Master of Public Health (Practice)
Curtin University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00301J
This multidisciplinary public health course focuses on the core public health functions-prevention of illness and disease and the protection and promotion of health and wellbeing in Australia and globally. It explores the influences of social, ecological and individual determinants on health to improve individual and population health outcomes. This course provides an applied focus on public health practice including epidemiology and surveillance, research methods, disease prevention and control, health protection and promotion, politics, policy, governance and systems for public health. In addition to coursework students undertake a professional capstone unit.
Structure
Credit Points: 300
Subjects
- STAT6000 Epidemiology and Evidence
- PUBH6005 Global Public Health Challenges
- HLPR6001 Health Promotion Strategies and Methods
- HEAL6010 Organisation of Health Care Systems
- HLPR6006 Politics and Power in Public Health
- PUBH6030 Public Health Protection and Control
- MEDS6040 Qualitative Research in Public Health
- EPID6001 Quantitative Methods
- PUBH6032 Principles of Planning and Evaluation in Public Health
- PUBH6036 Public Health Capstone
- ENHL6000 Health Impact Assessment
- ENHL6002 Environmental Health Management
- HEAL6043 Health Economics
- HLPR5001 Contemporary Practice in Health Promotion
- HLPR6004 Diversity and Difference in Health Promotion
- HLPR6013 Introduction to Health Promotion
- INDS5001 Introduction to Indigenous Australians
- OCHS5001 Occupational Diseases
- PUBH5006 Machine Learning Applications in Health
- PUBH6009 Public Health Practicum
- PUBH6025 Public Health Special Topics
- PUBH6034 Leadership in Public Health
- SUST5018 People and Planet
- SXLG6000 Sexology Attitudes and Values
Standard entry requirements
Applicants require an undergraduate degree or higher from a tertiary institution. Satisfying the admission requirements enables an applicant to be considered for admission, but does not guarantee an offer of admission to the program. Admission into program is at the discretion of the course coordinator/School and is dependent on a number of considerations including the applicants academic background and work experience along with assessment of supplementary information provided by the applicant.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Curtin Perth | International: $64,943 | No |
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| Online | International: $64,943 | No |
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