Public Health

Major/Minor/Specialisation !441-MS-MAJ+1009 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus:	2010

 CoordinatorTo be confirmed. Contactquery-environment@unimelb.edu.au 

Overview:	The environments in which we live immediately impact on our health. The Public Health stream is designed to ensure the creation and maintenance of environments that promote good public health. By collaborating with other disciplines and sectors, we work to identify and manage environmental health problems. Study in this field will provide you with the tools used in environmental health practice, and by public health practitioners. These include surveillance, monitoring, observation, analysis, and selected techniques in biostatistics, epidemiology and health economics. Other skills we develop are more specific to environmental health or environmental studies, such as environmental, social and health impact assessment and qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. This Stream is a specialist companion program to the Master of Public Health, run at Melbourne and at many other institutions. Students benefit from Melbourne's strong health sciences programs. By studying in this area, you might expect to find employment in the health industry; government agencies, within the environmental and health sectors; consulting companies, and development agencies.
Objectives:	Students who complete the Master of Environment will have: An advanced understanding of the ideas concerning environmental issues Advanced skills and techniques applicable to changing and managing the environment An ability to evaluate and synthesise research and professional literature in the chosen stream or focus of study An advanced understanding of the international context and sensitivities of environmental assessment
Structure & Available Subjects:	The subjects available are listed below.
Subject Options:	Core Subjects Students are required to complete the subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT90005 Trans-disciplinary Thinking & Learning Semester 2 12.50 MULT90004 Sustainability Policy and Management March 12.50 505-966 Environmental Health Services Evaluation Not offered in 2010 POPH90142 Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 1 March 12.50 Elective and select electives to make up the balance of the award. The recommended list of electives includes: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ENST90002 Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation Semester 2 12.50 EVSC90015 Environmental Impact Assessment Semester 1 12.50 ANTH90001 Heritage and Cultural Environments Semester 2 12.50 421-523 Occupational Health and Safety Basics Not offered in 2010 421-640 Water Supply and Waste Water Management Not offered in 2010 421-681 Management for the Environment Not offered in 2010 505-500 Health, Ethics and Society Not offered in 2010 505-502 Culture, Health and Illness Not offered in 2010 505-520 Database Systems in Epidemiology Studies Not offered in 2010 POPH90066 Women and Global Health July 12.50 POPH90071 Aboriginal Health: Past to Present Semester 1 12.50 POPH90075 Living Longer: Global Perspectives Semester 1 12.50 POPH90086 International Child Health November 12.50 POPH90090 Health Program Evaluation 2 Semester 2 12.50 POPH90094 Health Economics 1 Semester 1 12.50 POPH90095 Economic Evaluation 2 Semester 2 12.50 505-922 Research Methods in Social Health Not offered in 2010 POPH90112 Infectious Disease Epidemiology Semester 1 12.50 POPH90137 Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India January, November 12.50 POPH90143 Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 2 April 12.50 POPH90144 Linear & Logistic Regression July 12.50 POPH90145 Survival Analysis & Regression for Rates September 12.50 POPH90146 Study Design in Epidemiology May 12.50 EVSC90010 Environmental Risk Assessment Semester 1 12.50 CHEM90007 Environmental Chemistry Semester 2 12.50 LAWS70068 Environmental Law September 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.environment.unimelb.edu.au/
Notes:	Alternative subjects may be taken at the discretion of the coordinator.
Related Course(s):	Master of Environment Master of Environment

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