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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 | Partnerships for Sustainable Futures |
February
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| MULT90004 | Environmental Sustainability |
Semester 1
July
|
12.5 |
Compulsory Specialisation
Students are required to complete the following two subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POPH90217 | Foundations of Public Health | February |
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
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Summer Term
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90024 | |||
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70001 | |||
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | |||
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70002 | |||
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90008 |
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 |
12.5 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Winter Term |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| LAWS70068 | Environmental Law | July |
12.5 |
| POPH90020 | Health Promotion | September |
12.5 |
| POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September |
12.5 |
| POPH90071 | |||
| POPH90086 | |||
| POPH90087 | |||
| POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September |
12.5 |
| POPH90090 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| POPH90093 | Economic Evaluation 1 | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | April |
12.5 |
| POPH90131 | Primary Health Care and Global Health | July |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November |
12.5 |
| POPH90144 | Regression Methods in Health Research | July |
12.5 |
| POPH90145 | Survival Analysis & Regression for Rates | September |
12.5 |
| POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February |
12.5 |
| POPH90190 | |||
| POPH90191 | Practice of Public Health Leadership | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POPH90200 | Advanced Qualitative Health Research | February |
12.5 |
| POPH90201 | Community Engagement for Health Impact | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POPH90205 | Social Determinants of Health Inequality | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| POPH90206 | Health Policy | March |
12.5 |
| POPH90209 | Comparative Health Systems | August |
12.5 |
| POPH90218 | Public Health Leadership and Management | March |
12.5 |
| POPH90227 | Public Health in Practice | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POPH90229 | Health Economics 2 | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| POPH90230 | Planetary and Global Health | July |
12.5 |
| POPH90231 | Qualitative Research in Public Health |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90019 | Consumerism and the Growth Economy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POPH90238 | |||
| POPH90069 | Sexual and Reproductive Health | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| FOOD90024 | |||
| HORT90011 | Therapeutic Landscapes | September |
12.5 |
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| FOOD90026 | |||
| FOOD90027 | |||
| POPH90242 | Epidemiology 2 | August |
12.5 |
| POPH90243 | Epidemiology in Practice | February |
12.5 |
| POPH90094 | Health Economics 1 | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POPH90232 |
Notes
Other subjects may be approved at the discretion of the coordinator.
Links
http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 24 January 2023