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Public Health
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Grant Blashki (Population Health)
Office for Environmental Programs
Ground Floor, Walter Boas Building (building 163)
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
Students will be required to complete the two core subjects, plus two compulsory specialisation subjects. Students must also take at least 25 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 must also undertake electives to make up the balance of the award. The selection of electives is made in consultation with the Public Health major coordinator.
A full list of subjects available within this specialisation can be found at http://environment.unimelb.edu.au/courses/streams/public_health
Subject Options
Core Subjects
Students are required to complete the subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90005 | Interdisciplinarity and the Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Compulsory Specialisation
Students are required to complete the following two 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 |
Compulsory Capstone Experience
Students must complete at least 25 points from the following compulsory capstone subjects - please note that if you select either a 25 or 50 point subject that spreads across two semesters you must enrol into the subject in both semesters (your student centre will be able to assist with this).
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90024 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Long | No longer available | |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST70001 | Environmental Research Proj (50 Long) | No longer available | |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | Environmental Industry Research: 25 Long | No longer available | |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ENST70002 | Environmental Industry Research: 50 Long | No longer available | |
| 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 |
Elective subjects
plus undertake electives to make up the balance of the award. The recommended list of electives includes:
| 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 | November (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 | No longer available | |
| POPH90086 | Global Child Health | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90087 | Global Challenges in Adolescent Health | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90088 | Disability and Global 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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| POPH90144 | Linear & Logistic Regression | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90145 | Survival Analysis & Regression for Rates | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | 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 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90209 | Comparative Health Systems | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90218 | Public Health Leadership and Management | March (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 | Planetary and 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 | No longer available | |
| POPH90069 | Sexual and Reproductive Health | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90024 | Securing Sufficient and Healthy Food | No longer available | |
| HORT90011 | Therapeutic Landscapes | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90026 | The Politics of Food | No longer available | |
| FOOD90027 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | No longer available | |
| POPH90242 | Epidemiology 2 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90243 | Epidemiology 3 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90094 | Health Economics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90232 | Indigenous Health: From Data to Practice | No longer available |
Notes
Other subjects may be approved at the discretion of the coordinator.
Links
http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 4 March 2025