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Applied Health PromotionExtended major

If you’d like to work directly with communities to identify issues (such as nutrition or sexual health) and develop strategies that meet their needs, then look no further than a career in health promotion.

You’ll study the science of contemporary health promotion at the individual, group and population levels; development of health promotion; design, implementation and evaluation of health policies and programs; health promotion settings, populations and issues; environmental health; epidemiology; and research.

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

The program meets national and international health promotion competency standards and prepares you for a career in health promotion, health policy development or disease prevention.

Extended major

Available in the Bachelor of Health Science

To complete the extended major in Applied Health Promotion, students must successfully complete 11 courses:

Required courses (11)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
SCS110 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
HLT242 Personality and Assessment
PUB210 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
PUB252 Indigenous Australia and the State
PUB262 Critical Practice with Mental Health, Trauma, Bereavement and Crisis
PUB271 Working with Children, Youth and Families
PUB272 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions
PUB351 Critical Social Policy Analysis
PUB361 Immunology
INT370 Biochemical Pharmacology
PUB305 Becoming a Teacher