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Health CommunicationMajor

If you’re creative and love to communicate, then a career in health communication could be for you. You’ll study the role and use of behavioural science and communication strategies to promote public health and improve the delivery of health care; the connections between health and the behaviour of people; health education and behaviour change theories, frameworks and strategies; health promotion; and the use of media to communicate health information.

You’ll also get practical experience through a work placement in your final year of study, helping you to be job-ready.

This extended major will prepare you for a career in health communication, behavioural science research, health education, health promotion, public health, health media and public relations in health.

Extended major

Available in the Bachelor of Health Science

Career opportunities

Health communication specialist, health writers, health education officer, health promotion officer, health marketer, health editor, health public relations officer/manager

Membership

Australian Health Promotion Association; Public Health Association of Australia; International Union for Health Promotion and Education.

Extended major lead

Dr Rachel Cole

Extended Major (11)

For an extended major in Health Communication, students must successfully complete the following 11 courses:

Required courses (11)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN120 Teaching Reading and Writing
CMN207 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
CMN276 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
CMN231 Professional Learning: Transitioning into the Profession
PUB210 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
PUB252 Teaching Arts in Primary Schools
PUB271 Teaching Health and Physical Education and Technologies in Primary School
PUB272 Manufacturing Technology
CMN308 Mechanical Design 1
PUB305 Mechanical Design 2
PUB351 Education Research an Introduction