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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