Bachelor of Public Health

First year

A typical first year may include:

• foundational knowledge about public health and public health policy
• examination of how health systems work in Australia and elsewhere
• studies around public health from an Indigenous perspective
• study of the body’s structures and defences against disease
• the opportunity to build work-readiness skills by choosing topics on innovation and professional communication
• effective strategies for optimising learning and study skills. 
  

Second year

A typical second year may include:

• consolidation and deepening of the learning from the previous year
• the opportunity to engage with the big issues – justice and sustainability, global health and development, the enablers and barriers to health promotion, race, power, and identity, and food consumption.
• expansion of research and learning skills, and professional skills.   

Third year

A typical third year may include:

• a step back to look at the big picture, bringing together your learning from the previous two years, to see how you can become an agent of change
• a year-long work-placement project to hone your professional skills, network with future employers, and support your transition to employment
• interprofessional learning workshops to learn skills in collaboration and communication, working through authentic case studies such as how to manage global health crises, how to undertake epidemiological research, and how economics impacts on health policies and outcomes.