Geographic and social science approaches to population health offer a critical perspective on contemporary health concerns, including: HIV/AIDS, climate change and health, food security, the rise of non-communicable diseases, anti-microbial resistance, and migration and health. They consider how dynamic relationships between people, societies and their environments (natural, built, social) influence population health.

Subjects in the Health Geography Pathway explore distribution of infectious and non-communicable diseases; spatial approaches to population health; ecology of human health; health inequalities and the socio-political determinants of health; geographies of healthcare.

Recommended course structure

Pathways are designed to help students identify geography subjects focused on a specific theme. Pathways are not formal degrees or qualifications, rather they are recommended groupings of similar or related subjects that students may choose to enrol in if they wish to develop an expertise in a specific topic of interest, or to build a particular skill base for their preferred career path.