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Environmental Health (POPH90309)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
September
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
Overview
| Availability | September - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject explores the complex relationship between the environment and the social, emotional, and physical health of people and how these can be matched by effective policy and action. This subject aims to improve our understanding and interpretation of the environmental risks to health and wellbeing, and to develop skills in health impact assessment, policy agenda setting, action, and evaluation in environmental health. Students will explore a range of environmental risks to food systems and food safety; water, air, and soil quality; the impact of green spaces and the natural ‘place’ to health and wellbeing, and the human biological threats of external agents such as radiation, pollution, noise, climate change, disasters, and animals/insect vectors. This subject will introduce students to the environmental determinants of health and wellbeing, and the frameworks that guide environmental health strategy and policy, including widely used and innovative decision-support tools. Students will analyse the management of environmental health risks that include prevention and protection using an equity and ‘systems’ lens. In doing so, key national and international regulatory and legislative structures and directives, and innovative programs related to environmental health protection and the promotion of wellbeing will be explored across multiple settings. Concepts in environmental health will be introduced and students will explore and utilise a range of tools to enable human risk assessment, such as those used in the field of toxicology, epidemiology, and the social science. This subject is aimed at students, who, as current or future decision makers would like to lead and implement change through advocacy, development, implementation, management and evaluation of public health environmental health strategies and policies.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe and analyse the health risks and impacts of a broad range of environmental challenges and hazards across different population groups using real-world case studies
- Integrate principles of systems thinking into the analysis of the intersection between human health and the surrounding environment
- Compare the international and Australian environmental health regulatory and policy system
- Propose evidence based strategies, frameworks and policies for the prevention, control and mitigation of environmental health risks
- Apply theories and frameworks of risk communication for environmental health issues relevant to a range of stakeholders and communities
Generic skills
- Application of theory to practical problems
- Evidence-based decision making
- Critical reasoning and thinking
- Communication of a scientific argument to a variety of audiences
Last updated: 8 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 8 February 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Discussion board post - introduction
| Week 1 | 0% |
Written reflection
| Week 2 | 10% |
Written Analysis
| Week 4 | 20% |
Group presentation on steps to addressing a community based environmental health scenario (3-4 students) 10 minutes per group. 1000 words eqivalent per student
| Week 6 | 20% |
Standard operation procedure using template to accompany the group presentation
| Week 6 | 10% |
Written report
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 8 February 2024
Dates & times
- September
Coordinator Aoife Hurley Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 September 2024 to 18 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 September 2024 Census date 20 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 October 2024 Assessment period ends 8 November 2024 September contact information
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 8 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 8 February 2024