.edu.au/study/specialisations/environment-and-public-health
Subject Options
Core subjects
Students must take the following core subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Interdisciplinarity and the Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Compulsory Specialisation Subjects
Students must take the following compulsory specialisation subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90217 | Foundations of Public Health | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90230 | Environmental Challenges & Global Health | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Compulsory Capstone Experience
Students must complete at least 12.5 points from the following compulsory capstone subjects - please note that if you select either a 25 or 50 point research project that spreads across two semesters you must enrol into the Part 1 and Part 2 subjects over consecutive semesters. Students completing the 100 point pathway will normally be exempt from this requirement.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90008 | International Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| GEOG90022 | International Internship in Environment |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| AGRI90076 | Industry Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90035 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Pt1 |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90036 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90037 | Environmental Research Project - 50 Pt1 |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90038 | Environmental Research Project - 50 Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90039 | Environmental Industry Research - 25 Pt1 |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90040 | Environmental Industry Research - 25 Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90041 | Environmental Industry Research - 50 Pt1 |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90042 | Environmental Industry Research - 50 Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
Students should make up the balance of the award with electives. Subjects in the list below are recommended. Other subjects may be taken with the approval of stream coordinator.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70068 | Environmental Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90020 | Health Promotion | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90071 | Indigenous Health and History | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| POPH90086 | International Child Health | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90087 | International Adolescent Health | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90088 | Disability and International Development | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90090 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90093 | Economic Evaluation 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90131 | Primary Health Care and Global Health | August (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India |
January (Off Campus)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90144 | Linear & Logistic Regression | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90145 | Survival Analysis & Regression for Rates | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90189 | Global Health Program Planning & Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90190 | HIV and AIDS:An Evolving Global Response | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90191 | Practice of Public Health Leadership | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90200 | Principles of Social Research Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90201 | Community-Based Participatory Research | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90205 | Health Inequalities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90209 | Health Systems | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90227 | Public Health in Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90229 | Health Economics 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90230 | Environmental Challenges & Global Health | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90231 | Qualitative Research in Public Health | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90019 | Consumerism and the Growth Economy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90238 | Systems for Global Health | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HORT90011 | Therapeutic Landscapes | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90027 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90242 | Epidemiology 2 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90243 | Epidemiology 3 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90024 | Securing Sufficient and Healthy Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90026 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90218 | Public Health Leadership and Management | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90069 | Sexual and Reproductive Health |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90094 | Health Economics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90008 | International Internship in Development |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST70001 | Environmental Research Proj (50 Long) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST70002 | Environmental Industry Research: 50 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST90024 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | Environmental Industry Research: 25 Long |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOG90022 | International Internship in Environment |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| AGRI90076 | Industry Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90232 | Indigenous Health: From Data to Practice | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Notes
Other subjects may be approved at the discretion of the coordinator.
Last updated: 18 December 2020