Global Health
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Global Health |
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Core units |
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| Students complete 24 credit points of core units of study. Full-time students take 24 credit points of core units in Semester 1 of a given year; part-time students usually take 12 credit points in Semester 1 in each of two consecutive years. Note - students commencing enrolment in Semester 2 of a given year will need to do elective units before core units. | |||
| GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health |
6 | N MIPH5131 or MIPH5132 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5102 Skills for Working in Global Health |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011 or CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Core Elective units Stream 1: Policy/System/Management |
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| Candidates for the master's degree must choose a minimum of 6 credit points from each stream. Students who have not completed all core units should be aware of prerequisites before enrolling in electives. | |||
| GLOH5219 Global Health Project Management |
6 | P GLOH5101 and GLOH5102 OR (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Core Elective units Stream 2: Advanced Skills |
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| Candidates for the master's degree must choose a minimum of 6 credit points from each stream. Students who have not completed all core units should be aware of prerequisites before enrolling in electives. | |||
| GLOH5201 Global Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or PUBH5005 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5224 Advanced Epidemiology |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5217 Regression Modelling |
6 | P PUBH5018 N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) The statistical software package used in this unit is web-based. There is no cost/fee to use this software. Course notes will be provided, along with links to additional readings through the library. |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5317 Decision modelling for economic evaluation |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 PUBH5307 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5136 Nutrition in Global Settings |
6 | A Introductory knowledge of epidemiology |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
Intensive October |
| 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 | A PUBH5033, PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or equivalent Note: Department permission required for enrolment PUBH5020 is an advanced MPH elective, and some epidemiological concepts, such as population attributable risk are expected knowledge for understanding the Burden of Disease concept, that is important in NCD (chronic disease) prevention, and is part of Module 2 of this unit. In addition, this MPH elective predominantly takes a population and global perspective on NCD prevention, rather than a clinical or health services perspective |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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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 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 |
Semester 2 |