Bachelor of Public Health
Code : YCSM.4406
Number of certificate : 01
Number of credit : 05
Objectives
Once successfully completing this course, students should be able to:

1. Present some basic concepts of environment and environmental health.
2. Identify current environmental challenges in
Vietnam and worldwide as well as their impacts on human health
3. Present some environmental related diseases, their risk factors, and propose measures to control these diseases
4. Recommend appropriate management solutions for environmental health issues that
Vietnam is currently facing, such as water borne diseases, water related diseases, air pollution, vector control etc.

1. Full-time students: 75 hours for theory component, including 45 hours for lectures and 30 hours for tutorials, divided into 9 sessions (using scenarios for group discussion) to promote team-work and problem solving skills for students. After 9 tutorials, each group of approximately 8 students will submit a written report and an oral presentation on an environmental health topic selected from a given list of topics.
1.1 Course structure
Number of credit: Theory: 05
Contact hours: Lectures and tutorials: 75 Practice: 0
Number of examination: 01
Number of leading group discussion in tutorials: 02
Reports on group discussion: 02
Written report on an EH topic (in group): 01
Oral presentation (in group): 01
1.2. Assessment
Process assessment: = (T1 + T2 + T3)/3
note: Students being late in any tutorials will be deducted 0.5 mark from their process assessment grade

T1: mark for leading group discussion, T1 = leader for second group discussion +/- 1 mark (bonus mark for excellent leader in the first group discussion)
T2 : Mark for written report (in group)
T3: Mark for oral presentation (in group)
Final assessment = Progress assessment x 0.3 + Diligent mark x 0.2 + final examination x 0.5
2. Part-time students:
2.1 Course outline
Number of credit: Theory: 05
Number of hours: Theory: 75; Practice: 0
Number of examination: 1 final exam at the end of semester
Number of tests: 3 tests
2.2. Assessment
Process assessment: = (T1 + T2 + T3 + T4*2)/5
T1, T2, T3 are marks for 3 tests during the semester
T4 is mark for field work written report
Final assessment = process assessment x 0.3 + Diligent mark x 0.2 + final examination x 0.5

Master of Public Health and Public Health Specialist Level 1 (including distance training)

  Environmental health courses provide students basic knowledge on environmental health; discusses environmental health issues and challenges in Vietnam and worldwide; introduce practical approaches to assess environmental health risks, to deal with and to manage these risks to ensure good health for current and future generations.
File attached is the Environmental Health Curriculum for Master of Public Health and Public Health Specialist Level 1.