Course Content
The Master of Public Health is 200 credit points of study comprising: 62.5 credit points of core units, 87.5 credit points of choice units, and 50 credit points of pathway units.
Core units
Year 1
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Public Health
- Evaluating Health Interventions
- Introduction to Biostatistics
Year 2
- Environmental Health
Capstone Pathway Core Units
- Systems Thinking in Public Health
- Health Policy, Economics and Advocacy
- Public Health: Theory to Practice
Research Pathway Core Units
- Health Research Methods
- Major Project Part A
- Major Project Part B
Year 1
Choice Units (Choose 4)
- Global Health Systems
- Systems Thinking in Public Health
- Non Communicable Disease Prevention
- Communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Public Health Surveillance
- Outbreak Management
- Health Policy, Economics and Advocacy
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Year 2
Capstone Pathway Choice Units (Choose 3)
- Global Health Systems
- Leadership in Health and Human Services
- Environmental Management and Protection
- Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Management
- Non Communicable Disease Prevention
- Communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Public Health Surveillance
- Outbreak Management
- Health Research Methods
- Communicating Science
- Qualitative Research Methods
Research Pathway Choice Units (Choose 3)
- Global Health Systems
- Systems Thinking in Public Health
- Leadership in Health and Human Services
- Environmental Management and Protection
- Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Management
- Non Communicable Disease Prevention
- Communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Public Health Surveillance
- Outbreak Management
- Health Policy, Economics and Advocacy
- Communicating Science
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
- Qualitative Research Methods