Unit Synopsis
We strongly believe that a Public Health degree should include genuine work experience in a public health workplace setting. In addition to meeting unit requirements, the skills and experiences you gain throughout this Unit will assist with developing professional networks and further your career opportunities. You will undertake a structured period of industry placement (240 hours) as part of this Unit. This will be specifically designed and contractually agreed upon with the University and industry partner. The placement will enable you to apply your knowledge of public health program planning and evaluation, whilst developing an understanding of the professional requirements of working as a public health, health promotion, public health nutrition or environmental health specialist.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
96 credit points
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
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
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) | 0% |
| 2. Portfolio | 30% |
| 3. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | 30% |
| 4. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 5. Project (applied) | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 0% response rate.
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.
Source: SUTE
Some students appear to find the requirements for the unit difficult to understand, despite the Zoom sessions delivered early in Term 1.
Continue to offer Zoom sessions early in the term to assist students in managing their practicum.
This has been continued.
Source: Personal reflections
Access to Sonia to complete Placement Nomination forms was difficult.
Access to Sonia was rectified as of 11th September.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to undertake a Public Health project
- Negotiate and manage a placement experience through the use of a self-directed learning plan
- Identify, analyse and discuss current and emerging issues relating to working within the field of Public Health
- Apply problem-solving techniques and strategies to a Public Health Project
- Critically reflect on learning associated with placement experience.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Portfolio | • | ||||
| 3 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | • | • | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 5 - Project (applied) | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | |||
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |