MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Torrens University Australia

About

Learn the strategies and techniques to prevent disease and promote health on a global scale.

This course will develop you into a leader who can drive innovation behind public health and solve complex issues on an international scale.

Structure

To graduate you must complete 110 credit points (11 subjects x 10 credit points) and one elective of 10 credit points for a combined course total of 120 credit points. Please note: some subjects have required prerequisites.

CORE UNITS

  • Core Units
  • PUBH6012 Capstone B: Applied Research Project in Public Health
  • PUBH6008 Capstone A: Applied Research Project in Public Health
  • PUBH6004 Leadership and Effecting Change in Public Health
  • PUBH6007 Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation
  • PUBH6001 Health Policy and Advocacy
  • STAT6000 Statistics for Public Health
  • PUBH6006 Community Health and Disease Prevention
  • PUBH6005 Epidemiology
  • PUBH6003 Health Systems and Economics
  • PUBH6002 Global and Environmental Health Issues
  • PUBH6000 Social, Behavioural and Cultural Factors in Public Health

ELECTIVE UNITS

  • Elective Units
  • Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health
  • Public Health Informatics

Learning outcomes

  • Design and apply intervention strategies to detect, prevent and control diseases among human populations.
  • Identify and describe environmental risk factors that affect the health and safety of a given community or population
  • Demonstrate a commitment to the ethical practice of public health, and the principles of access and equity

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