Introduction to Environmental Health (PUBH7027)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
L2
Assessment methods
Online quiz 25%; Individual essays 50%; Presentation 25%
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Nina Lansbury (Semester 2)
Associate Professor Dung Phung (Semester 2)
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | Herston | In Person | Profile unavailable |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | External | External | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course aims to provide students with a framework for understanding environmental health within the broader public health context. Student will learn about the drivers and pressures that cause health-related hazards in anthropogenic as well as primary (natural) environments. They also learn about human exposures to the environmental hazards and what drives exposure - and finally study the human health impacts that result from the hazards and exposures. Student will also be positioned to understand primary, secondary and tertiary levels of intervention to manage these hazards, exposures and impacts.
