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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

PUBH3002 (v.1) Professional Practice in Public Health

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Tutorial: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Fieldwork: 1 x 100 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 312198 (v.1) Professional Practice in Public Health 383 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     310112 (v.2) Safety and Environmental Health Law 265 or any previous version
    OR
    12479 (v.5) Health Promotion in Action 282 or any previous version
    OR
    313432 (v.1) Health Information Management 281 or any previous version
    OR
    2872 (v.9) Health Record Systems 282 or any previous version
    OR
    311440 (v.1) Epidemiology 286
    OR
    BLAW2011 (v.1) Safety and Environmental Health Law or any previous version
    OR
    HLPR2000 (v.1) Health Promotion in Action or any previous version
    OR
        OR
    PUBH2001 (v.1) Introduction to Epidemiology or any previous version
AND
    310106 (v.2) Human Factors at Work 281 or any previous version
    OR
    OCHS2001 (v.1) Workplace Human Factors or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 155599 (v.7) Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-HLTHSC (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Sciences) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 168999 (v.7) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-NUTR (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 155699 (v.5) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-FOODSCT (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 156799 (v.6) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-HLPROM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 305717 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-HPRHSF (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 305655 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-HPRNTR (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Students will apply discipline, specific knowledge and skills during a relevant professional placement within their specific discipline area. They will also develop their professionalism, communication skills and their understanding of occupational health and safety and ethics in the workplace. They will learn to prepare documents to demonstrate employability.
Field of Education: 061300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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