Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice

(GradDipEnvHlthPrac)

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences on a Commonwealth Supported basis.

COURSE AIMS

The course is designed to provide an entry-level qualification to practice as a gazetted Environmental Health Officer (EHO). The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive training in environmental health, including both a knowledge of, and an ability to, respond to both current and emerging issues. The course aims to make students conversant in the many disciplines that make up environmental health and aware of the importance of the integration of these disciplines in achieving effective solutions and also to encourage students to promote an understanding within the community of environmental health and the role of their profession and to be committed to ongoing lifelong learning.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants normally must hold an approved undergraduate degree or equivalent in some area of the sciences and have successfully completed a minimum of one semester full-time (18 units or equivalent) in basic sciences such as chemistry, physics, microbiology, physiology and life sciences. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [March, 2008]

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.

Students must complete:

PHCA8001	Social Determinants of Health and Well Being	6
ENVH8005	Sustainable Development - Public Health Issues	6
ENVH8006	Environmental Health Principles and Frameworks	6
ENVH8007	Management of Food Safety and Communicable Disease	6
ENVH8008	Legislation Relevant to Environmental Health	6
ENVH8009	Environmental Health Policy, Management and Administration	6

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• the program must be completed within six consecutive semesters;
• no topic may be attempted more than twice.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 12 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.