📖Program Curriculum
The Bachelor of Public Health requires the successful completion of 144 credit points of subjects, including:
72 credit points of core subjects;
48 credit points from one of the Public Health majors;
24 credit points of elective subjects selected from the General Schedule. No more than 12 credit points of elective subjects shall be completed at 100 level.
Students must select a major at the end of the first session of full-time study.
No more than 60 credit points of 100-level subjects will count towards the degree.
Core subjects
Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
Year 1
Autumn session
HAS 130 Social Determinants of Health 6 Autumn
HAS 125 Public Health Achievements and Challenges 6 Autumn
HAS 111 Essential Academic Skills 6 Autumn
HAS 115 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control 6 Autumn
Spring session
HAS 135 Global Health Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 6 Spring
HAS 234 Research Methods in the Social Sciences 6 Spring
HAS 251 * Introduction to Epidemiology 6 Spring
* Only for students undertaking the Social Epidemiology major. All other students should complete HAS 251 in Year 2 Spring session.
Year 2
Autumn session
HAS 231 Promoting the Public's Health 6 Autumn
Spring session
HAS 205 Quantitative Research Design and Analysis 6 Spring
HAS 251 ** Introduction to Epidemiology 6 Spring
** Only for students undertaking Food and Society, or Health Promotion as a major.
Year 3
Autumn session
GEOG336 Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists 6 Autumn
Spring session
HAS 347 *** Social Sciences Project 6 Spring
HAS 350 Social Determinants of Indigenous Health 6 Spring
