Careers

Public health focuses on the heath of whole populations and communities rather than on the health of particular individuals.

Bachelor of Public Health graduates will have a solid understanding of public health knowledge and skills together with specific professional expertise in their chosen specialist areas.

Environmental Health major

  • Environmental health management
  • Environmental health protection
  • Industry pollution management
  • Food and drug safety.
Eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Environmental Health

Health Promotion major

  • Health Promotion
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Work/life balance
  • Sexual and reproductive health promotion
  • HIV/AIDS prevention
  • Promotion of healthy nutrition and physical activity
  • Harm minimisation relating to the impact of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
  • The promotion of healthy environments

Graduates will be eligible for membership of the Australian Health Promotion Association and the International Union of Health Promotion and Education

Workplace Health and Rehabilitation major

Students will have a unique combination of occupational health and safety, occupational rehabilitation, industrial relations and health promotion.

The aim of this major is to provide a comprehensive integration of strategies aimed at a systemic approach to injury prevention, rehabilitation and health promotion in the workplace.

Nutrition major

  • Private and public health sector
  • Health and fitness industry
  • Community health services
  • Indigenous nutrition and health
  • Food industry
  • Mass media

Graduates of this program will be eligible to apply for membership of the Public Health Association of Australia, Sports Medicine Australia, the Nutrition Society and other bodies, and Associate membership of the Dieticians Association of Australia.

Career help from Griffith

The Careers and Employment Service at Griffith offers a wide range of services to ensure the employment success of students and graduates.

Services include:

  • Job search seminars
  • Recruitment fairs (Australian employers)
  • International Careers Fair (overseas employers)
  • Online vacancy and career information system (CareerBoard)
  • Griffith Industry Mentoring Program
  • Making Employment Happen (seminar embedded into first year lectures)
  • Employer presentations program
  • Indigenous placement program
  • Workplace contact list (people in the workplace able to be contacted by Griffith students)
  • Career Smarter (online career development program)
  • Postgraduate careers symposium
  • Employer liaison
  • One-on-one career counselling and information


More information can be found on the Careers and Employment Service website.

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