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Graduate Certificate in Public Health | 2020
Testamur Title of Degree: | Graduate Certificate in Public Health |
Abbreviation: | GCertPubHlth |
UOW Course Code: | 1130 |
CRICOS Code: | N/A |
Total Credit Points: | 24 |
Duration: | 1 year part-time (6 months full-time for selected intakes) |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn, Spring |
Delivery Mode: | On-campus, Distance |
Delivery Campus / UAC Code: | Wollongong, UOW Online Wollongong / 935102 |
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health provides an overview of key public health concepts and issues, including the social complexities of health. The subjects delivered in this degree provide postgraduate academic skills for students to take forward in their course and insight into the challenges involved in system level change to improve the health of our vulnerable communities.
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health is also available to applicants who are enrolled through the Federal Government Scheme in the short and focused online course program. This initiative is introduced only for 6 months from May 2020. The short courses will run from July 2020 to December 2020. This initiative provides up-skilling opportunities to those who are unemployed as well as pathways into a number of degree programs. Applicants should follow the course structure and rules that are specifically designed for this cohort. Check the course structure and course rules below before enrolling in subjects.
Entry Requirements
Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.
Course Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:
| CLO | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the social determinants of health, including local, national, global, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander considerations. | ||||||
| 2 | Apply appropriate strategies to critically analyse population health information to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to complex public health problems. | ||||||
| 3 | Effectively communicate public health knowledge, skills and ideas to a range of specialist and non-specialist audiences. | ||||||
| 4 | Reflect on and apply appropriate ethical, professional, public and personal behaviours within a range of contexts relevant to public health. | ||||||
Course Structure
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health requires the successful completion of a total of 24 credit points in accordance with the subject progression table below.
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAS 820 | Academic Skills for Postgraduate Social Science Students | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| HAS 944 | Social Complexities and Health | 6 | Autumn |
| Plus two subjects from the following: | |||
| HAS 943 | Health in All Policies | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 947 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| HAS 950 | Project Planning and Evaluation | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 953 | Food and Health | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 946 | Health Research Methodology | 6 | Spring |
| HAS 948 | Health Promotion | 6 | Spring |
| HAS 951 | Public Health Communication | 6 | Spring |
| HAS 952 | Health Promotion Theories and Models | 6 | Spring |
Course Structure for the Federal Government Scheme Short Course Program
Students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Public Health through the Federal Government Scheme are required to complete the subjects listed in the table below:
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HHAS820 | Academic Skills for Postgraduate Social Science Students | 6 | Spring |
| HHAS952 | Health Promotion Theories and Models | 6 | Spring |
| HHAS945 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 6 | Spring |
| HHAS948 | Health Promotion | 6 | Spring |
For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page.
Other Information
For further information please email: askuow@uow.edu.au