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Applied Health Promotion

Applied Health Promotion

Extended major available in the Bachelor of Health Science

If you’d like to work directly with communities to identify issues (such as nutrition or sexual health) and develop strategies that meet their needs, then look no further than a career in health promotion.

You’ll study the science of contemporary health promotion at individual, group and population levels; development of health promotion; design, implementation and evaluation of health policies and programs; health promotion settings, populations and issues; environmental health; epidemiology; and research.

You’ll also get practical experience through a work placement in your final year of study, helping you to be job-ready.

The program meets national and international health promotion competency standards and prepares you for a career in health promotion, health policy development or disease prevention.

Career opportunities

Roles in health promotion, health policy development, project development and management, disease prevention and early detection, community and international health in community-based health care, government, hospitals, private health care, and not-for-profit organisations.

Membership

Australian Health Promotion Association; Public Health Association of Australia; International Union for Health Promotion and Education.

Accreditation

The Bachelor of Health Science (Applied Health Promotion) has been accredited by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education.

Extended Major (12)

For a extended major in Applied Health Promotion, students must successfully complete 12 courses:

Required courses (12):

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
HLT326 Chemistry
HRM311 Science Research Methods
PUB210 Human Physiology
PUB252 Biodiversity and Ecology
PUB262 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
PUB271 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
PUB272 Plant Diversity and Ecology
PUB351 Biochemistry
PUB352 Introduction to Mathematics
PUB361 Mathematics Foundations
SCS110 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
SCS130 Molecular Biology