2019 Postgraduate Courses
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Graduate Certificate in Public Health | 2019

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

Home Faculty:

Faculty of Social Sciences

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.

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 820Academic Skills for Postgraduate Social Science Students6Autumn, Spring
HAS 944Social Complexities and Health6Autumn
Plus two subjects from the following:
HAS 943Health in All Policies6Autumn
HAS 947Introduction to Epidemiology6Autumn
HAS 950Project Planning and Evaluation6Autumn
HAS 953Food and Health6Autumn
HAS 946Health Research Methodology II6Spring
HAS 948Health Promotion6Spring
HAS 951Public Health Communication6Not available in 2019
HAS 952Health Promotion Theories and Models6Spring

For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page. 

Other Information

For further information please email: ssc@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 10 January, 2020