Graduate Certificate in Population Health Studies (91230)

The University of Western Australia

About

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.This course allows students maximum flexibility to tailor their studies in population health to meet their personal or professional interests or requirements.

The course has also been designed as a pathway for those who wish to enrol into a Master of Public Health but who do not have the required educational background.

Structure

KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:

Group A

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
S1, S2	PUBH4401	Biostatistics I	Prerequisites: enrolment in honours or postgraduate courses	lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week (for face-to-face mode only)
S1, S2	PUBH4403	Epidemiology I		lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week (for face-t- face mode only)
NS	PUBH5705	Health Program Evaluation	Incompatibility: RMED4403 Health Program Evaluation	offered intensively
S1	PUBH5721	Public Health Field Trip	Prerequisites: any 1 of PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health, PUBH5705 Health Program Evaluation, PUBH5754 Health Promotion, PUBH5805 Qualitative Research Methods in Health, PUBH4403 Epidemiology 1 or PUBH5705 Health Program Evaluation	Seminars up to 6 x 2 hours; 1-3 week fieldwork overseas
S2	PUBH5743	Environmental and Occupational Health		lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hour per week for 10 weeks
S2	PUBH5749	Foundations of Public Health		seminars: 3 hours per week
S1	PUBH5751	Disease Prevention in Population Health	Prerequisites: an undergraduate degree	lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week
S2	PUBH5752	Health Systems and Economics		lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week
S1	PUBH5754	Health Promotion I		lectures: 3 hours per week
NS	PUBH5757	Clinical Epidemiology		offered intensively
N/A	PUBH5759	Epidemiology II	Prerequisites: PUBH4403 Epidemiology I and PUBH4401 Biostatistics I	3 hours lecture/tutorial per week
S2	PUBH5761	Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases		online tuition: 3 hours per week
NS	PUBH5763	Leadership and Management of Health Services		One week full time, plus pre-intensive week online activities.
S2	PUBH5769	Biostatistics II	Prerequisites: PUBH4401 Biostatistics I or equivalent training/experience	lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week (for face-to-face mode only)
NS	PUBH5785	Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data		offered intensively (1 week full-time)
N/A	PUBH5801	Economic Evaluation of Health Care	Prerequisites: PUBH5752 Health Systems and Economics or MGMT5530 Healthcare Systems, Policy and Governance or equivalent	1 week full-time
NS	PUBH5802	Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data	Prerequisites: PUBH5785 Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data (formerly PUBH8785 Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data) or equivalent skills and experience. The computing component of the unit assumes a facile competence in the preparation of computing syntax for programs such as SPSS, SAS or STATA and familiarity with the statistical analysis of linked data files at an introductory to intermediate level.	offered intensively (1 week full-time)
NS	PUBH5804	Food and Nutrition in Population Health		1 week full-time
S1, S2	PUBH5805	Qualitative Research Methods in Health		lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Entry requirements

4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

(b) a level and duration of education and professional experience considered by UWA to be sufficient to permit satisfactory completion of the course;

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