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What is public health
Public health is a non-clinical field that aims to improve human health. It is based on the application of scientific principles to health care services. Public health is a broad field of practice – public health professionals work in a range of advocacy, education, planning and policy roles.
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Undergraduate public health courses
Combined options
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of International Studies
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Economics
- Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Management
Why study public health?
A public health degree is a flexible qualification that prepares you to drive meaningful change across a wide range of health settings.
At UTS, our transdisciplinary public health degrees focus on the social model of health – and they can take you in lots of different directions, with a flexible choice of majors. You might focus on:
- Indigenous health: gain an in-depth understanding of the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
- Global health: build your knowledge of global health priorities to contribute to overseas health initiatives.
- Health promotion: learn to help individuals and populations gain control over and improve their health. Students who undertake the health promotion major will graduate as accredited health promotion practitioners. The degree is accredited through the International Union for Health Promotion and Education.
- Human structure and function: focus on the human body and the interaction between physiology, anatomy and neuroscience (physiotherapy pathway).
- Population health: focus on the art of public health as an organised effort that uses research and policy to prevent disease and ill-health.
Whatever you choose, youll gain a broad-based education that combines health-specific content (population health, global health, primary health care and Indigenous health, to name a few) with a broad array of professional subjects (such as interpersonal communication; arguments, evidence and intuition; diversity and culture), preparing you to work effectively in a range of health environments or, to pursue further graduate studies in health.
What's it like to study public health at UTS?
Do you want to study a health degree, but are searching for something other than healthcare and a patient-facing career? The Bachelor of Public Health is our most flexible undergraduate health qualification.
Gain some insights into our degree by digging deeper into course and student stories, and common questions that future university students just like you have asked about studying public health: