Overview

Overview

• Embark on a rewarding career in public health, with a Bachelor of Health Science at Victoria University.
• Prepare yourself for a range of health and science careers with a degree that focuses on improving the health of groups of people.
• Get fantastic real-world experience through VU’s collaborations with health institutes, other universities and community organisations. You’ll graduate from this health-science degree with the skills and knowledge to work on government health programs, private-practice initiatives and with NGOs.
• Whether you dream of improving the lives of people in developing countries or shaping public policy to support Australia’s ageing population, opportunities are growing in all areas of this important field.
• You’ll study core bioscience, research and public-health topics, and your major will be in Public Health. From your second year of study, you’ll choose your particular areas of interest to focus on.

You’ll graduate with expertise in:

*disease and injury prevention

*health research

*health promotion

*epidemiology.

At VU, take advantage of flexible study options and a hands-on approach that will have you job-ready for your chosen career.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*Critically review selected social, biological, economic, political and environmental determinants of health, well-being and disease and explain how they manifest in both local and global contexts;

*Evaluate and justify the use of best-evidence based methods and technologies to investigate and propose solutions to contemporary, emerging and future-oriented issues in public health;

*Apply a broad and coherent knowledge base and skills in the health sciences to analyse predictable, unpredictable and sometimes complex problems which reflect the multi-faceted nature of health, well-being and disease;

*Conceptually map key ethical, legal and professional components within the domain of health.

Course structure

To successfully attain the Bachelor of Health Science, students will be required to complete 288 credit points consisting of:

*96 credit points of First Year Core studies;

*96 credit points of Public Health Major studies;

Plus

One of the following:

Option A:

*96 credit points of Indigenous Health Major studies;

Option B:

*96 credit points of Minor studies (Two Minor sets in total).

Students that complete the first year of College Core studies can elect to graduate with the following

(Option A)

double Major:

Majors in Public Health and Indigenous Health.

Students that complete the first year of College Core studies and a single Major in Public Health, can elect to graduate with

(Option B)

two minors to complement their Major, as follows:

*Indigenous Health (HMIIND);

*Health (Sport Science Minor) (SMIHEA);

*Health and Nutrition (HMIHNU), and;

*Bioscience (HMIBIO).

Careers

When you graduate with a Bachelor of Health Science, you can find job opportunities in:

*government departments focused on public health and health promotion

*not-for-profits including health foundations and education programs

*international organisations such as the UN, WHO, UNICEF, ACSM

*health and community organisations

*pharmaceutical industries

*professional associations

*public health research programs in academic and research institutions.

Demand continues to grow for these professions. Visit Jobs and Skills Australia to find job-market information for:

*health and welfare services managers

*health promotion professionals

*health care and social assistance professionals.