Public Health and Epidemiology

After completing the Public Health and Epidemiology Major, you’ll be well placed to move into the workforce, further study, or graduate research.

Career outcomes

This major opens up careers in health communication, community engagement, health promotion, health program development, public health projects, public health research, and epidemiology.

Graduates with a public health degree work for the federal and state governments, affiliated government organisations (i.e., hospitals), non-government organisations (NGOs), Research Institutes, Universities and private companies. Graduates with a public health degree can work locally or overseas.

Further study

You can complete an honours year in Population and Global Health as part of your Bachelors degree, or you can immediately move into graduate studies.

GRADUATE DEGREES

If you wish to continue your studies at graduate level, this major is a great lead-in to many specialist science and health degrees. Graduate degrees you could consider include:

• Doctor of Medicine
• Master of Public Health
• Master of Science (Epidemiology)
• Master of Biostatistics
• Master of Nursing Science
• Master of Biomedical Science
• Doctor of Optometry
• Doctor of Physiotherapy

Depending on the subjects you take in your undergraduate degree, a range of other graduate study options may be possible – in fields as diverse as law, business, humanities, science and more.

GRADUATE RESEARCH

If you complete an honours year or a masters course with a significant research component, you can go on to study a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), or another graduate research program.

This will set you up for a rewarding career in research with a university, research institute or hospital.