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Joondalup - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
- Location:
Joondalup - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
Online - Duration:
3 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Computing, Health and Science - School:
Exercise and Health Sciences - Code:
K97 - CRICOS:
071523G - Indicative ATAR (TER):
55
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Bachelor of Health Science
Major In Environmental Health
Designed for students who want to be employed as environmental health officers in Australia. The major is a specified and accredited program that enables students to develop skills in the quantification and assessment of environmental health risks and public health safety.
Related careers
Environmental Health Officer
Major structure
This unitset structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
This is a specified and accredited unit set which follows a pre-defined course plan. It is offered to students who are enrolled in the K97 course (Bachelor of Health Science) and who want to be employed as Environmental Health Officers in Australia. The Environmental Health major comprises 15 units (225 credit points) which are designed to develop skills in the quantification and assessment of environmental health risks and public health safety.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HST2114 | Environmental Health Law and Compliance | 15 | |
| HST2116 | Environmental Health Professional Practice | 15 | |
| HST2184 | Communicable Disease Control | 15 | |
| HST2185 | Environmental Disease | 15 | |
| HST2256 | Occupational Hygiene | 15 | |
| HST3186 | Food Safety and Water Quality | 15 | |
| HST3187 | Environmental Health Management | 15 | |
| SCC1123 | Chemistry for the Life Sciences | 15 | |
| SCI1185 | Ecology | 15 | |
| SCI1186 | Understanding Pollution | 15 | |
| SCI3307 | Waste Management | 15 | |
| SCP1132 | Introduction to Physics | 15 | |
| SCH2235 | Applied Microbiology | 15 | |
| SCH3227 | The Biology of Human Disease | 15 | |
| Elective (15 credit points) | |||
*Recommended electives include any HST coded unit. Alternatively students may wish to elect SCI3309 Biological and Chemical Hazards or SCI3206 Environmental Monitoring and Investigation.
This major can also be studied in the following courses: