Master of Public Health

Australian National University

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In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    96

Improve the health of future populations with the globally-focussed ANU Master of Public Health.Through innovative and applied education, you’ll gain an understanding of contemporary public health issues, and learn practical techniques for analysing public health problems.Whether you study online or on campus, this program provides real experience in public health through core courses designed to give you the skills you need and electives that suit your interests. Workplace-related learning can be readily incorporated for those who work in relevant public health jobs.Find out more about public health, the degree structure, the university experience, career opportunities and student stories on our website.Get the inside story on what it’s like to be an ANU student by visiting our student blog.

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Canberra (Australia)
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The Australian National University, ACT 0200

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About this course

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0.
Progression into the research component is conditional upon a minimum 70% average mark in the first 48 units of coursework and the availability of an approved supervisor.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units (one semester) of credit. Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Bachelor degree with Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 48 units (one year) of credit.
Cognate Disciplines ploma or Bachelor degree with Honours...

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Subjects

  • Public Health
  • International
  • Global
  • Public
  • IT Development
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

The Master of Public Health requires the completion of 96 units, which must consist of:

18 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

POPH8101 Biostatistics in Population Health

POPH8103 Introduction to Health Services Research and Policy

POPH8108 Social Determinants of Health

6 units from completion of a course from the following list:

POPH8100 Fundamentals of Epidemiology

POPH8552 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

48 units, which must consist of:

A minimum of 24 units from completion of Public Health Topics courses from the following list:

CHMD8004 Qualitative Methodologies for Health Research
DEMO8063 Spatial Population Data Analysis
POPH8102 Global Population Health
POPH8115 Health Promotion and Protection
POPH8313 Analysis of Public Health Data
POPH8315 Research Design and Methods
POPH8316 Outbreak Investigation
POPH8317 Public Health Surveillance
POPH8318 Human Health, Environment and Climate Change
POPH8918 Life course approaches to human ageing
POPM8001 Research, Treatment, Policy: Current Issues in Mental Health
SOCR8003 Qualitative Research Analysis

A maximum of 24 units from completion of Public Health Electives courses from the following list:

BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
CHMD8001 Directed Readings in Culture, Health and Medicine
CHMD8005 Representing Medicine: Performance, Drama and Identity
CHMD8006 Global Health and Development
CHMD8008 Medicine and Society in History
CHMD8009 Anthropological Approaches to Health Interventions
CHMD8010 Anthropological Concepts for Health Research: From Risk to Suffering
DEMO8008 Principles of Population Analysis
DEMO8048 Gender and Population
EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health and Development
IDEC8007 Aid and Development Policy
INDG8001 Australian Indigenous Development
INDG8003 Understanding Indigenous Wellbeing: Demographic and Socioeconomic Change
INDG8004 Australian Indigenous Policy
LAWS8237 Health Law and Bioethics
LING6034 Communication in Health Care
MGMT7030 Foundations of Management
NSPO8013 Disease, Security and Biological Weapons
POGO8029 Health Policy in a Globalising World

24 units from completion of further courses from any of the following lists, above:

Public Health Electives

Public Health Topics

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