Bachelor of Applied Public Health

The Bachelor of Applied Public Health prepares you on disease prevention and health promotion measures at a community and population level. It delivers knowledge of health promotion campaigns and advocacy, health policy and health monitoring as well as planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs. This course presents the opportunity to promote public health initiatives in diverse healthcare settings. Through this course, you will learn about health at a population level. You will study health promotion campaigns and advocacy, health policy, health monitoring and screening, as well as planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs. Our industry placement program means you'll be more than ready to meet growing demand for high quality public health graduates.

Note: Flexible study options are available including on-campus or online.

Areas of Study: Foundations of public health, health surveillance and epidemiology, disease prevention and control, health promotion and advocacy, health protection and environmental health.

Career Opportunities: Health policy advisor, project manager, community development officer.

Practical experience: Work placements and Work-Integrated Learning programs provide a valuable resource for you to develop hands-on practical experience to ensure you graduate confident and job-ready. At Torrens University Australia, we are proud of our network of partners and always welcome new opportunities to build new industry relationships.

Work placement hours: 120 hours