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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312198 (v.1) Professional Practice in Public Health 383

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 100 Hours Semester
Prerequisite(s): 310112 (v.1) 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
311440 (v.1) Epidemiology 286 or any previous version
OR
303091 (v.3) Epidemiology 186 or any previous version
OR
2872 (v.9) Health Record Systems 282 or any previous version
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, multicultural communication skills and their understanding of occupational health and safety and ethics in the workplace. They will learn to prepare documents to demonstrate employability, including job applications and resumes. It is recommended that students in BSc Health Promotion and BSc Health Sciences and the double degrees in Health Promotion with Health & Safety or Nutrition, undertake this unit in the final year of your course.
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
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1     Y    
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 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