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Public Health examines patterns of health and disease in society, the applications of medical research and evidence-based medicine to populations and considers what we can do to improve the health of the community. This major will give you a strong foundation in health science with skills in scientific investigation, critical thinking and problem solving.

In your first year, you'll study health issues locally and globally, and the social, environmental, biological and historical factors that influence health in a population.

Course Structure

Our undergraduate degrees offer you a broad range of options allowing you to combine subjects in a way that matches your career goals and personal interests.

Career Pathways

The field of public health changes constantly, presenting new challenges and allowing you to work at the cutting edge of the nation's public health issues to make a real difference.

The Public Health major will give you a strong foundation in health science with skills in scientific investigation, critical thinking and problem solving. Knowledge and skills in population health, leadership, research, health promotion, epidemiology and disease prevention are coupled with personal and professional development.

As a Public Health graduate, you'll find careers in:

health promotion

health program and evaluation

epidemiology and disease control

health consulting

health planning and policy

health informatics

health economics

clinical trials research

health advocacy

health administration

cancer research and many more

Employers include private companies, not-for-profit organisations such as the Cancer Council, hospitals, government organisations, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology companies, universities and other research agencies.

This major also provides you with a strong foundation for future clinical studies in the postgraduate courses of medicine, dentistry and podiatry. In addition, you can obtain higher degree qualifications by research or coursework and professional degree qualifications in social work.

FURTHER STUDY

Honours and other pathways

Students who complete the Public Health major are well-placed to engage in postgraduate study in health- and non-health cognate areas of study. These include:

Master of Public Health

Master of Economics

Doctor of Medicine

Juris Doctor