undergraduate

YWK3231 Strategies for Social Change 15
ADS2356 Addiction Studies: Intervention Initiatives 15
HST3501 Health Research Project 15
YWK2402 Youth Work Practice 3 15
YWK3203 Theories of Youth 15
Level 3
Credit Points
ADS3355 Addiction Studies: Social Action 15
ADS3252 Addiction Studies: Counselling Skills 1 15
YWK3107 Ideology and Youth Work Practice 15
YWK3140 Groups in Youth Work 15
ADS3458 Addiction Studies: Preventive Practice 15
ADS3351 Addiction Studies: Counselling Skills 2 15
YWK3211 Inclusive Youth Work Practice 15
YWK3207 Ethics in Youth Work 15
Careers
Community Health Officer, Drug Rehabilitation Officer, Youth
Worker, Child Health Officer, Health Care Officer, Health
Promotion Officer, Health Officer, Drug Policy Worker, Police
Officer, Quit Smoking Project Officer, Healthy Lifestyle
Coordinator, Research Officer.
Environmental Health
This major is an accredited program that allows graduates to be
employed as environmental health officers in Australia. Enables
students to develop skills in the quantification and assessment
of environmental health risks and public health safety.
Required Units
Credit Points
HST2114 Environmental Health Law and Compliance 15
HST2116 Environmental Health Professional Practice 15
HST2184 Communicable Disease Control 15
HST2185 Environmental Disease 15
HST2256 Occupational Hygiene 15
HST3186 Food Safety and Water Quality 15
HST3187 Environmental Health Management 15
SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 15
SCI1185 Ecology 15
SCI1186 Understanding Pollution 15
SCI3307 Waste Management 15
SCP1132 Introduction to Physics 15
SCH2235 Applied Microbiology 15
SCH3227 The Biology of Human Disease 15
FSP202 Food Science Specialisation*
* Conducted at Curtin University.
Careers
Environmental Health Officer.
Health Promotion
Designed to provide students with an understanding of the
history and evolution of health promotion as a profession, as
well as how to plan, implement, and evaluate a variety of health
promotion projects. Prepares students to be able to pursue
careers in a variety of government and non-government
health promotion agencies and other organisations that aim to
prevent lifestyle-related morbidity and mortality.
Required Units
Credit Points
HST1121 Personal Health 15
HST1122 Health in Society 15
HST1120 Introduction to Health Promotion 15
HST1124 Health Communication 15
HST2120 Community Development in Health
Promotion 15
HST2111 Health Promotion Strategies 15
HST3111 Applied Health Promotion 15
HST3200 Health Promotion Practicum 15
Careers
Aged Care Worker, Asthma WA Worker, Diabetes Australia
Worker, Cancer Council Worker, Disability WA Worker,
Child Protection Worker, Heart Foundation Worker, Health
Promotion Researcher, Injury Prevention Officer, Mental
Health Worker, Mens Health Worker, Womens Health Worker.
Occupational Safety and Health
Provides students with an introduction to the Occupational
Safety and Health profession and equips them with the
knowledge and skills to function effectively in the health and
safety industry.
Required Units
Credit Points
HST1154 Occupational Health and Safety Law 15
HST1152 Introduction to Occupational Health
and Safety 15
HST2112 Occupational Health and Safety Science 15
HST2256 Occupational Hygiene 15
HST2145 Risk Management 15
HST3358 Ergonomics and Work Design 15
HST3503 Workplace Compensation and Injury
Management 15
HST3357 Occupational Safety and Health
Management 15
Careers
Occupational Safety and Health Manager, Occupational
Hygiene Technician, Workers Compensation Administrator,
Rehabilitation Officer, Risk Manager.
Nutrition
Provides students with an understanding of the known
nutrients and the non-nutrient substances in food, community
nutrition issues, the assessment of nutritional status, nutritional
needs during the lifecycle, the psychology and sociology of
food habits and current controversies in nutrition. A major
in Nutrition prepares graduates to be able to work in health
promotion roles in a range of community settings.
Additional Major Information
This 16-unit major enables the graduate to be eligible to
apply for entry to post graduate courses in Dietetics. Students
completing the nutrition major who do not wish to be eligible
for entry into postgraduate courses in nutrition and dietetics,
may make the following substitution:
Required Units
Credit Points
NUT1121 Human Nutrition 15
NUT1111 Food and Nutrients 15
SCH1143 Systems Physiology 15
SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences* 15
or
SCC1111 General Chemistry** 15
SCC1226 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and
Biochemistry 15
NUT2210 Nutrition in the Life Cycle 15
NUT2220 Nutritional Assessment 15
SCC2211 Organic Chemistry 15
SCH2232 Medical Biochemistry 15
SCH2111 Applied Physiology 15
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