Master of Occupational and Environmental Health
M6026MOccEnvHlth
- Credit points
- 72
- Qualification
- Level 9 - Master's Degree (Coursework)
- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
- Campus
- Alfred Hospital
This course equips workplace professionals with the skills and knowledge in quality-level occupational health and safety services in order to identify, prevent and manage occupational and environmental health risks and related health problems. You will learn to systematically control related hazards and exposures within a broad range of workplace and community environments. The course aims to enable you to take responsibility for high-level independent judgements and initiate, implement and evaluate risk management interventions within varied occupational and environmental contexts. It is particularly suitable for medical practitioners, nurses, allied health personnel, scientists and occupational health and safety managers. The course is offered by off-campus learning, however compulsory block attendance is required each semester. IMPORTANT: This course is only available to international students in ‘on-campus’ mode. Please note that ‘on-campus’ mode comprises a mix of online learning and on-site teaching. For most units, the majority of contact hours are facilitated through the University’s online learning platform, with additional face-to-face contact during designated study days at Public Health & Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP) in Melbourne.
Structure
You must complete the following units. Note: You must achieve a minimum mark of 70% in MPH5040 and MPH5041 if you wish to progress into the research pathway. If you do not achieve the required minimum marks you will be automatically moved to the coursework pathway.
- MPH5040Introductory epidemiology⤳
- MPH5041Introductory biostatistics⤳
- MPH5203Environmental influences on health⤳
- MPH5222Health and safety risk management leadership and governance⤳
- MPH5241Introduction to occupational health and safety⤳
- MPH5242Psychosocial work environment⤳
- MPH5243Workplace hazards: measurement and management⤳
- MPH5244Humans, work and physical hazards⤳
You must complete either the research pathway or the coursework pathway as shown below.