Public health professionals understand how factors such as gender and race, socioeconomic status and access to education can create barriers to improved health and wellbeing.
Combine this with knowledge about how communication can successfully disseminate messages and influence human behaviour, and you develop the capacity to implement strategies that promote healthy lifestyle choices, prevent the spread of infectious disease and improve education.
This course provides opportunities for professional placement which may be completed locally or overseas.
This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee and Year 12 Early Offer Scheme.
For more course information, visit Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Public Health at QUT.
The following Bachelor of Communication majors are available: Professional communication
A Suitability Card is required; refer to institution
For additional information about the admissions criteria for QUT and for this course, refer to QUT’s website.
Applicant must be 16; Completion of Year 12 or attained age 18 years
English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.
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For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.
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Health communications specialist, health print and online editor, health and product promotion marketer or manager, ehealth marketer, health project officer.
Refer to Bachelor of Public Health.
4 years Full time