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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.

310107 (v.2) Risk Assessment and Risk Management 282

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
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.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
    OR
    313399 (v.2) Integrated Systems Anatomy and Physiology 100 or any previous version
    OR
    313391 (v.2) Human Structure and Function 100 or any previous version
AND
    10009 (v.3) Chemistry 127 or any previous version
    OR
    7078 (v.6) Chemistry 141 or any previous version
    OR
    7230 (v.6) Chemistry 181 or any previous version
    OR
    7231 (v.6) Chemistry 182 or any previous version
AND
    304741 (v.2) Physics 115 or any previous version
    OR
    7054 (v.5) Physics 113 or any previous version
AND
    311348 (v.1) Introduction to Health, Safety and Environment 181 or any previous version
    OR
    303855 (v.2) Introduction and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety 283 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 155699 (v.5) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit will build knowledge and develop competence and skills in the techniques that support hazard recognition and the assessment and control of risks associated with workplace settings. It also includes practical frameworks for the application of occupational and environmental health risk assessment and detailed examination of the roles of risk perception and risk communication in risk control and management.
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.
Field of Education: 061301 Occupational Health and Safety
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
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