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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit represents the capstone of your studies in environmental health. The content in this unit integrates the aspects of environmental health theory and practice covered within other environmental health units by focusing on current policy issues, strategies, tools and approaches.Using a range of real world environmental health scenarios, you will be challenged to apply your knowledge and skills to assess, manage and communicate the associated risks to public health. During residential school, you will develop your practical skills in risk assessment and management practices related to a range of contemporary and emerging environmental health issues in the field. Topics covered in this unit include environmental health policy making, health impact assessment, the use of decision support tools, strategic and operational management.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: ENVH11001 Health & the Environment; ENVH12001 Food Safety; ENVH12002 Environmental Health Law; ENVH12003 Environmental Toxicology
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator reflection
Some problem solving tasks are becoming dated.
Develop new case studies.
- Assess the risks to public health relating to a range of environmental health issues
- Formulate strategies, using a variety of tools and approaches, to effectively manage contemporary and emerging environmental health hazards and issues
- Assess your own strengths and weaknesses, and those of others, when working in a team context
- Evaluate a variety of approaches to environmental health policy making
This unit relates to the following criteria for accreditation by Environmental Health Australia:
C1: Knowledge of written and verbal communication techniques and strategies suitable for diverse audiences, purposes and contexts.C2: Knowledge of strategies to build collaboration, work in teams, mediate, educate, advocate, and influence outcomes and deal with difficult situations.
C3: Basic principles of reflective practice and self-development for effective communication.
E1: Understanding of the core principles, frameworks for and procedures involved in risk assessment for environmental health contexts.
E2: Critical evaluation of evidence underpinning environmental health risk assessment.
E3: Introduction to risk management principles and evaluation of risk management options.
L10: Knowledge of compliance options (legislative and non- legislative) including their strengths, limitations and legislative requirements.
L15: Introduction to key government strategies and intergovernmental agreements in the context of environmental health.
L16: Introduction to policy and program development and evaluation techniques.
M1: Introduction to decision support tools (e.g. risk analysis, cost-benefit analysis, etc.).
M3: Introduction to strategic and operational planning.
M4: Introduction to key government protocols in the context of environmental health
P3: Introduction to linkages between environment and health.
P4: Introduction to linkages between environment and health policies and programs.
P6: Introduction to environmentaland health impact assessment.
P8: Introduction to how environmental health principles are applied in policy development and decision making
R5: Problem solving using systems thinking and critical judgement.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 25% | ||||
| 2 - Group Discussion - 40% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 25% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Group Discussion - 40% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||