Master of Public Health
Information valid for students commencing in 2015.
Course Code | 72504 |
Version | 4 |
Course type | Masters Degree (Coursework) (AQF Level 9) |
Division | Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | Completion of an AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline, from this or another university; or Other qualifications recognised by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine as equivalent to the above; or At the discretion of the Dean of College submission, as an exceptional case, of other evidence of professional and academic attainments, including employment for a minimum of five years in health related activities. |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3a – Schedule II of the 番茄社区 Admissions Policy. |
Additional selection requirements | Nil |
Special admission requirements | Nil |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 36 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | Nil |
Course learning outcomes | 番茄社区 graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. 番茄社区 graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics. Upon successful completion of the Master of Public Health, graduates will be able to:
Graduates with a MPH Health Promotion major will also be able to:
Graduates with a MPH Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness major will also be able to:
Graduates with an MPH Aeromedical Retrieval major will also be able to:
Graduate with a MPH Communicable Diseases major will also be able to:
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Course Structure
Core Subjects
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health or TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5513:03 Public Health Management or TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5514:03 Environmental Health or TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5515:03 Epidemiology for Public Health
TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health
Options
Select a major or
Select 9 credit points of specified HS, IA and TM level 5 subjects (72504-SUBJ-9U)
PLUS
Select 12 credit points of specified HS, IA and TM level 5 subjects:
HS5101:03 Contemporary Issues in Primary Health Care Research
HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals
HS5555:03 Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Settings
IA5119:03 Empowerment and Change
TM5310:09 Dissertation 2
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5503:03 Human Parasitology
TM5506:03 Social Science in Public Health
TM5508:03 Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5510:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
TM5512:03 Travel Medicine
TM5513:03 Public Health Management
TM5514:03 Environmental Health
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5524:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Tropical Health Practitioners
TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5526:03 Public Health Economics
TM5527:03 Project
TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5534:03 Tropical Paediatrics
TM5536:03 Refugee Health
TM5540:03 Public Health and the Workplace
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
TM5542:03 Clinical Travel Medicine
TM5549:06 Dissertation 1
TM5552:03 Global Health and Development
TM5554:03 Theory and Practice of Public Health
TM5557:03 Disaster Health Management
TM5559:03 Clinical Tropical Paediatrics
TM5560:03 Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5562:03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5564:03 Acute Care in the Resource Poor Environment
TM5566:03 Clinical Care Skills in Aeromedical Retrievals
TM5568:03 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
TM5569:03 Health Promotion Strategies and Methods
TM5570:03 Health Promotion Research and Evaluation
TM5571:03 Public Health Placement
TM5573:03 Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
TM5575:03 Substance Misuse Prevention
TM5576:03 Adult Secondary Retrievals
TM5577:03 Paediatric and Neonatal Retrievals
TM5580:03 Health and Nutrition in the Tropics
TM5581:03 Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
MAJORS
Type of major | Optional Single |
Credit points in major | 9 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville | ||
Townsville | Must do TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management instead of TM5513:03 Public Health Management | |
Townsville | Must do TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control instead of TM5514:03 Environmental Health but can do TM5514 as an elective | |
Townsville | Must do TM5528:03 Health Promotion instead of TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville | |
External |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 18 months full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 8 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Students may apply for exemption for previous tertiary study where appropriate in accordance with the Advanced Standing and Articulation policy and associated procedures. Advanced standing will be granted for the following:
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Maximum allowed | 12 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 18 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | A maximum of 12 credit points of advanced standing may be granted for recognition of prior learning. |
Award Details
Award title | MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
Approved abbreviation | MPH |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | The major studied shall appear on the testamur |
Exit with lesser award | Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 12 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Graduate Certificate of Public Health. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Special awards | Where the coursework is completed at a grade point average of 6 or above, the DVC Tropical health and Medicine, on the recommendation of the Dean of the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, may recommend the award of a Master of Public Health with Distinction. |