Public Health

Errata

Item	Change	Date
1	PUBH5025 Physical Activity and Public Health - Compulsory attendance at 2 x 1 day workshops Assessment: Attendance and participation at workshop (20%), 1x written assignment (1500-2000 words) (80%)	23/01/2014
2	PUBH5026 Mass Media Campaigns & Social Marketing - Classes: face-to-face/ on-campus 2-day residential workshop (lectures, workshops, small group sessions, and student participation and student presentations)	23/01/2014
3	PUBH5117 Communicable Disease Control - Prerequisite removed.	23/01/2014
4	PUBH5212 Categorical Data Analysis - Students studying in distance mode must have access to a computer running a version of Microsoft Windows compatible with the latest version of SAS	23/01/2014
5	PUBH5213 Survival Analysis - Students studying in distance mode must have access to a computer running a version of Microsoft Windows compatible with the latest version of SAS	23/01/2014

Table of units of study: Public Health

Unit of study	Credit points	A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition	Session
Core units
Part-time students generally take 12 credit points of core units of study in each of their 1st and 3rd semesters.
PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses	6	N BSTA5011	Semester 1
PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics	6		Semester 1
PUBH5030 Public Health: Achievements & Challenges	2		Int March
PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion	6		Semester 1
QUAL5005 Introducing Qualitative Health Research	4	N PUBH5500 This Unit is primarily aimed at Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Other students are encouraged to consider PUBH5500 instead of this Unit. MPH students who complete PUBH5500 can apply for a waiver for QUAL5005	Semester 1
Additional core units of study for Masters students
Gradute Diploma students may enrol in these units of study as Part 1 electives.
PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health	2		Semester 2
BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics	2	N BETH5203	Semester 2a
Pre-2013 core units of study
Students who commenced prior to 2013 must complete PUBH5031. Masters students who commenced in 2010, 2011 or 2012 must complete PUBH5034.
PUBH5031 Introductory Qualitative Methods	2	N QUAL5005, PUBH5500 This Unit is only available to students who enrolled in KF000 Graduate Diploma in Public Health or KC052 Master in Public Health prior to 2013 and is a compulsory core unit for those degrees. It cannot be taken concurrently with PUBH5500 or QUAL5005. PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 may be substituted for PUBH5031.	Semester 1
PUBH5034 Public Health Capstone	4	P PUBH5010 and PUBH5018 and PUBH5030 and PUBH5033 and (PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or PUBH5031) C PUBH5032 This unit of study is an elective for students commencing in 2013. It is a core unit for Masters students who commenced in 2010, 2011 or 2012.	Semester 2
Part 1
BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics	2	N BETH5203	Semester 2a
PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control	6	P PUBH5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 2
PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control	6	P PUBH5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 1
PUBH5024 Obesity and Health Promotion	2	A Core MPH content, especially health promotion/disease prevention and epidemiology P PUBH5010, PUBH5033 and PUBH5020 N PUBH5021	Int August
PUBH5025 Physical Activity and Public Health	2	A Content of Core MPH electives noted as prerequisites P PUBH5010, PUBH5033, (PUBH5031 or QUAL5005) N PUBH5022	Int August
PUBH5026 Mass Media Campaigns & Social Marketing	2	A Training in research methods epidemiology is advised but not essential. P PUBH5033	Int August
PUBH5027 Intro - Public Health Program Evaluation	2	P completion of core MPH units is recommended [but not essential]	Semester 2
PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health	2		Semester 2
PUBH5034 Public Health Capstone	4	P PUBH5010 and PUBH5018 and PUBH5030 and PUBH5033 and (PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or PUBH5031) C PUBH5032 This unit of study is an elective for students commencing in 2013. It is a core unit for Masters students who commenced in 2010, 2011 or 2012.	Semester 2
PUBH5101 Special Project in Public Health	4	Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student or supervisor informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol.	Semester 1 Semester 2
PUBH5102 Special Project in Public Health	2	Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student or supervisor informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol.	Semester 1 Semester 2
PUBH5111 Environmental Health	4		Semester 2
PUBH5114 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health	4	N PUBH5115	Semester 2
PUBH5115 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health	2	N PUBH5114	Semester 2a
PUBH5116 Genetics and Public Health	4		Semester 2b
PUBH5117 Communicable Disease Control	6	P PUBH5010 (or equivalent)	Semester 2
PUBH5118 Indigenous Health Promotion	4		Semester 2b
PUBH5205 Decision Analysis	2	A Recommended: PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation P PUBH5018 and PUBH5010	Semester 2b
PUBH5206 Controlled Trials	2	P PUBH5018	Int August
PUBH5208 Screening and Diagnostic Test Evaluation	2	P PUBH5010	Semester 2a
PUBH5211 Multiple Regression and Stats Computing	4	P PUBH5018	Semester 2
PUBH5212 Categorical Data Analysis	2	P PUBH5018 C PUBH5211	Semester 2b
PUBH5213 Survival Analysis	2	C PUBH5211	Semester 2b
PUBH5215 Introductory Analysis of Linked Data	6	P (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011) and (PUBH5211 or BSTA5004)	Int June Int November
PUBH5224 Advanced Epidemiology	6	P PUBH5010	Semester 2
PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation	4	P (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) or (HPOL5001 as a prerequisite and HPOL5003 as a co-requisite)	Int Sept
PUBH5307 Advanced Health Economic Evaluation	2	P PUBH5018 and PUBH5010 C PUBH5205 and PUBH5302 Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Int October
PUBH5308 Health Workforce Policy Analysis	2		Int October
PUBH5309 Translational Health	2		Semester 2b
PUBH5414 Public Health Advocacy	2		Int Sept
PUBH5415 Injury Prevention	2		Int October
PUBH5416 Vaccines in Public Health	2	P PUBH5010 or PUBH5018 Students who have not done the core units of study in epidemiology (PUBH5010) or biostatistics (PUBH5018) but have previous demonstrable experience in these study areas will be required to request permission from the unit of study coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Permission is required to ensure that students have a basic grounding in epidemiology and biostatistics. The coordinator emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit to advise whether or not the student has permission to enrol.	Semester 2
PUBH5417 Injury Epidemiology Prevention & Control	4		Semester 2
PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century	6		Int August
PUBH5419 Falls Prevention in Older People	4		Semester 2
PUBH5420 Public Health Advocacy Strategies	4		Semester 2b
PUBH5421 Infection Prevention in Healthcare	6	A Basic understand of medical microbiology and communicable disease epidemiology (e.g undergraduate degree in medicine, nursing, biomedical science etc.)	Semester 2
PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication	6		Semester 2
PUBH5500 Advanced Qualitative Health Research	6	N QUAL5005	Semester 1
Part 2
BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health	6	A A three-year undergraduate degree in science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, or other relevant field, or by special permission. N BETH5206	Semester 2
BETH5207 Arts in Health	6		Semester 2
CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care	6	A clinical experience strongly recommended	Semester 1
CEPI5214 Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers	4	P PUBH5018, PUBH5010	Semester 1 Semester 2
CEPI5310 Advanced Statistical Modelling	4	P PUBH5212	Semester 1
CHSC6906 Health in China	6		Semester 2
DENT5013 Preventative Dentistry	6	P (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) or DENT6000	Semester 2
DENT5014 Dental Health Services	6	P PUBH5018, PUBH5010	Semester 2
DENT5015 Population Oral Health	6	P PUBH5010 or SUST5004	Semester 2
HPOL5000 Introduction to Health Policy	6		Semester 1
HPOL5001 Economics and Finance for Health Policy	6		Semester 1
HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy	6		Semester 2
HPOL5007 Global Health Policy	6		Semester 2
LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System	6	N LAWS6881 International students who are required to enrol in this unit must undertake classes during the first week of their study. Health Law and Public Health students should enrol in LAWS6881 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals in lieu of LAWS6252, if available. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. Students must attend all classes on the timetabled dates as prescribed for their enrolled session/group. An Absent Fail grade may be granted to students who fail to attend the correct session/group.	Int April Int August Int March Int Sept
LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law	6	Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.	Int August
LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles	6	Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. This unit replaced LAWS6848 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy and may be substituted for LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law as a core unit in the MHL.	Int March
MECO6919 Health Communication	6		Semester 1
MIPH5008 Travel and Tropical Medicine	2		Int October
MIPH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control	4		Semester 2
MIPH5115 Women's and Children's Health	4		Semester 2
MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine	4		Semester 2
MIPH5117 Global Non-Communicable Disease Control	2		Semester 2a
MIPH5118 Global Perspectives of HIV/AIDS	4		Semester 2a
MIPH5124 Health Issues & Humanitarian Emergencies	4		Int November
MIPH5127 Mental Disorders in Global Context	2		Int Sept
MIPH5134 Primary Care in Low Resource Settings	4		Semester 2a
MIPH5135 Health Systems in Developing Countries	4		Semester 2
MIPH5136 Nutrition in International Settings	4		Int August
MIPH5219 International Health Project Management	6		Semester 2
PSYC5011 Applying Models of Health Behaviour	6		Semester 2
SEXH5008 Sex and Society	2	AusAID students must enrol in the face-to-face version	Semester 2a
SEXH5101 Public Health Aspects of STIs	2	AusAID students must enrol in the face-to-face version.	Semester 2a
SEXH5102 Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS	2	AusAID students must enrol in the face-to-face version	Semester 2a
SEXH5205 Advanced Adolescent Sexual Health	6		Semester 2
SEXH5405 Contraception and Reproductive Health	6	A Basic biology	Semester 2
SEXH5407 Sex Gender and Sexuality	6		Semester 2
SEXH5410 Sexual Health Promotion 1	6	C SEXH5401	Semester 1
SEXH5412 Sexual Health & Relationships Education	6		Semester 1 Semester 2
SEXH5413 Sexual Health Promotion 2	6	P SEXH5410	Semester 2
Master of Public Health (Practice Placement)
Master of Public Health (Professional Practice) candidates must enrol in 12 credit points of professional practice units, comprising either PUBH5041 and PUBH5042 or PUBH5040. If a candidate is not able to submit his/her professional practice report after enrolling once in both PUBH5041 and PUBH5042 or once in PUBH5040, then he/she must re-enrol in a minimum of six credit points of professional practice units of study, with the concomittant financial liability, every semester until he/she submits the report.
PUBH5041 Practice Placement in Public Health 1	6	P 48 credit points of MPH, including core units Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement, this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken.	Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b
PUBH5042 Practice Placement in Public Health 2	6	P 48 credit points of MPH, including core units and PUBH5041 Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement, this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken.	Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b
PUBH5040 Practice Placement in Public Health	12	P 48 credit points of MPH, including core units Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study is only available to students who commenced their Public Health studies from 2010 onwards. It is available only to students with a weighted average mark of 75% or more in the first 24 credit points completed, and satisfactory placement project proposal. If you wish to undertake a placement this should be discussed with the unit coordinator well before the start of the Semester in which the placement is to be undertaken.	Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b
Master of Public Health (Chronic Disease Prevention) (available for admission in 2015)
Candidates seeking admission to the Chronic Disease Prevention specialisation are required to complete the following program of study:
PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses	6	N BSTA5011	Semester 1
PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics	6		Semester 1
PUBH5030 Public Health: Achievements & Challenges	2		Int March
PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion	6		Semester 1
QUAL5005 Introducing Qualitative Health Research	4	N PUBH5500 This Unit is primarily aimed at Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Other students are encouraged to consider PUBH5500 instead of this Unit. MPH students who complete PUBH5500 can apply for a waiver for QUAL5005	Semester 1
PUBH5032 Making Decisions in Public Health	2		Semester 2
BETH5206 Introduction to Public Health Ethics	2	N BETH5203	Semester 2a
Students select from the following Part 1 and Part 2 prevention-related elective units of study.
Part 1 - Prevention-related elective units of study
PUBH5024 Obesity and Health Promotion	2	A Core MPH content, especially health promotion/disease prevention and epidemiology P PUBH5010, PUBH5033 and PUBH5020 N PUBH5021	Int August
PUBH5025 Physical Activity and Public Health	2	A Content of Core MPH electives noted as prerequisites P PUBH5010, PUBH5033, (PUBH5031 or QUAL5005) N PUBH5022	Int August
PUBH5115 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health	2	N PUBH5114	Semester 2a
PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century	6		Int August
MIPH5136 Nutrition in International Settings	4		Int August
Part 2 - Prevention-related elective units of study
PUBH5027 Intro - Public Health Program Evaluation	2	P completion of core MPH units is recommended [but not essential]	Semester 2
PUBH5414 Public Health Advocacy	2		Int Sept
HPOL5000 Introduction to Health Policy	6		Semester 1
PUBH5026 Mass Media Campaigns & Social Marketing	2	A Training in research methods epidemiology is advised but not essential. P PUBH5033	Int August
PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control	6	P PUBH5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 1
PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control	6	P PUBH5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 2
PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication	6		Semester 2
NTDT5608 Public Health and Community Nutrition	6	P NTDT5601, NTDT5503, NTDT5604 and NTDT5602 C NTDT5305 and NTDT5307	Semester 2
BACH5343 Individual and Societal Ageing	6	N BACH5041	Semester 2
NURS5094 Principles of Chronic Disease Management	6		Semester 2
Prevention units of study
Master of Public Health (Chronic Disease Prevention) candidates must enrol in 12 credit points of prevention units of study including the following:
MIPH5117 Global Non-Communicable Disease Control	2		Semester 2a
PUBHXXXX (to be advised) 6 credit points
Candidates select an additional 4 credit points of units of study from the following:
PUBH5101 Special Project in Public Health	4	Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student or supervisor informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol.	Semester 1 Semester 2
PUBH5102 Special Project in Public Health	2	Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students negotiate with a public health staff member to be their supervisor on an agreed project. The student or supervisor informs the Unit co-ordinator, who emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit permission to allow the student to enrol.	Semester 1 Semester 2
or other prevention related units of study from Part 1 or Part 2 of the Table.
Dissertation units of study
The following units of study are only available to master's students who commenced their candidature prior to 2011.
PUBH5906 Dissertation A	6	P ONLY AVAILABLE TO CONTINUING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR CANDIDATURE PRIOR TO 2011. A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. The minimum weighted average mark of 70% must be maintained for the entire 48 credit points of coursework. Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 1 Semester 2
PUBH5907 Dissertation B	6	P ONLY AVAILABLE TO CONTINUING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR CANDIDATURE PRIOR TO 2011. A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. The minimum weighted average mark of 70% must be maintained for the entire 48 credit points of coursework. Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 1 Semester 2
PUBH5908 Dissertation C	12	P ONLY AVAILABLE TO CONTINUING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR CANDIDATURE PRIOR TO 2011. A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. The minimum weighted average mark of 70% must be maintained for the entire 48 credit points of coursework. Note: Department permission required for enrolment	Semester 1 Semester 2

University of Sydney Handbooks - 2014 Archive

The University of Sydney - Sydney Medical School Handbook 2014

Public Health

Errata

Table of units of study: Public Health

Core units

Additional core units of study for Masters students

Pre-2013 core units of study

Part 1

Part 2

Master of Public Health (Practice Placement)

Master of Public Health (Chronic Disease Prevention) (available for admission in 2015)

Part 1 - Prevention-related elective units of study

Part 2 - Prevention-related elective units of study

Prevention units of study

Dissertation units of study