Environmental and Occupational Health
UndergraduateUAD-PUB2513OUA2025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 18 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,000
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Environmental and Occupational Health
About this subject
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Describe the nature of environmental health hazards and the ways in which they impinge upon communities and occupational groups.
- Outline the types of factors that influence the distribution of health disorders, within an exposed population.
- Explain “risk” as a central concept in describing, evaluating and managing EOH problems.
- Describe the roles and relationships of key disciplines (including epidemiology, toxicology, occupational and environmental hygiene and ergonomics) in the prevention, investigation and management of EOH problems.
- MODULE 1 - OHS Management, Legislation & Disease Causation (Hazard Management; Disease Causation; OHS Legislation)
- MODULE 2 – Chemical Hazards (Hazardous Substances; Health Surveillance and Biological Monitoring)
- MODULE 3 – Physical Hazards (Occupational Noise; Ionising Radiation; Non Ionising Radiation; Heat stress)
- MODULE 4 – Special Topics (Musculoskeletal Disease ; Occupational Stress; Health and Wellbeing in the workplace)
- MODULE 5 – Introduction to Environmental Health Risk Assessment (EHRA) (Introduction to EHRA)
- MODULE 6 – Core Environmental Health Issues (Air Quality; Food Quality; Water Quality; Infectious Disease)
- MODULE 7 – Special Topics ( Waste Management ; Soil Contamination; Global Environmental Health; Climate Change)
This course aims to introduce a range of environmental factors, which may pose a risk to the health of human populations. It also addresses risk assessment and management methods for evaluating and controlling such risks. A variety of diseases associated with exposure to common occupational and environmental factors will be discussed. In addition, there will be an overview of the historical, legislative and administrative aspects of occupational health.
All assessment is assignment based.
- Fornightly quiz (10%)
- Occupational Health Scenario (25%)
- Written Report Part B - Report of Investigation (20%)
- Environmental Health Scenario (25%)
- Written Report Part A - Identifying a topic and investigation (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UAD-HSM-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Health Service Management
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units. MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Health Service Management
UndergraduateUAD-HSM-DEG