Public Health - 9045
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
Contact: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 1 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 30
Min UOC For Award: 48
Award(s):
Master of Public Health
Master of Public Health (Specialisation)
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Program Description
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
- Core courses - 18 units of credit
- Elective courses - 30 units of credit
- PHCM9100 Academic Practice (0 UOC)
The following electives enable students to focus on areas of interest and professional relevance. Electives may also be chosen from core courses offered in the health management or international health programs. In addition, students may enrol in electives offered by other schools and academic units within the University of New South Wales, as well as approved courses offered by other universities, in accordance with the UNSW policy on credit transfer. Students may undertake Independent Study to learn about a particular subject area of special interest where there is appropriate expertise in the School, but no formal course. Students choose 5 elective courses (30 UOC) from the list below:
- PHCM9010 Community Development (6 UOC)
- PHCM9050 Immunisation Policy & Practice (6 UOC)
- PHCM9082 Advanced HE & FM (6 UOC)
- PHCM9108 Program Design & Evaluation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (6 UOC)
- PHCM9129 Prevention and Management (6 UOC)
- PHCM9132 Applied Research Methods: PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9331 Ethics and Law in PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9381 Policy Studies (6 UOC)
- PHCM9440 Economic Evaluation in HC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9471 Comparative H'lth Care Systems (6 UOC)
- PHCM9517 Advanced Biostatistics (6 UOC)
- PHCM9518 Advanced Epidemiology (6 UOC)
- PHCM9520 Social Epidemiology (6 UOC)
- PHCM9604 Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit (6 UOC)
- PHCM9605 International Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9606 Reprod, Matern & Child Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9611 Rehab and Restorative Care (6 UOC)
- PHCM9612 Environmental Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9613 Management of Aged Care (6 UOC)
- PHCM9615 Principles & Practice of PHC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9621 HIV/AIDS: Responses (6 UOC)
- PHCM9622 The Global HIV Epidemic (6 UOC)
- PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9628 Health Impact Assessment (6 UOC)
- PHCM9630 PH Perspectives of Ind Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9632 Indigenous Health & Wellbeing (6 UOC)
- PHCM9634 Case Studies Aboriginal Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9662 Health Aspects of Crises (6 UOC)
- PHCM9702 Management of Lab Services (6 UOC)
- PHCM9711 Managing Human Resources (6 UOC)
- PHCM9731 Outbreak Investigation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9761 Public Mental Health (Aust.) (6 UOC)
- PHCM9782 Infectious Diseases (6 UOC)
- PHCM9783 Com Disease Control in HE & D (6 UOC)
- PHCM9784 Tropical Disease Control (6 UOC)
- PHCM9785 Infectious disease modelling (6 UOC)
- PHCM9786 Non-Communicable Disease (6 UOC)
- PHCM9811 Social and Cultural Aspects (6 UOC)
- PHCM9103 Independent Study (6uoc) (6 UOC)
- PHCM9143 Internship (6 UOC)
- PHCM9148 Project (6 uoc) (6 UOC)
The following streams are available in the Master of Public Health. These allow students to focus their studies on areas where the School has considerable expertise, and may incorporate project work. Students who demonstrate capacity through achieving a Credit average and propose an appropriate project topic in the area of specialisation may apply to undertake a 6 UOC Project (PHCM9148). The project may be in the form of a small-scale research study, a case study, a program evaluation or a report on field experience, and will be negotiated in advance with the relevant Stream Convenor.
- 9045 Master of Public Health in Health Economic Evaluation (New in 2014)
- 9045 Master of Public Health in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
- 9045 Master of Public Health in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control
- 9045 Master of Public Health in International Health
- 9045 Master of Public Health in Health Promotion
- 9045 Master of Public Health in Primary Health Care
Academic Rules
Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School of Public Health and Community Medicine for further information.
Fees
Admission Requirements
Further Information
Related Program(s)
7368 Public Health
5507 Public Health
9046 Public Health (Extn)
9047 Public Health/HealthManagement
9043 Int Pub Health/Pub Health
Area(s) of Specialisation