ATS3967 Health communications management
Faculty of Arts
ATS3967 Health communications management is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3967
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3967
No unit lists ATS3967 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Overview
Applied research in health humanities will give you the opportunity to closely examine the social, political, historical and communicative dimensions of infectious disease and disease control. The unit will include in-depth case studies of particular infectious diseases, which may include: typhoid, HIV and AIDS, malaria, and smallpox. This capstone unit will encourage you to consider the response to infectious disease, and how public health and disease control is enmeshed within broader socio-economic relationships and structures. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of health communication, and have the opportunity to engage with media training. Working collaboratively with your peers, you will design, execute and present your own independent projects to demonstrate your understanding of your chosen research topic in a creative or applied form, aimed at communicating infectious disease information to the public.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3967.
Assessment
- ParticipationExercise10%
- ReflectionWritten20%
- Research ProposalWritten20%
- Research ProjectWritten40%
- Peer assessmentExercise10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate your ability to critically analyse the social and communicative dimensions of medicine and disease, showing a deep understanding of complex theories, concepts, ideas and arguments;
- 2
plan and execute original projects, communicating arguments with clarity, and demonstrating a critical understanding of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to medicine, health and disease;
- 3
think and write reflectively about the expression of knowledge and power in the arena of medicine and health;
- 4
work effectively and collaboratively with your peers.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3967 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Mugdha Rai
- Mr Matt Mitchell
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3967?
ATS3967 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3967 offered?
ATS3967 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS3967?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3967 have an exam?
No. ATS3967 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3967?
ATS3967 is part of Health humanities.