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 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Sciences (GDipEnvHlthSc) is an interdisciplinary program that teaches courses relevant to environmental health practice;

it 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).

This one-year program aims to equip public health professionals with knowledge and skills to address complex environmental health challenges.

Such challenges require graduates to develop 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, and 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 Graduate Diploma in 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 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Sciences

To fulfil the requirements of the Graduate Diploma in 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 16 units from the MEHS course list comprising 2 units from part A; and 4 units from part B; and 10 units 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)

Institution