What you'll study
At UQ, degrees are called 'programs' and subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study in this program:
- Risk Communication
- System Dynamics
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Biostatistics
Complete 32 units comprising:
- 16 units from MEnvHlthSc Core Courses, and
- 4 to 16 units from MEnvHlthSc Capstone Courses, and
- 0 to 12 units from MEnvHlthSc Elective Courses
MEnvHlthSc Core Courses
Complete 16 units comprising:
16 units for all MEnvHlthSc Core Courses
MEnvHlthSc Core Courses
Complete 16 units for ALL of the following:
- Risk Communication
- Environmental Health Risk - Biological Hazards
- Environmental Health Risks - Chemical Hazards
- System Dynamics
- Dynamics of Public Policy
- Introduction to Environmental Health
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- PUBH76302 unitsIntroduction to Biostatistics
- MEnvHlthSc Capstone Courses
Complete 4 to 16 units comprising:
- 2 to 8 units from MEnvHlthSc Capstone Pre-requisite, and
- 2 to 8 units from MEnvHlthSc Capstone Course
- MEnvHlthSc Capstone Pre-requisite
Complete 2 to 8 units from the following:
- Advanced Research Methodologies
- Developing a Research Proposal
- Evaluation of Programs & Projects
- Public Health Research Methods
- MEnvHlthSc Capstone Course
Complete 2 to 8 units from the following:
- Public Health Practice
- Prior to enrolling, students must complete 16 units (8 coursework courses) comprising at least 8 units of core courses from MEnvHlthSc Core Courses.
Project
Code for students completing the project course in one semester.
Project
This is a year-long project course commencing in Semester 2. Enrol in the same course code
in each semester.
Project
This is a year-long project course commencing in Semester 1. Enrol in the same course code
in each semester.
- Dissertation (full time study)
- Dissertation
- Dissertation
MEnvHlthSc Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 12 units comprising:
- 0 to 4 units from Climate Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 8 units from Economics Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 8 units from Environment Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 12 units from Health Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 12 units from Policy, Leadership and Reporting Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 8 units from Risk Assessment, Impact and Management Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 6 units from Toxicology Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 12 units from Society and Environmental Health Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 6 units from Technology and Data Analysis Elective Courses, and
- 0 to 4 units from Water, Land and Food Elective Courses
Climate Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 4 units from the following:
- Climate Science and Policy
- Climate Change & Environmental Management
- Economics Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 8 units from the following:
- Foundations in Microeconomics
- Health Economics
- The Economics of Climate Change
- Health Economics and Policy
- Environment Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 8 units from the following:
- Foundations in Environmental Studies
- Foundations of Sustainable Development
- Environmental Hazards
- Environmental Philosophy
- Health Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 12 units from the following:
- Introduction to Occupational Health & Safety
- One Health: Diseases at the Human-Animal interface
- Children's Environmental Health
- Health Promotion in Public Health
- Communicable Disease Management & Control
- Public Health in Pandemics
- Health Aspects of Disasters
- Policy, Leadership and Reporting Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 12 units from the following:
- Conservation Planning & Management
- Decision Making & Reporting for Sustainability
- Management Communication
- Leadership: Theory & Practice
- Principles of Project Management
- Motivating & Leading in the Workplace
- Risk Assessment, Impact and Management Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 8 units from the following:
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Sustainability Dynamics
- Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis
- Sustainable Management of Risk in Industry
- Toxicology Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 6 units from the following:
- Toxicokinetic, Toxicodynamic and Toxicology
- Occupational Hygiene 1
- Occupational Hygiene 2
Society and Environmental Health Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 12 units from the following:
- Participatory Development Communication
- Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Effective Stakeholder Engagement
- Community Aspects in Resource Development
- Global Governance: Origins, Challenges and Trajectories
- Social Perspectives in Public Health
- History and Theories of Development
- Social Impact Assessment: applied social research and development
- Energy and Development
- Technology and Data Analysis Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 6 units from the following:
- Spatial Analysis & Modelling
- Geographical Information Systems
- Fundamentals of Geographic Information & Technologies
- Water, Land and Food Elective Courses
Complete 0 to 4 units from the following:
- Food Safety & Quality Management
- Food Microbiology I
These are some recommended examples of electives that MEnvHltSci students may enrol in, if they have the required pre-requisite knowledge. NOTE: as students in the MEnvHltSci may be coming from diverse backgrounds, some examples may require specific backgrounds or prior learning to be completed, however these are noted below. If no pre-requisite is noted, the course is open to all MEnvHltSci students. Other 7000 level courses not listed here can be selected subject to the approval of the Program Convenor and Course Coordinators. Any alternate electives selected must have relevance to Environmental Health. GCEnvHlthSc and GDipEnvHlthSc students may also select any of the courses listed in Part B (Core) or Part A3 (Core; refer to MEnvHltSci course list) as a Part C elective course.
