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Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion | 2019
Testamur Title of Degree: | Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion |
Abbreviation: | GCertHlthProm |
UOW Course Code: | 1183 |
CRICOS Code: | N/A |
Total Credit Points: | 24 |
Duration: | 1 year part-time |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Social Sciences |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn, Spring |
Delivery Mode: | On-campus, Distance |
Delivery Campus / UAC Code: | Wollongong, UOW Online Wollongong / 935090 |
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs efficiently, effectively and appropriately to improve the health and wellbeing of populations. Guiding principles articulated in the action areas of the Ottawa and Bangkok Charters for Health Promotion are covered in the subject Health Promotion. Students will also take and Introductory Academic Skills subject in their first semester to prepare them for the course. An additional two subjects are required to complete the course and can be selected from a range of options that include primary investigative skills, theoretical skills and planning and evaluation of health promotion initiatives.
Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion will enable graduates to confidently work with communities for change and contribute to effective and sustainable health promotion practice nationally and internationally.
Entry Requirements and Credit Arrangements
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 relevance of models of health promotion for achieving efficient and equitable gains in health outcomes in Health Promotion. | ||||||
| 2 | Demonstrate critical knowledge of health promotion in relation to the social determinants of health, including local, national, global, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander considerations. | ||||||
| 3 | Apply appropriate strategies s to critically analyse population health information to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to complex public health problems. | ||||||
| 4 | Effectively communicate health promotion knowledge, skills and ideas to others using appropriate methods and technologies. | ||||||
| 5 | Reflect on and apply appropriate ethical, professional, public and personal behaviours within a range of contexts relevant to public health and health promotion. | ||||||
Course Structure
The Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion requires the successful completion of 24 credit points of subjects 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 948 | Health Promotion | 6 | Spring |
| Plus two subjects from the following: | |||
| HAS 943 | Health in All Policies | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 944 | Social Complexities and Health | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 947 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 950 | Project Planning and Evaluation | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 951 | Public Health Communication | 6 | Not available in 2019 |
| HAS 953 | Food and Health | 6 | Autumn |
| HAS 946 | Health Research Methodology II | 6 | Spring |
| HAS 952 | Health Promotion Theories and Models | 6 | Spring |
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