AUT - Health Protection & Environmental Health major: Bachelor of Science
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Health Protection & Environmental Health major: Bachelor of Science
Health Protection & Environmental Health is an exciting and growing area in New Zealand. With this major, you will gain the skills and knowledge required in this profession.
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Bachelor of Science: degree outline
Overview
This major focuses on protecting people and communities from environmental hazards such as pollution, unsafe food, infectious diseases and poor living conditions. Health protection is a growing industry and health protection and environmental health officers are in high demand throughout New Zealand. Our students generally secure employment before they graduate. AUT’s health protection major prepares you for work in this varied field. It covers environmental health, pollution control, food safety, environmental and public health law, risk assessment, toxicology and communicable disease control. Graduates are qualified to work as health protection or environmental health officers.
Please note, in order to fulfil the competencies required for designation as a Health Protection Officer, no minor specialisation can be included with this major.
Structure
You will study Core (compulsory) papers from across the degree in addition to optional elective papers.
Year 1 Core papers
775205 General and Organic Chemistry
555301 Knowledge, Enquiry and Communication ( or 145612 Applied Communication)
555401 Health and Environment ( or 555339 Māori Health)
775102 Biological Chemistry †
775318 Form and Function of Plants and Animals†
775317 Ecology and Evolution
775611 Biophysics
775617 Introduction to Epidermiology
775111 Microbiology †
715184 Statistical Models
775112 Systematic Microbiology
775411 Food Science
Note: You are not required to complete all the above papers in your first year.
Year 2 Core papers
776113 Environmental Microbiology
776313 Environmental Law *
776317 Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment *
776318 Environmental Health *
776319 Communicable Diseases *
776412 Food Microbiology I
776616 Health Protection Techniques *
Year 3 Core papers
777315 GIS ††
777411 Food Microbiology II
777413 Food Industry Legislation
Plus either Research Project 777003 or two from the following level 7 (year 3) papers:
777811 Marine Ecology *
777316 Oceanography *
777314 Terrestrial Ecology II *
777311 Coastal Management *
* Each offered in alternate years
† Please note this paper is offered at Summer School commencing early December 2011.
†† Please note this paper is offered at Summer School commencing early February 2012.
For more information on Summer School papers please contact:
Debra Spinetto
Programme Information Advisor
Telephone: +64 9 921 9735
Email: debra.spinetto@aut.ac.nz
Career opportunities
- Communicable disease investigation
- Environmental health enforcement
- Food safety
- Pollution control
- Resource management
Graduates and students of science
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- Applied Chemistry
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Microbiology
- Marine Biology
- Astronomy
- Computer Science
- Environmental Science
- Food Science
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