Comments about Bachelor of Environmental Health - On Campus - Rockhampton - Queensland
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Objectives
The purpose of this program is to produce graduates who are competent environmental health professionals ready to be employed as workplace leaders in decision making and management. Graduates will be able to facilitate, educate, problem solve, and promote environmental health in relation to individuals, families, the community and environment. Throughout this program students participate in field visits with practical opportunities to apply their learning to given situations. In their second year, students are placed in industry to work in conjunction with an environmental health practitioner, for 240 hours. This presents students with valuable learning and application opportunities before the completion of their studies. During this time, students continue to work through course material externally and assessment is linked to the placement.
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Practical experience
240 hours of workplace placement
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Entry requirements
Domestic students - Prerequisites: nil; Recommended study - English and either Biology, Chemistry or Physics at Senior level
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Academic title
Bachelor of Environmental Health
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Course description
About Environmental Health
Environmental Health is the study of recognising, evaluating and controlling environmental factors affecting public health. Examples of topics in this complex field include:
* environmental effects on human health;
* communicable disease management systems;
* food-borne disease prevention techniques;
* vector-borne disease control;
* indoor air quality;
* waste management;
* potable and recreational water quality;
* public hygiene;
* disaster management
Career Opportunities
Professionals working in this field have traditionally gone by many titles, including health inspector, health surveyor and environmental health officer (EHO). The profession is a longstanding one, with most workers being employed by local and state governments. Environmental Health Officers develop, regulate, enforce and monitor laws and regulations governing public health, building and environmental management, in order to promote good health, hygiene and environmental practices. Environmental health professionals are also employed in private industry, the military, academia, research & development and as consultants.
Program Structure
Students must complete 24 courses/144 units of credit, which include:
* 20 core courses; and
* a second plan (co-plan) consisting of 4 courses (click here for plans).
Those who complete an appropriate co-plan will have specialist knowledge in the following:
* Building Surveying;
* Engineering Technology Management;
* Environmental Studies:
* Health Promotion;
* Human Movement Studies;
* Management;
* Occupational Health and Safety; or
* Professional Communication (Public Relations).
Year 1
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ENVH11001 Health and the Environment
HMSC11034 Study Skills for Health and Human Performance *
OCHS11025 Introductory Health and Safety Risk Management
SCIE11019 Introductory Bioscience *
Term 2
BIOH11004 Human Physiology *
HMSC11004 Measurement and Evaluation in Health and Human Performance
HMSC11005 Human Anatomy *
PSYC11009 Social Foundations of Psychology
Year 2
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
ENVH12002 Environmental Health Law
ENVR11011 Fundamentals of Environmental Science
MBIO19003 Introductory Microbiology *
Co-plan
Term 2
ENVH12001 Food Safety *
ENVR11012 Applications of Environmental Science
MBIO19004 Humans, Microbes and Disease *
Co-plan
Year 3
Course Code Course Name
Term 1
HLTH13031 Population Health Epidemiology
HMSC12026 Teaching, Learning and Health Promotion
OCHS13016 Occupational Health, Hygiene and Toxicology
Co-plan
Term 2
ENVH13001 Environmental Health Practicum
ENVH13002 Environmental Health Risk Management *
EVST12013 Water Quality Management
Co-plan
Note: (*) indicates a compusory residential school in Rockhampton for FLEX students.
