Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Business

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Business is a combined program that equips graduates with a comprehensive understanding of public health and business principles. It prepares students for careers in health promotion, epidemiology, advocacy, and other fields where they can apply their knowledge to improve the health of individuals and populations. The program emphasizes the social model of health and allows students to tailor their studies to their interests and needs. Graduates are qualified for a wide range of positions in both the public and private health sectors.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Business is a combined program jointly offered by the Faculty of Health and the UTS Business School. The program provides students with a foundational understanding of public health with important aspects of business. It is designed to prepare graduates with qualifications to help improve the health of individuals and populations from a public health and business perspective. Graduates are equipped for a broad field of practice, based on the application of business and public health principles in governmental and non-governmental health services and the wider industry. The Bachelor of Public Health component is characterized by a strong emphasis on the social model of health and combines health-specific content with a mix of professional and scientific subjects. Students develop knowledge within a framework that can be tailored to suit their interests and needs. In the Bachelor of Business component, students choose a major to further develop their understanding of a specific business discipline.

Outline:

First Year:

• Autumn Session: Arguments, Evidence and Intuition, Introduction to Public Health, Accounting and Accountability, People and Organizations
• Spring Session: Introduction to Health Statistics, Introduction to Epidemiology, Economics for Business, Marketing and Customer Value

Second Year:

• Autumn Session: Interpersonal Communication, Introduction to Health Systems, Fundamentals of Business Finance, Accounting, Business and Society
• Spring Session: Psychosocial Perspectives in Health, Principles of Primary Health Care, Select 12 credit points from the following: Major choice (Business)

Third Year:

• Autumn Session: Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management, Health Promotion and Advocacy, Select 12 credit points from the following: Major choice (Business)
• Spring Session: Health Project Management, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Select 6 credit points from the following: Health Economics and Evaluation, Law and Ethics for Managers, Innovation Lab, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Fourth Year:

• Autumn Session: Transdisciplinary Electives, Indigenous Health and Wellbeing, Select 12 credit points from the following: Major choice (Business)

Careers:

Career options include positions in health promotion, epidemiology, advocacy, health education, e-health, health data and information management systems, planning and policy, project management and evaluation, community development, research and business consultancy across both public and private health sectors.