Bachelor of Applied Public Health/Bachelor of Global Studies
BAppPH/BGlobSt
320 cp
Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Brisbane Queensland
Melbourne Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield and North 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 Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12, or equivalent:
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.
New South Wales
Prerequisites:2 units of English (any)
2. Requirements for Completion of the Degrees
To qualify for the Bachelor of Applied Public Health/Bachelor of Global Studies, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 180 cp from Public Health units, consisting of:
- 90 cp from Core Public Health units;
- 70 cp from Inter-professional units;
- 20 cp from Health Promotion units
- 120 cp from Global Studies units consisting of ;
- 40 cp from Global Studies Core units;
- 40 cp from the International Study/Internship unit;
- 40 cp from Global Studies Electives;
- 20cp from University Core units.
3. Progression within the Course
Students normally complete 100 level units before undertaking related 200 level units, and 200 level units before undertaking related 300 level units.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Core Public Health Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
PUBH100 | 10 | Foundations of Public Health |
PUBH101 | 10 | Effective Communication |
PUBH201 | 10 | Epidemiology |
PUBH203 | 10 | Public Health Statistics |
PUBH204 | 10 | Public Health Economics |
PUBH300 | 10 | Public Health Law |
PUBH301 | 10 | Public Health Policy |
PUBH303 | 10 | Communication in Public Health |
PUBH304 | 10 | Public Health Entrepreneurship |
Interprofessional Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
BIOL121 | 10 | Human Biological Science 1 |
BIOL122 | 10 |
Human Biological Science 2 (Pre: BIOL121 Human Biological Science) |
HLSC120 | 10 | Society Culture and Health |
HLSC122 | 10 | Inquiry in Health Care |
HLSC220 | 10 | Health Care Ethics |
PSYC104 | 10 | Research Design and Statistics 1 |
PSYC206 | 10 |
Research Design and Statistics 2 (Pre: PSYC104 Research Design and Statistics 1) |
Health Promotion Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EXSC295 | 10 | Foundations of Health Promotion |
EXSC382 | 10 | Programs and Practices in Health Promotion |
University Core Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
UNCC100 | 10 | Our World: Community and Vulnerability |
UNCC300 | 10 |
Understanding Self and Society: Contemporary Perspectives (Pre: UNCC100 Our World: Community and Vulnerability) |
Global Studies Core Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
GEOG204 | 10 | Environmental Sustainability |
GLST200 | 10 | Global Health |
GLST201 | 10 | Global Change and Development |
POLS309 | 10 |
World Politics and Justice (Pre: 40cp in 100/200 level Politics units or GLST201 Global Change and Development) |
International study/internship
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
GLST300 | 40 | International Study/Internship |
Global Studies Electives
Business
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
BUSN201 | 10 | International Business |
MGMT100 | 10 | Foundations of Management |
Communication
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
COMM102 | 10 | Introduction to Communication |
COMM103 | 10 | Written Communication |
COMM213 | 10 | Interpersonal Communication |
COMM218 | 10 |
Communication in the Workplace (Pre: COMM102 Introduction to Communication or COMM103 Written Communication) |
International Development Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
DVST100 | 10 | Introduction to International Development Studies |
DVST200 | 10 | Refugees and Forced Migration |
DVST201 | 10 |
Humanitarian and Development Work: A Dignity-based Approach (Pre: DVST100 Introduction to International Development Studies) |
DVST300 | 10 |
Peace and Development (Pre: DVST201 Humanitarian and Development Work: A Dignity-based Approach) |
DVST301 | 10 |
Development Alternatives: Fair Trade (Pre: GLST201 Global Change and Development) |
DVST303 | 10 | Advocacy and Policy Development |
Economics
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
ECON102 | 10 | Microeconomics |
or | ||
ECON200 | 10 | Principles of Business Economics |
and
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
ECON103 | 10 | Macroeconomics |
ECON204 | 10 |
Development Economics (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Economics units) |
ECON209 | 10 |
The Global Economy (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Economics units) |
Education unit
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD210 | 10 | Global Perspectives in Education |
Environmental Science
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
BIOL101 | 10 | Biodiversity |
ENVR100 | 10 | Environmental Issues |
BIOL102 | 10 |
Principles of Ecology (Pre: BIOL101 Biodiversity) |
BIOL312 | 10 | Conservation and Sustainability |
BIOL327 | 10 |
Marine and Coastal Ecology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology) |
ERTH100 | 10 | Earth Science |
Geography
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
GEOG101 | 10 | Human Geographies of Globalisation |
GEOG200 | 10 |
Geographies of Development in SE Asia (Pre: GEOG101 Human Geographies of Globalisation) |
GEOG300 | 10 |
Natural Hazards (Pre: GEOG101 Human Geographies of Globalisation) |
History
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
HIST105 | 10 | Early Modern Europe |
HIST211 | 10 |
Modern China (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST212 | 10 |
Modern Japan (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST213 | 10 |
Pacific History (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST214 | 10 |
Immigrants in Australian History (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST219 | 10 |
History and Cultures of Southeast Asia (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST225 | 10 |
US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST229 | 10 |
Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
HIST327 | 10 |
Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level History units) |
HIST328 | 10 |
Gender in World History (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level Gender Studies or History units) |
HIST329 | 10 |
Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples (Pre: cp from 200-level History units) |
HIST330 | 10 |
Contemporary World History (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level History units) |
HIST251 | 10 |
Human Rights in History (Pre: 10cp from 100-level History units) |
Legal Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
LEGL103 | 10 | Introduction to International Human Rights Law and Practice |
Media (Melbourne campus only)
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
MEDA100 | 10 | Introduction to Media Production |
MEDA101 | 10 | Theorising the Media |
MEDA201 | 10 |
Screen Production 1 (Pre: MEDA100 Introduction to Media Production) |
MEDA213 | 10 |
Power, Propaganda and Persuasion (Pre: MEDA101 or 10cp from 100-level Communication units) |
Politics
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
POLS100 | 10 | The Nature of Democracy |
POLS103 | 10 | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
POLS202 | 10 |
Southeast Asian Politics (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Politics units) |
POLS212 | 10 |
Politics in the Developing World (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Politics units) |
POLS308 | 10 |
Politics and Public Policy (Pre: 40cp from 100/200-level Politics units or GLST201 Global Change and Development) |
Sociology
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
SOCS100 | 10 | Introduction to Sociology |
SOCS108 | 10 | Contemporary Society and Change |
SOCS204 | 10 |
Culture and Society (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Sociology units) |
SOCS209 | 10 |
Race and Ethnicity in Australia (Pre: 10cp from 100-level Sociology units) |
Study of Religions
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
THSR101 | 10 | Introduction to Judaism and Islam |
THSR200 | 10 | Introducing Asian Religions |
THSR201 | 10 | Ethics and Peace Studies in World Religions |
THSR203 | 10 | Interfaith Relations and Dialogue |
Other undergraduate units approved by the Course Coordinator.
Page last updated: 2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/559856
Page last updated: 2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/559856