Overview

This unit aims to develop students’ awareness and understanding of what it means to become an environmental health professional. Students will engage in a range of experiences which aim to uncover the realities of the practice of environmental health. In doing so, students will appreciate becoming the professional self as a lifelong, iterative process involving ongoing critical reflection.

Requisites

Prerequisites
ENH70003 Becoming an Environmental Health Professional

Rule

50 credit points in the Graduate Diploma of Environmental Health Practice.

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Analyse traditional and contemporary concepts of what it means to be a professional
  • Critically evaluate the factors which influence the development of one’s own professional identity and becoming an environmental health professional
  • Engage in critical reflection of a range of practice experiences to identify continuous improvements in understanding the practice of environmental health
  • Construct a practice portfolio which demonstrates development as an environmental health professional

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		3.00 3 weeks 9
Live Online
Workshop		2.00 9 weeks 18
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		10.25 12 weeks 123
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Professional Experience PortfolioIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Concepts of “professional” and professional practice
  • Professional identify and the development of self  
  • Understanding the role of others in professional practice, networking, collaboration and communities of practice   
  • Differing contexts and settings for environmental health practice
  • Enhancing knowledge, skills and understanding of practice through gaining practice experiences in collaboration with industry partners. This may include industry and site visits, participation in conferences, seminars or professional events or activities approved by the unit convenor. 

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.