Master of Public Health (coursework or coursework and dissertation) (92550)

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 is a two year Master of Public Health course which enables students to specialise in one of three areas:

public health foundations, applied public health and public health methodology.

It provides students with a strong grounding in public health knowledge and theory.The course can be undertaken by coursework only (public health foundations), coursework and practicum (applied public health) or coursework and dissertation (public health methodology).

Students undertaking the public health foundations specialisation, or the applied public health specialisation can also undertake a project.Only those students meeting the eligibility criteria may undertake the project, dissertation or practicum.

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 all units (24 points):

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
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
S2 PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health seminars: 3 hours per week
S1 PUBH5754 Health Promotion I lectures: 3 hours per week

Option units

Note: Students in the Applied Public Health specialisation SP-APPPH must take units to the total value of 30 points from Groups A and either B or D. Students in the Public Health Foundations specialisation SP-PHFND must take units to the total value of 42 points from Groups A, C and either B or D . Students in the Public Health Methodology specialisation SP-PHMET must take units to the value of 30 points from Groups A and C.

Group A Coursework

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S2 PAED4401 Research Conduct and Ethics Prerequisites: enrolment in a relevant honours or postgraduate course online modules only
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
N/A PUBH5742 Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology 40 hours during the intensive week; 4 hours per week after that
S2 PUBH5743 Environmental and Occupational Health lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hour per week for 10 weeks
S1 PUBH5751 Disease Prevention in Population Health Prerequisites: an undergraduate degree lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour 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)
S1, S2 PUBH5783 Health in an Era of Environmental Change online lectures and discussions: 3 hours per week
N/A PUBH5784 Special Topics in Public Health
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

Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points, as per the sequence notes:

Group B Dissertation

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S1, S2 PUBH5712 Dissertation (full-time) (24 points) Prerequisites: A mark of at least 70 per cent in the following units: i) PUBH4403 Epidemiology I; ii) PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health or PUBH 5754 Health Promotion, and; iii) PUBH4401 Biostatistics I or PUBH 5805 Qualitative Research Methods. With reference to requirement (iii) in the above, the requirement to score 70 per cent or above is based on whether the research dissertation to be undertaken is quantitative or qualitative in nature. regular meetings with supervisor as required
S1, S2 PUBH5714 Dissertation (part-time) (24 points) Prerequisites: A mark of at least 70 per cent in the following units: i) PUBH4403 Epidemiology I; ii) PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health or PUBH5754 Health Promotion, and; iii) PUBH4401 Biostatistics I or PUBH5805 Qualitative Research Methods. With reference to requirement (iii) in the above, the requirement to score 70 per cent or above is based on whether the research dissertation to be undertaken is quantitative or qualitative in nature. regular meetings with supervisor as required

Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points, as per the sequence notes:

Group C Practicum

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S2 PUBH5758 Public Health Practicum (24 points) Prerequisites: PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health; PUBH4403 Epidemiology 1; PUBH5752 Health Systems and Economics; PUBH4401 Biostatistics 1; and PUBH5754 Health Promotion I. To be eligible for the Practicum, students must also have received a mark of at least 70 for PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health or PUBH5754 Health Promotion I. Students enrolled the Master of Health Science must have PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health and three from PUBH4403 Epidemiology 1; PUBH5752 Health Systems and Economics; PUBH4401 Biostatistics 1; and PUBH5754 Health Promotion I and have received a mark of at least 70 for PUBH5749 or PUBH5754. 35 hours per week

Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points, as per the sequence notes.

Group D Project

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S1, S2 PUBH5701 Public Health Project (full-time) (12 points) Prerequisites: Students are required to achieve a mark of at least 70 per cent in the following units: i) PUBH4403 Epidemiology I; ii) PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health or PUBH5754 Health Promotion, and; iii) PUBH4401 Biostatistics I or PUBH5805 Qualitative Research Methods. With reference to requirement (iii) in the above, the requirement to score 70 per cent or above is based on whether the research project to be undertaken is quantitative or qualitative in nature. Regular meeting with supervisor as required
S1, S2 PUBH5703 Public Health Project (part-time) (12 points) Prerequisites: Students are required to achieve a mark of at least 70 per cent in the following units: i) PUBH4403 Epidemiology I; ii) PUBH5749 Foundations of Public Health or PUBH5754 Health Promotion, and; iii) PUBH4401 Biostatistics I or PUBH5805 Qualitative Research Methods. With reference to requirement (iii) in the above, the requirement to score 70 per cent or above is based on whether the research project to be undertaken is quantitative or qualitative in nature. Regular meeting with supervisor as required
Applied Public Health specialisation Public Health Foundations specialisation Public Health Methodology specialisation

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

Entry requirements

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

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

(ii) a Graduate Certificate in Population Health Studies, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

and

(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 60 per cent.

(2) Applicants who have or have had a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' against courses 91550 or 92560 are not eligible for admission.

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