Environmental Health Sciences

University of Queensland

About

Physical, chemical and microbiological hazards present constantly changing health challenges.

Coupled with population growth, globalisation, and climate change, the potential for emerging or re-emerging environmental health risks and threats to human health puts governments, industry and communities under pressure to adapt and apply sustainable solutions.

The Master of Environmental Health Sciences (MEnvHlthSc) is an interdisciplinary program that teaches courses relevant to environmental health practice and research.

The program is a collaboration between UQ School of Public Health and the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, an internationally renowned research centre incorporating the former National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox).

The MEnvHlthSc aims to develop public health leaders who can effectively manage complex environmental health challenges.

Such challenges require graduates to be skilled in developing anticipatory and integrated responses, which in turn rely on an understanding of the interrelationship among risk factors related to a broad range of hazards and contexts, skills in coordination across sectors and jurisdictions, as well as risk communication with communities, the private sector and government agencies.

Structure

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Master of Environmental Health Sciences.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Entry requirements

To complete the Master of Environmental Health Sciences

To fulfil the requirements of the Master of Environmental Health Sciences, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

To complete the program, a student must complete 32 units from the MEHS course list comprising: 2 units from part A; and 6 units from part B; and 8 units from part C; and 2 units from part D; and at least 2 units from part E; and the balance from: courses from parts D or E; or courses from part F, or other courses approved by the associate dean (academic).

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

Early exit points

Based upon course selection, students may be able to exit this award with the:

  • Graduate Certificate in Environmental Health Sciences (#8)
  • Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Sciences (#16)

Institution