Public Health
Health Economics/Health Policy Pathway
Health economics and health policy underpin many aspects of public health. The Health Economics/Health Policy Pathway is designed for students who want to understand the key principles and practices in health economics and health policy and to learn how health economics and health policy can be used to improve the health of communities. Note that your transcript will not explicitly identify that you undertook this pathway and you are not restricted to the listed units – they are provided only as a guide.
In addition to completing the required credit points of core units of study, Graduate Diploma students must complete 12 credit points of electives, and Masters students must complete 16 credit points of electives. A minimum of 6 (Grad Dip) or 8 (Masters) credit points of electives must come from Part 1 of the Table of Units of Study: Public Health.
| Elective Units of Study | Credit points | Delivery mode |
|---|---|---|
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PART 1 ELECTIVES |
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Available Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5205 Decision Analysis |
2 | face to face |
| PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation |
4 | block mode |
| PUBH5307 Advanced Health Economic Evaluation |
2 | block mode |
| PUBH5308 Health Workforce Policy Analysis |
2 | block mode |
| PUBH5550 Climate Change and Public Health |
4 | online; block mode |
| PART 2 ELECTIVES | ||
| Available Semester 1 and Semester 2 | ||
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System |
6 | block mode |
| Available Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5000 Introduction to Health Policy |
6 | block mode |
| HPOL5001 Economics and Finance for Health Policy |
6 | block mode |
| LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 | block mode |
| Available Semester2 | ||
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | online; block mode |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | block mode |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | online; block mode |
| MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries |
4 | face to face |