Health Communication
Table of units of study: Health Communication
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Health Communication must complete 24 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Health Communication must complete 48 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Master of Health Communication must complete 72 credit points, including 24 credit points of core units of study, a maximum of 42 credit points of elective units of study and at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | |||
Core units |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6919 Health Communication |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6927 Organisational Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6934 Social Marketing |
6 | Semester 2b |
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Elective units |
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| ARIN6902 Internet Cultures and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARIN6905 New Media Audiences |
6 | N ARIN6903 |
Semester 1 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 |
Semester 2 |
| 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). This unit is available to Master of Public Health (MPH) students only. |
Semester 2a |
| CEPI5215 Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers |
6 | A Some basic knowledge of summary statistic is assumed P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) N CEPI5214 Students without the pre-requisites are encouraged to contact the unit coordinator to discuss their motivation and experience. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6906 Culture and Politics of Health Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPK5003 Developing a Research Project |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5000 Introduction to 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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| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 | Intensive September |
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| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6900 News Writing |
6 | N MECO4101 |
Semester 1 |
| MECO6901 Dealing with the Media |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6908 Strategy Selection in Corporate PR |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6915 Writing Features: Narrative Journalism |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6926 International Media Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6936 Social Media Communication |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| MIPH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MIPH5124 Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies |
4 | Intensive November |
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| MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MKTG6203 Innovative Marketing Strategies |
6 |
This unit is only available to students enrolled in the Master of Marketing, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate of Marketing. |
Semester 2 |
| MKTG6204 Contemporary Consumer Behaviour |
6 | A Assumed knowledge includes the funadamentals of marketing and consumer behaviour theory. This unit is only available to students enrolled in the Master of Marketing, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate of Marketing. |
Semester 1 |
| NURS5099 Promoting Health and Care in the Community |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011,CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| 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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| PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5111 Environmental Health |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5114 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health |
4 | N PUBH5115 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5116 Genetics and Public Health This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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. |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5118 Indigenous Health Promotion |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5308 Health Workforce Policy Analysis This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | Intensive August |
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| PUBH5420 Public Health Advocacy Strategies |
4 | Semester 2b |
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| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5500 Advanced Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| 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 |
| SCLG6902 Doing Social Research |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
| SCWK6910 Working with Communities |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SEXH5008 Sex and Society |
2 | N SEXH5414 |
Semester 2a |
Capstone units of study |
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| MECO6904 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables C MECO6939 N : MECO6928 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6905 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P 48 credit points, including MECO6904 from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N : MECO6928 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6928 Media and Communication Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N : MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive June Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6935 Professional Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication & Cultures or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N : MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6929 or MECO6939 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |