304645 (v.1) Environmental Health Specialisation 102


Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0
 
** 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. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Health promotion - the foundations of health promotion. Methods for health education within the community. Program planning and evaluation. Media strategies. Demographics -spatial organisation and structure of Australian society, current social and environmental issues. Urbanisation in Australia, attempts at decentralization, counter-urbanisation. Contemporary trends in Australia's population distribution, both urban and rural. City growth, land use patterns, socio-economic differentiation and environmental health within Australian cities. Multiculturalism - Exposure to local and global multicultural issues that affect environmental health systems, cross cultural and intra-cultural communication imperatives and sensitivities.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

61303 Environmental Health

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area