Health Sciences
Health Sciences focuses on the socio-economic and behavioural factors affecting health, along with the role played by the health system, governments and policy.
Subject overview
Build your understanding of what shapes the health of populations, explore health trends and health systems, and discover how you could play a role in changing health outcomes for our communities.
Health Sciences is a great choice for students who want to prepare for a broad range of health-related careers. You can learn about community health, epidemiology, behaviour and health, health systems and data analytics, digital health, healthcare ethics, and Māori, Pacific, and Asian health.
If you're a postgraduate student, further study in Health Sciences offers a range of career advantages, including the development of specialist skills and advanced knowledge. It can provide pathways into specific professions, support higher starting salaries and faster career progression, and build research capability and academic achievement.
Where can Health Sciences take you?
Studying Health Sciences could take you into a wide variety of roles in the public health sector, as well as with private healthcare providers. There are excellent opportunities in health promotion, health policy, health care management and health services.