Public Health
Table of units of study: Public Health
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Core units |
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| Part-time students generally take 12 credit points of core units of study in each of their 1st and 3rd semesters. | |||
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011,CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5030 Public Health: Achievements and Challenges |
2 | A Basic science |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | N MIPH5014 |
Semester 1 |
| QUAL5005 Introducing Qualitative Health Research |
4 | N PUBH5500 This Unit is primarily aimed at Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Other students are encouraged to consider PUBH5500 instead of this Unit. MPH students who complete PUBH5500 can apply for a waiver for QUAL5005 |
Semester 1 |
Additional core units of study for Masters students |
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| Graduate Diploma students may enrol in these units of study as Part 1 electives. | |||
| PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics |
2 | N BETH5203 Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Health may choose to take BETH5203 (6CP) instead of BETH5206 (2CP). |
Semester 2a |
| PUBH5034 Public Health Capstone |
4 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 and PUBH5030 and PUBH5033 and (PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or PUBH5031) Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is an elective for students who commenced in 2013 and 2014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Part 1 |
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| BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics |
2 | N BETH5203 Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Health may choose to take BETH5203 (6CP) instead of BETH5206 (2CP). |
Semester 2a |
| PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5024 Obesity and Health Promotion This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
2 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100), PUBH5033 and PUBH5020 |
Intensive August |
| PUBH5025 Physical Activity and Public Health This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
2 | P Content of Core MPH electives noted as prerequisites |
Intensive August |
| PUBH5026 Mass Media Campaigns and Social Marketing |
2 | A Training in research methods epidemiology is advised but not essential. P PUBH5033 |
Intensive August |
| PUBH5027 Public Health Program Evaluation Methods |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5029 Fundamentals of Public Health Nutrition |
4 |
Existing study of epidemiology desirable but not essential |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5034 Public Health Capstone |
4 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 and PUBH5030 and PUBH5033 and (PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or PUBH5031) Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is an elective for students who commenced in 2013 and 2014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5059 Health Equity |
2 | Semester 2b |
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| PUBH5101 Special Project in Public Health |
4 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5102 Special Project in Public Health |
2 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5111 Environmental Health |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5114 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health |
4 | N PUBH5115 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5115 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health |
2 | N PUBH5114 |
Semester 2a |
| PUBH5116 Genetics and Public Health |
4 |
Pre-readings and some lectures will be posted on the unit's eLearning site 2-3 weeks before the course starts, and it is expected that you will look at this content before coming to the first day of the course. This will enable more time for class discussion. |
Semester 2b |
| PUBH5117 Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5118 Indigenous Health Promotion |
4 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5205 Decision Analysis |
2 | A PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) |
Semester 2b |
| PUBH5206 Controlled Trials |
2 | P PUBH5018 |
Intensive August Semester 2 |
| PUBH5211 Multiple Regression and Stats Computing |
4 | P PUBH5018 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5212 Categorical Data Analysis |
2 | P PUBH5018 C PUBH5211 |
Semester 2b |
| PUBH5213 Survival Analysis |
2 | C PUBH5211 |
Semester 2b |
| PUBH5215 Introductory Analysis of Linked Data |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5211 or BSTA5004) |
Intensive June Intensive November |
| PUBH5224 Advanced Epidemiology |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation |
4 | P ((PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018) or (HPOL5001 as a prerequisite and HPOL5003 as a co-requisite) |
Intensive September |
| PUBH5307 Advanced Health Economic Evaluation |
2 | P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) C PUBH5205 and PUBH5302 |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5308 Health Workforce Policy Analysis |
2 | Intensive October |
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| PUBH5309 Translational Health |
2 | Semester 2a |
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| PUBH5415 Injury Prevention |
2 | Intensive October |
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| PUBH5416 Vaccines in Public Health |
2 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or PUBH5018 Students who have not done the core units of study in epidemiology (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) or biostatistics (PUBH5018) but have previous demonstrable experience in these study areas will be required to request permission from the unit of study coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Permission is required to ensure that students have a basic grounding in epidemiology and biostatistics. The coordinator emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit to advise whether or not the student has permission to enrol. |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5417 Injury Epidemiology Prevention and Control |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | Intensive August |
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| PUBH5419 Falls Prevention in Older People |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5420 Public Health Advocacy Strategies |
4 | Semester 2b |
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| PUBH5421 Infection Prevention in Healthcare |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5423 Adv Concepts:Vaccines in Public Health |
4 | P PUBH5416 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5500 Advanced Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N QUAL5005 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5550 Climate Change and Public Health |
4 | Intensive October |
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Part 2 |
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| BACH5343 Individual and Societal Ageing This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | N BACH5041 |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science; medicine; nursing; allied health sciences; philosophy/ethics; sociology/anthropology; history; or other relevant field; or by special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5205 Ethics and Mental Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| BETH5207 Arts in Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| BETH5208 Introduction to Human Research Ethics |
2 | N BETH5202 |
Semester 2a |
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 |
Assumed knowledge: A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care |
6 | A clinical experience strongly recommended |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5214 Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers |
4 | P PUBH5018 and (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010). Please speak to the Unit Coordinator if you have not successfully completed the prerequisite units prior to enrolling in CEPI5214. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CEPI5310 Advanced Statistical Modelling |
4 | P PUBH5212 |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5311 Diagnostic and Screening Tests (Part 1) |
2 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5304 |
Semester 2 |
| CEPI5312 Diagnostic and Screening Tests (1 and 2) |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 N PUBH5208 and CEPI5202 and CEPI5304 |
Semester 2 |
| CHSC6906 Health in China |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| COMP5424 Information Technology in Biomedicine |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| COMP5456 Introduction to Bioinformatics This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | A Some experience with basic programming (coding) in Java, C, C++ or Perl; Some proven ability in mathematical or information sciences (as evinced in the prerequisites); Some knowledge of molecular biology either through first year BIOL papers or MBLG1001. N COMP3456 |
Summer Main |
| DENT5013 Preventative Dentistry This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P ((PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018) or DENT6000 |
Semester 2 |
| DENT5014 Dental Health Services This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) |
Semester 2 |
| DENT5015 Population Oral Health This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or SUST5004 |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5000 Introduction to Health Policy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5001 Economics and Finance for Health Policy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| INFO5306 Enterprise Healthcare Info Systems |
6 | A The unit is expected to be taken after introductory courses in related units such as COMP5206 - Introduction to IS (or COMP5138 Relational DBMS). |
Semester 2 |
| INFO9003 IT for Health Professionals |
6 | N INFO5003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 International students who are required to enrol in this unit must undertake classes during the first week of their study. Health Law and Public Health students should enrol in LAWS6881 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals in lieu of LAWS6252, if available. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. Students must attend all classes on the timetabled dates as prescribed for their enrolled session/group. An Absent Fail grade may be granted to students who fail to attend the correct session/group. |
Intensive April Intensive July Intensive March Intensive September |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles (formerly: New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy). This unit may be substituted for LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law as a compulsory unit in the MHL. |
Intensive March |
| MECO6919 Health Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MIPH5008 Travel and Tropical Medicine |
2 | Intensive October |
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| MIPH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5117 Global Non-Communicable Disease Control |
2 | Semester 2a |
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| MIPH5118 Global Perspectives of HIV/AIDS This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
4 | Semester 2a |
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| MIPH5124 Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies |
4 | Intensive November |
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| MIPH5127 Mental Disorders in Global Context |
2 | Intensive September |
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| MIPH5134 Primary Care in Low Resource Settings |
4 | Semester 2a |
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| MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5136 Nutrition in International Settings |
4 | Intensive August |
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| MIPH5219 International Health Project Management |
6 | N : MIPH5220 |
Semester 2 |
| MIPH5301 Academic Writing for Public Health |
2 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| NTDT5608 Community and Public Health Nutrition |
6 | C NTDT5305 and NTDT5307 NTDT5608 is available as an elective to students in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Medicine as well as the Master of Science in Medicine (Metabolic Health). For these students, there are no prerequisites for entry into NTDT5608. However, these students must apply for Special Permission from the unit of study coordinator in order to be enrolled. |
Semester 2 |
| NURS5094 Principles of Chronic Disease Management This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5008 Sex and Society |
2 | N SEXH5414 |
Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| SEXH5101 Public Health Aspects of STIs |
2 | N SEXH5414 |
Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| SEXH5102 Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS |
2 | N SEXH5414 |
Semester 2b |
| SEXH5205 Advanced Adolescent Sexual Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5405 Contraception and Reproductive Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5407 Sex Gender and Sexuality |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5412 Sexual Health and Relationships Education |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5414 Public Health: HIV, STIs and Sexual Health |
6 | N SEXH5008 or SEXH5101 or SEXH5102 |
Semester 2 |
Master of Public Health (Practice Placement) |
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| Master of Public Health (Professional Practice) candidates must enrol in 12 credit points of professional practice units, comprising either PUBH5041 and PUBH5042 or PUBH5040. If a candidate is not able to submit his/her professional practice report after enrolling once in both PUBH5041 and PUBH5042 or once in PUBH5040, then he/she must re-enrol in a minimum of six credit points of professional practice units of study, with the concomitant financial liability, every semester until he/she submits the report. | |||
| PUBH5041 Practice Placement in Public Health 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement, this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b |
| PUBH5042 Practice Placement in Public Health 2 |
6 | P 48 credit points of MPH, including core units and PUBH5041 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement, this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken. |
Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| PUBH5040 Practice Placement in Public Health |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
Master of Public Health (Chronic Disease Prevention) |
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| Master of Public Health (Chronic Disease Prevention) candidates must enrol in 12 credit points of prevention units of study including the following: | |||
| MIPH5117 Global Non-Communicable Disease Control |
2 | Semester 2a |
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| Candidates select an additional 4 credit points of units of study from the following: | |||
| PUBH5101 Special Project in Public Health |
4 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5102 Special Project in Public Health |
2 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| or other prevention related units of study from Part 1 or Part 2 of the Table. | |||
Dissertation units of study |
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| The following units of study are only available to master's students who commenced their candidature prior to 2011. | |||
| PUBH5906 Dissertation A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5907 Dissertation B |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5908 Dissertation C |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |