Not offered in 2012
BAppPH
240 cp
Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Brisbane Queensland
Melbourne Victoria
Sydney NSW
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Admission Requirements1
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent.
(Note the CDC decided that the requirements should be English only and no Science based senior level units)
New South Wales
Prerequisites: 2 units of English (any).
Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA).
Victoria
Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English
2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree
To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp consisting of:
- 20 cp from Interprofessional units
- 20 cp from Interdisciplinary units
- 10 cp from Cross-Faculty units
- 20 cp from Core Curriculum units
- 170 cp from Public Health units, one of which includes a requirement of relevant industry experience.
3. Progression within the Course
Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200- or 300-level) in that sequence.
In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Public Health Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
PUBH100 |
10 |
Foundations of Public Health |
PUBH101 |
10 |
Principles of Evidence-Based Health Care |
PUBH102 |
10 |
Effective Communication |
PUBH103 |
10 |
Understanding Statistics |
PUBH104 |
10 |
Globalisation, Environment and Health |
PUBH200 |
10 |
Social and Economic Determinants |
PUBH201 |
10 |
Epidemiology and Applied Statistics |
PUBH202 |
10 |
Public Health Ethics |
PUBH203 |
10 |
Public Health Policy |
PUBH204 |
10 |
Public Health Economics |
PUBH300 |
10 |
Public Health Law |
PUBH301 |
10 |
Research Transfer in Public Health Practice |
PUBH302 |
10 |
Applying Public Health in Practice |
PUBH303 |
10 |
Communication in Public Health |
PUBH304 |
10 |
Leadership in Public Health |
PUBH305 |
20 |
Public Health Research Project (Integration Project) |
Interprofessional Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
HLSC111 |
10 |
The Person, Health and Wellbeing
|
HLSC301 |
10 |
Community Engagement |
Interdisciplinary Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
EXSC295 |
10 |
Foundations of Health Promotion |
EXSC382 |
10 |
Health Program Planning |
Core Curriculum Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
UNCC100 |
0 |
Our World: Community and Vulnerability |
UNCC300 |
0 |
Understanding Self and Society: Contemporary Perspectives |
Cross-Faculty Unit
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
MGMT308 |
0 |
Project Management |
1A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
Page last updated:
2017-06-29
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/362855