Graduate Certificate of Public Health

This Graduate Certificate is an exit only award, and is available to students who discontinue their study in the Master of Public Health or the Graduate Diploma of Public Health, after successfully completing four or more units as prescribed in the course structure.

The Graduate Certificate of Public Health equips you with the tools to investigate, critique and respond to real world population health problems in local and global contexts.

Unique features include learning from acclaimed Menzies School of Health Research professionals in the specialist areas of Indigenous health, global health, public health practice and health research.

You'll work to acquire key public health knowledge and skills and to analyse and interpret population health information, evaluate and design public health interventions, and formulate strategies to address complex health and social issues.

You'll apply public health approaches to health promotion, disease control, health systems, health policy, decision-making, the environment, and sustainable development goals.

As a graduate, you may find national and international career opportunities in professional public health practice, health policy and planning, epidemiology, communicable and chronic disease control, health research, community development, or aid work.

Core(1 unit) - 10cp

Compulsory Core unit totalling 10 credit points as detailed below:

PHM567

Specialist Electives(3 units) - 30cp

Specialist Elective units totalling 30 credit points selected from ANY of the following streams.

Public Health Practice Stream PHM526 Research Design PHM527 Health Research Skills PHM529 Sexual and Reproductive Health PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Evaluation (new title 2020) PHM552 Epidemiology PHM553 Biostatistics PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making (new title 2020) PHM559 Health Policy PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods Indigenous Health Stream PHM516 Indigenous Health PHM517 Public Health Anthropology PHM523 Health Promotion PHM524 Clinical Trials PHM525 Indigenous Health Research Global Health Stream PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases PHM592 Global Health PHM593 Tropical Child and Adolescent Health (new title 2020)

Course Total - 40cp

This course is not available for direct entry however is available as an alternative exit from the Master of Public Health (SPUBH1) or the Graduate Diploma of Public Health (TPUBH1).