Health Communication
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
 
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Health Communication |
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Master of Health Communication |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 42 credit points from elective units of study | |||
| (i) with the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from units of study outside those listed in the table, including: | |||
| (ii) a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties | |||
| (c) a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Health Communication |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study | |||
| (i) with the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 6 credit points can be taken as elective units from units of study outside those listed in the table | |||
Graduate Certificate in Health Communication |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Core |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 |
This unit will be offered in online and intensive modes. |
Intensive April Semester 1 |
| MECO6919 Health Communication |
6 |
This unit will be offered in intensive and online modes. |
Intensive May Semester 1 |
| MECO6927 Leadership Communication |
6 |
This unit will be offered in online and intensive modes. |
Intensive September Semester 2 |
| MECO6934 Social Issues Marketing |
6 |
This unit will be offered in intensive and online modes. |
Intensive October Semester 2 |
Capstone |
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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 In addition to the prerequisites, students must: 1) achieve strong credit marks (70+) in their core units in order to meet host organisation expectations around skill-sets; 2) achieve a pass result on a pass/fail diagnostic skills test that assesses workplace readiness |
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 MECO6928 or MECO6939 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6932 Advanced Media Project |
6 | P 48 credit points including MECO6900 and (MECO6924 or MECO6925 or MECO6941) N MECO6928 or MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Open to Masters' students only |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6946 Industry Research 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 MECO6928 or MECO6939 or MECO6932 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective |
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| ARIN6902 Internet Cultures and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARIN6903 Digital Media and Society |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ARIN6905 Digital Audiences and Communities |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
2 | N BETH5203 Note: Department permission required for enrolment 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 |
| BETH5207 Creativity and Creative Arts in Health This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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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. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6906 Culture, Gender, Health in Development This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPK5003 Developing a Research Project |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GCST5910 Health, Pleasure and Consumption This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Intensive October |
| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 |
For 2020 only, this unit will be a substitute for the MHL core units, LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care or LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LNGS7504 Medical Discourse |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6900 News Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MECO6901 Media Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6908 Strategy Selection in Corporate PR |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6915 Writing Feature Stories |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6926 International Media Practice |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECO6936 Social Media Communication |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 2 Semester 2a |
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| MECO6939 Research Methods |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MECO6940 Theoretical Traditions and Innovations |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MECO6941 Podcasting |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6942 Managing Social Media Communities |
6 | Intensive February Intensive July |
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| NURS5099 Promoting Health and Care in the Community |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011 or CEPI5100 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Note: While not compulsory, attendance (by zoom or face to face) at the five half-day workshops is strongly encouraged, as this enables students to yarn with and ask questions directly of the Aboriginal guest lecturers. |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5121 Environmental Health |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5145 Alcohol, drug use and health |
6 | A MPH core units N PUBH5114 or PUBH5115 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Intensive August |
| PUBH5426 Vaccines in Public Health |
6 | A Understanding of basic health sciences and related concepts. Students should have a Bachelor's degree in a health related discipline. P PUBH5010 and PUBH5018 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5430 Public Health Advocacy |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5505 Qualitative Research in Health |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5506 Advanced Qualitative Analysis and Writing |
6 | A You should have a basic understanding of qualitative research gained through undergraduate or postgraduate coursework or research experience. P PUBH5505 OR PUBH5500 OR QUAL5005 OR QUAL5006 OR GLOH5201 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG6902 Ethics of Social Research This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
| SCWK6910 Working with Communities |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| SEXH5410 Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| Students are advised to consult the Degree Director before enrolling in the units below. | |||
| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 |
Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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