University of Technology Sydney

C10466v2 Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation

Award(s): Bachelor of Public Health in Health Promotion (BPH)
Bachelor of Public Health in Indigenous Health (BPH)
Bachelor of Public Health in Global Health (BPH)
Bachelor of Public Health in Population Health (BPH)
Bachelor of Public Health in Human Structure and Function (BPH)
Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCIInn)

UAC code: 609571 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 110893J
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Location: City campus

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information

Overview

The Bachelor of Public Health Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is a flexible and innovative degree that equips graduates with qualifications to help improve the health of individuals and populations. It is a broad field of practice, based on the application of scientific principles in governmental and non-governmental health services and the wider industry.

Taking a transdisciplinary approach, the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation utilises multiple perspectives from diverse fields, integrating a range of industry experiences, real-world projects and self-initiated proposals, equipping graduates to address the problems, complex challenges and untapped opportunities today's world experiences.

This Bachelor of Public Health component is characterised 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 majors, students can gain an in-depth understanding of Indigenous health or health promotion. Alternatively, students can develop their knowledge of global and international health priorities to contribute to overseas health initiatives and aid organisations or undertake the human structure and function major. Students who complete this course with the required pathway and grade point average also meet current entry criteria for the UTS Master of Physiotherapy.

Course aims

The course produces graduates who are engaged, adaptive thinkers with a solid understanding of health and health systems. Graduates are equipped to contribute to health-related activities that reduce health disparities and inequities, and to promote social justice in local and global contexts. The course is accepted preparation for a master's degree in orthoptics, speech pathology (pathway) and physiotherapy (pathway) at the UTS: Graduate School of Health.

Career options

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 consultancy across both public and private health sectors, physiotherapy (pathway).

Innovation and Transdisciplinary program

Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTS

All UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.

Diploma in Innovation

The Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.

All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.

Transdisciplinary electives program

Transdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.

Course intended learning outcomes

1.0 Advocate for and engage with individuals and communities to reduce health inequities and promote social justice in a global context.
1.1 Analyse and contextualise complex data including statistical information in public health.
1.2 Respect and respond to the needs of diverse groups to improve health outcomes.
1.3 Promote and enhance the health of diverse groups through evidence-based advocacy strategies and techniques.
2.0 Demonstrate creative and adaptive thinking within a changeable social, political and technological environment.
2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of health projects and programs.
2.2 Develop creative and innovative responses to health issues.
2.3 Demonstrate adaptability to social, political and technological change in public health.
3.0 Use an assets-based approach to engender effective communication, collaboration and leadership.
3.1 Identify and use culturally sensitive and appropriate communication techniques aimed at improving health in diverse populations.
3.2 Facilitate meaningful collaboration between stakeholders to develop effective public health strategies.
3.3 Translate and communicate knowledge and research effectively to various audiences.
3.4 Demonstrates a capacity for autonomy, accountability and critical self-assessment.
4.0 Are ethical and responsible professionals who value the diversity of people and communities.
4.1 Reflects on the ethical implications for public health research and practice.
4.2 Recognises the need of supportive and responsive evidence-based practice in diverse communities.
4.3 Uses theoretical frameworks to strengthen community action and create supportive environments.
5.0 Translate research and evaluation into social and professional practice though critical thinking and knowledge integration.
5.1 Demonstrates critical thinking in the development and practice of public health.
5.2 Translate public health policy into evidence-based strategies.
5.3 Assess and evaluate the relevance and quality of research in the context of specific health issues and populations.
6.0 Demonstrate professional competency which contributes to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, inclusive of physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.
6.1 Demonstrates an understanding of factors shaping own cultural standpoints including values, perspectives, attitudes, assumptions, beliefs, behaviours regarding Indigenous Australians and their health.
6.2 Critically reflect upon the ongoing impact of colonisation and its pervasive discourse on Indigenous Australians and their health and wellbeing.
6.3 Recognise the resilience, knowledge and diversity in Indigenous communities and integrate this knowledge into practice.
CII.1.0 Complex systems thinking
CII.1.1 Identify and represent the components and processes within complex systems and organise them within frameworks of relationships
CII.1.2 Select, apply and evaluate various techniques and technologies for investigating and interpreting complex systems
CII.1.3 Discern common qualities of complex systems and model their behaviour
CII.1.4 Generate insights from the creative translation of models and patterns across different systems
CII.2.0 Create value in problem solving and inquiry
CII.2.1 Recognise the nature of open, complex, dynamic and networked problems
CII.2.2 Explore the relevance of patterns, frameworks, approaches and methods from different disciplines, professional practices or fields of inquiry for gaining insights into particular problems, proposals, practices, contexts and systems
CII.2.3 Analyse problem situations or contexts from multiple disciplinary or personal perspectives and integrate findings in creative and useful ways
CII.2.4 Test the value of different patterns, frameworks and methods for exploring and addressing complex challenges
CII.2.5 Interrogate and generate ways to create value and evaluate outcomes
CII.2.6 Examine, articulate and appreciate the speculative or actual value of outcomes for different stakeholders, communities or cultures over time
CII.3.0 Inter- and trans-disciplinary practices
CII.3.1 Communicate, explore, network and negotiate in ways that are inclusive of and mine for ideas from diverse disciplines
CII.3.2 Design, develop and apply appropriate team-based decision making frameworks and participate collaboratively in teams according to proposed intentions
CII.3.3 Use a range of appropriate media, tools, techniques and methods creatively and critically in multi-disciplinary teams to discover, investigate, design, produce and communicate ideas or artefacts
CII.3.4 Articulate often-complex ideas simply, succinctly and persuasively to a diverse team or audience
CII.3.5 Create environments to support inspiration and reflexivity so that inter- and trans-disciplinary practices can develop and thrive
CII.3.6 Recognise problems, challenges and opportunities that require transdisciplinary practices and assemble relevant teams to begin dealing with those problems, challenges and opportunities
CII.4.0 Imaginative and ethical citizenship
CII.4.1 Identify significant issues, challenges or opportunities and assess potential to act creatively on them
CII.4.2 Work within different community, organisational or cultural contexts to design and develop ideas, strategies and practices for betterment
CII.4.3 Make decisions that recognise the humanity of others by engaging ethically and with sensitivity to the values of particular groups, communities, organisations or cultures
CII.4.4 Take a leadership role in identifying and working to address community, organisational or cultural issues, challenges and opportunities through innovation
CII.5.0 Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial skills
CII.5.1 Imagine and design initiatives within existing organisational structures (intrapreneurship) or by building a new context (entrepreneurship)
CII.5.2 Explore and articulate the transformation required to create and implement innovation, with sensitivity to the creative destruction that this requires
CII.5.3 Identify required capabilities for realising an idea and create a venture team to achieve the aspirations of a particular innovation
CII.5.4 Communicate confidently and with diplomacy to influence essential stakeholders or decision makers and to achieve impact

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

Assumed knowledge

Any two units of English.

Course duration and attendance

This course is offered on a four-year, full-time basis.

Course structure

Students must gain a minimum of 144 credit points to complete the Bachelor of Public Health and 96 credit points in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation. The creative intelligence and innovation subjects are undertaken in accelerated form within July and Summer sessions. The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the Bachelor of Public Health program. Students choose a major in Health Promotion, Global Health, Human Structure and Function, Indigenous Health or Pharmacology, or can choose the no specified major option.

Industrial training/professional practice

A professional placement is undertaken in Year 3 or 4 (full-time) in the Bachelor of Public Health component.

Additionally, in the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, students can undertake between 6 and 12 credit points of internship (work experience) that relates to innovation within their research, career development or core degree specialisations. For students undertaking 12 credit points of internship, international internships may be negotiated. Students may be required to relinquish intellectual property when they opt in to certain industry-related experiences, particularly relating to internships and capstone projects.

Course completion requirements

CBK91909 Major choice 144cp
STM90839 Core subjects (Creative Intelligence and Innovation) 96cp
Total 240cp

Course program

Typical full-time course programs are shown below.

Typical program, Autumn commencing, full time
Year 1
Autumn session
36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition   6cp
95725 Interpersonal Communication   6cp
95726 Introduction to Public Health   6cp
95727 Introduction to Health Systems   6cp
July session
81511 Problems to Possibilities   8cp
Spring session
95728 Introduction to Health Statistics   6cp
95729 Introduction to Epidemiology   6cp
95730 Psychosocial Perspectives in Health   6cp
95731 Principles of Primary Health Care   6cp
Summer session
81512 Creative Practice and Methods   8cp
Year 2
Autumn session
95733 Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management   6cp
95734 Health Promotion and Advocacy   6cp
95732 Introduction to Digital Health   6cp
95735 Indigenous Health and Wellbeing   6cp
July session
81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95736 Health Project Management   6cp
95737 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control   6cp
95740 Ethics and Theories of Health Promotion   6cp
95741 Health Promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Contexts   6cp
Year 3
February session
81514 Creativity and Complexity   8cp
Autumn session
95742 Communication and Technology   6cp
95738 Professional Placement   6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following:   12cp
CBK91906 Electives 18cp  
July session
81515 Leading Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95743 Diversity and Culture   6cp
95744 Intervention Design in Health Promotion   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
CBK91906 Electives 18cp  
December session
81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship   8cp
81522 Innovation Internship A   6cp
Year 4
Autumn session
81531 Industry Innovation Project   12cp
March session
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81521 Envisioning Futures 6cp  
81528 New Knowledge-making Lab 6cp  
July session
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81523 Speculative Start-up 6cp  
81525 Innovation Internship B 6cp  
Spring session
95739 Sustainability in Public Health   6cp
81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone   12cp
August session
81524 Transdisciplinary Practice at the Cutting Edge   6cp
Indigenous Health, Autumn commencing, full time
Year 1
Autumn session
36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition   6cp
95725 Interpersonal Communication   6cp
95726 Introduction to Public Health   6cp
95727 Introduction to Health Systems   6cp
July session
81511 Problems to Possibilities   8cp
Spring session
95728 Introduction to Health Statistics   6cp
95729 Introduction to Epidemiology   6cp
95730 Psychosocial Perspectives in Health   6cp
95731 Principles of Primary Health Care   6cp
Summer session
81512 Creative Practice and Methods   8cp
Year 2
Autumn session
95733 Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management   6cp
95734 Health Promotion and Advocacy   6cp
95732 Introduction to Digital Health   6cp
95735 Indigenous Health and Wellbeing   6cp
July session
81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95736 Health Project Management   6cp
95737 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control   6cp
95741 Health Promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Contexts   6cp
Summer session
81522 Innovation Internship A   6cp
81514 Creativity and Complexity   8cp
Year 3
Autumn session
95745 First Nations Health and Wellbeing   6cp
95746 Research and Evaluation in Indigenous Health   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81521 Envisioning Futures 6cp  
81528 New Knowledge-making Lab 6cp  
July session
81515 Leading Innovation   8cp
Spring session
81524 Transdisciplinary Practice at the Cutting Edge   6cp
013992 Aboriginal Sydney Now   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81523 Speculative Start-up 6cp  
81525 Innovation Internship B 6cp  
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
CBK91906 Electives 18cp  
Summer session
81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship   8cp
Year 4
Autumn session
81531 Industry Innovation Project   12cp
95738 Professional Placement   6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following:   12cp
CBK91906 Electives 18cp  
Spring session
95739 Sustainability in Public Health   6cp
81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone   12cp
95747 Public Health Practice for Indigenous Health   6cp
Public Health, Autumn commencing, full time
Year 1
Autumn session
36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition   6cp
95725 Interpersonal Communication   6cp
95726 Introduction to Public Health   6cp
95727 Introduction to Health Systems   6cp
July session
81511 Problems to Possibilities   8cp
Spring session
95728 Introduction to Health Statistics   6cp
95729 Introduction to Epidemiology   6cp
95730 Psychosocial Perspectives in Health   6cp
95731 Principles of Primary Health Care   6cp
Summer session
81512 Creative Practice and Methods   8cp
Year 2
Autumn session
95733 Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management   6cp
95734 Health Promotion and Advocacy   6cp
95732 Introduction to Digital Health   6cp
95735 Indigenous Health and Wellbeing   6cp
July session
81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95736 Health Project Management   6cp
95737 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control   6cp
95740 Ethics and Theories of Health Promotion   6cp
Summer session
81522 Innovation Internship A   6cp
81514 Creativity and Complexity   8cp
Year 3
Autumn session
95749 Global Population Health   6cp
95746 Research and Evaluation in Indigenous Health   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81521 Envisioning Futures 6cp  
81528 New Knowledge-making Lab 6cp  
July session
81515 Leading Innovation   8cp
Spring session
81524 Transdisciplinary Practice at the Cutting Edge   6cp
95750 Strengthening Global Health Systems   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81523 Speculative Start-up 6cp  
81525 Innovation Internship B 6cp  
95752 The Environment, Health and Sustainability   6cp
Summer session
81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship   8cp
Year 4
Autumn session
81531 Industry Innovation Project   12cp
95738 Professional Placement   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
CBK91907 Electives 12cp  
Spring session
95739 Sustainability in Public Health   6cp
81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone   12cp
26101 Health Economics and Evaluation   6cp
Global Health, Autumn commencing, full time
Year 1
Autumn session
36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition   6cp
95725 Interpersonal Communication   6cp
95726 Introduction to Public Health   6cp
95727 Introduction to Health Systems   6cp
July session
81511 Problems to Possibilities   8cp
Spring session
95728 Introduction to Health Statistics   6cp
95729 Introduction to Epidemiology   6cp
95730 Psychosocial Perspectives in Health   6cp
95731 Principles of Primary Health Care   6cp
Summer session
81512 Creative Practice and Methods   8cp
Year 2
Autumn session
95733 Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management   6cp
95734 Health Promotion and Advocacy   6cp
95732 Introduction to Digital Health   6cp
95735 Indigenous Health and Wellbeing   6cp
July session
81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95736 Health Project Management   6cp
95737 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control   6cp
95748 Global Human Rights and Health Equity   6cp
95743 Diversity and Culture   6cp
Summer session
81522 Innovation Internship A   6cp
81514 Creativity and Complexity   8cp
Year 3
Autumn session
95749 Global Population Health   6cp
95745 First Nations Health and Wellbeing   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81521 Envisioning Futures 6cp  
81528 New Knowledge-making Lab 6cp  
July session
81515 Leading Innovation   8cp
Spring session
81524 Transdisciplinary Practice at the Cutting Edge   6cp
95751 Global Sexual Health   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81523 Speculative Start-up 6cp  
81525 Innovation Internship B 6cp  
95752 The Environment, Health and Sustainability   6cp
Summer session
81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship   8cp
Year 4
Autumn session
81531 Industry Innovation Project   12cp
95738 Professional Placement   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
CBK91908 Electives 6cp  
Spring session
95739 Sustainability in Public Health   6cp
81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone   12cp
26101 Health Economics and Evaluation   6cp
Human Structure and Function, Autumn commencing, full time
Year 1
Autumn session
36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition   6cp
95725 Interpersonal Communication   6cp
95726 Introduction to Public Health   6cp
95727 Introduction to Health Systems   6cp
July session
81511 Problems to Possibilities   8cp
Spring session
95728 Introduction to Health Statistics   6cp
95729 Introduction to Epidemiology   6cp
95730 Psychosocial Perspectives in Health   6cp
95731 Principles of Primary Health Care   6cp
Summer session
81512 Creative Practice and Methods   8cp
Year 2
Autumn session
92511 Structural Anatomy   6cp
95733 Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Management   6cp
95734 Health Promotion and Advocacy   6cp
95735 Indigenous Health and Wellbeing   6cp
July session
81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation   8cp
Spring session
95736 Health Project Management   6cp
95737 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control   6cp
92521 Functional Anatomy   6cp
Summer session
81522 Innovation Internship A   6cp
81514 Creativity and Complexity   8cp
Year 3
Autumn session
95732 Introduction to Digital Health   6cp
92512 Biomechanics of Human Motion   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81521 Envisioning Futures 6cp  
81528 New Knowledge-making Lab 6cp  
91429 Physiological Bases of Human Movement   6cp
July session
81515 Leading Innovation   8cp
Spring session
81524 Transdisciplinary Practice at the Cutting Edge   6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
81523 Speculative Start-up 6cp  
81525 Innovation Internship B 6cp  
Select 6 credit points from the following:   6cp
CBK91907 Electives 12cp  
Summer session
81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship   8cp
Year 4
Autumn session
81531 Industry Innovation Project   12cp
95738 Professional Placement   6cp
92533 Exercise Physiology   6cp
Spring session
95739 Sustainability in Public Health   6cp
81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone   12cp

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