Health Security
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Health Security |
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| Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Health Security are required to complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of core elective units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Health Security a candidate must complete 48 credit points, including a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 24 credit points of core elective units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Master of Health Security are required to complete 96 credit points, including a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 36 credit points of core elective units of study, including a specialisation, a maximum of 30 credit points of elective units of study and a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | |||
Agrosecurity Specialisation |
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Core units of study |
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| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Capstone unit of study |
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| PUBH5600 Biosecurity Seminar Series |
6 | P CISS6004 or GOVT6316 or MECO6909 or WORK6130 or unit of study coordinator permission. |
Semester 2 |
Core Elective units of study |
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| AFNR5110 Crop Improvement |
6 | A Basic knowledge of plant genetics and breeding, similar to that covered by GENE4012 and GENE4013. |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR5512 Water Management and Variable Climate |
6 | A UG Maths or Physics or Hydrology. |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR5701 Plants and the Environment This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues. |
Semester 2 |
| GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
| VETS7008 Hazards to Human and Animal Health |
3 | Semester 1a |
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| VETS7010 Animal Health Policy Development This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 2a |
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| WILD5003 Wildlife Health |
6 | Intensive August |
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Elective units of study |
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| CISS6006 Statebuilding and 'Fragile States' |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6024 MHlthSec Practice Placement |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
| GOVT6164 The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6320 Climate Justice and Disaster Law |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6320 Climate Disaster Law. |
Intensive September |
| PACS6923 The Human Right to Food |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| VETS7013 Risk Analysis |
3 | Semester 2a |
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| VETS7015 Surveillance, Preparedness and Response This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 2a |
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| VETS7017 Food Safety This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 1a |
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Research Track |
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| Students wishing to complete the research track must complete 12CP from the below options – these 12 credits replace 12 credits in the Electives: | |||
| CISS6009 Research Essay 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6010 Research Essay 2 |
6 | P Completion of a minimum of 4 units with an average of 75% C CISS6009 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Biodefence and Biosafety Specialisation |
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Core units of study |
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| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Capstone unit of study |
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| PUBH5600 Biosecurity Seminar Series |
6 | P CISS6004 or GOVT6316 or MECO6909 or WORK6130 or unit of study coordinator permission. |
Semester 2 |
Core Elective units of study |
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| BETH5000 Critical Concepts in Bioethics |
6 |
This is a capstone Unit for the Master of Bioethics. If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5101 Introduction to Ethical Reasoning |
6 |
If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT6164 The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ITLS6007 Disaster Relief Operations |
6 | N TPTM6390 |
Winter Main |
| ITLS6301 City and Ports Logistics |
6 | Summer Main |
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| ITLS6401 Airport Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | N CISS6011 or LAWS3483 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive May |
Elective units of study |
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| BETH5201 Ethics and Biotechnology This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. |
Semester 1 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6006 Statebuilding and 'Fragile States' |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6012 Civil-Military Relations |
6 |
Students must not undertake this unit if they took CISS6011 (Special Topic in International Security) when the special topic was Civil-Military Relations |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6024 MHlthSec Practice Placement |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS6920 Global Health Law |
6 | Intensive July |
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| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 September |
| MIPH5008 Travel and Tropical Medicine |
2 | Intensive October |
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| MIPH5124 Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies |
4 | Intensive November |
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| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011,CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Research Track |
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| Students wishing to complete the research track must complete 12CP from the below options – these 12 credits replace 12 credits in the Electives: | |||
| CISS6009 Research Essay 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6010 Research Essay 2 |
6 | P Completion of a minimum of 4 units with an average of 75% C CISS6009 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Human and Animal Health Specialisation |
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Core units of study |
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| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Captsone unit of study |
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| PUBH5600 Biosecurity Seminar Series |
6 | P CISS6004 or GOVT6316 or MECO6909 or WORK6130 or unit of study coordinator permission. |
Semester 2 |
Core Elective units of study |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5131 Foundations of International Health |
6 |
Departmental permission required for non-MIPH students |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011,CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5117 Communicable Disease Control This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| VETS7004 Veterinary Epidemiology I |
3 | Semester 1b |
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| VETS7005 Veterinary Epidemiology II |
3 | P VETS7004 Veterinary Epidemiology 1 |
Semester 2b |
| VETS7008 Hazards to Human and Animal Health |
3 | Semester 1a |
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| VETS7010 Animal Health Policy Development This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 2a |
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| VETS7015 Surveillance, Preparedness and Response This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 2a |
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Elective units of study |
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| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A 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 2 |
| CISS6024 MHlthSec Practice Placement |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
| GOVT6164 The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HIMT5067 Evidence Based Health Care This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
The three quizzes will be conducted during the workshop and complusory tutorials weeks 7 and 10. |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5132 Global Disease Burden and Research Methods |
6 |
Note: Departmental permission required for non-MIPH students |
Semester 1 |
| MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| 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 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5421 Infection Prevention in Healthcare |
6 | A basic knowledge of medical microbiology, antimicrobial agents and communicable disease epidemiology and clinical features |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| QUAL5005 Introducing Qualitative Health Research |
4 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5006 This Unit is primarily aimed at Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Other students are encouraged to consider PUBH5500 instead. MPH students who complete PUBH5500 get an automatic waiver for QUAL5005 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| VETS7009 Animal Health Economics This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | Semester 2b |
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| VETS7012 Wildlife Epidemiology This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
3 | P VETS7004 Elective Units of Study offered online will not normally be run with less than 6 participants and are usually only offered every second year. All units offered are subject to class size limitations. |
Semester 1b |
| VETS7013 Risk Analysis |
3 | Semester 2a |
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| WILD5003 Wildlife Health |
6 | Intensive August |
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Research Track |
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| Students wishing to complete the research track must complete 12CP from the below options – these 12 credits replace 12 credits in the Electives | |||
| CISS6009 Research Essay 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6010 Research Essay 2 |
6 | P Completion of a minimum of 4 units with an average of 75% C CISS6009 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |