Global Health
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
The following unit has been cancelled for Semester 2 2020: GLOH5303 International Field Placement |
22/05/2020 |
| 2. |
Departmental permission has been removed from the following unit: GLOH5301 Global Health Capstone |
22/05/2020 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Global Health |
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Master of Global Health |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 6 credit points (minimum) of capstone units of study | |||
| (c) 6 credit points (minimum) of core elective (policy/system/management) units of study; and | |||
| (d) 6 credit points (minimum) of core elective (advanced skills) units of study; and | |||
| (e) 30 credit points (maximum) of elective units of study, including at least 12 credit points of GLOH-prefixed units of study | |||
Core units |
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| (a) Full-time students take 24 credit points of core units in Semester 1 of a given year. | |||
| (b) Part-time students usually take 12 credit points in Semester 1 in each of two consecutive years. | |||
| (c) Students commencing enrolment in Semester 2 of a given year will need to do elective units before core units. | |||
| GLOH5101 Foundations of Global Health |
6 | N MIPH5131 or MIPH5132 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5102 Skills for Working in Global Health |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011 or CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Core Elective units |
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| Students who have not completed all core units should be aware of prerequisites before enrolling in electives. | |||
Stream 1: Policy/System/Management |
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| GLOH5135 Global Health Systems and Delivery |
6 | N HPOL5001 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5219 Global Health Project Management |
6 | P GLOH5101 and GLOH5102 OR (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Stream 2: Advanced Skills |
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| GLOH5201 Global Qualitative Health Research |
6 | P GLOH5102 N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or PUBH5505 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling |
6 | P PUBH5018 N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) The statistical software package used in this unit is web-based. There is no cost/fee to use this software. |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5224 Advanced Epidemiology |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5312 Health Economic Evaluation |
6 | P HPOL5000 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 N PUBH5302 |
Intensive September |
| PUBH5317 Advanced Economic and Decision Analysis |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 PUBH5307 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
Intensive October |
| GLOH5136 Nutrition in Global Settings |
6 | A Introductory knowledge of epidemiology |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control |
6 | A PUBH5033, PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or equivalent PUBH5020 is an advanced MPH elective in the area of chronic disease prevention. Some epidemiological concepts, such as population attributable risk and introductory concepts in health promotion are expected knowledge for understanding this unit. For example, attributable risk is necessary to understand the Burden of Disease concept in NCD prevention, and is part of Module 2 of this unit. In addition, this MPH elective predominantly takes a population and global perspective on NCD prevention with a lesser emphasis on clinical or health services prevention perspectives. |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 If an insufficient number of students opt to attend intensives on campus, the coordinator may choose to teach this unit of study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5008 Evidence into Health Policy and Planning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SEXH5414 Public Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health |
6 | N SEXH5008 or SEXH5418 or SEXH5419 |
Semester 2 |
Capstone units |
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| Students select a minimum of 6 credit points and a maximum of 12 credit points from this list | |||
| GLOH5301 Global Health Capstone |
6 | P Completed at least 48 credits for Master of Global Health Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GLOH5302 Global Health Dissertation |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students should have a confirmed supervisor and approval of the unit coordinator, and are expected to have a WAM of at least 75 per cent in the first 48 credit points of the Master of Global Health. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GLOH5303 International Field Placement |
12 | P Completed 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment This international field placement unit will be completed during the last semester of the candidature. Eligibility will be for students to maintain a weighted average mark of at least 70 per cent in their first 24 core credit points or at discretion of coordinator. Selection is a competitive process involving an expression of interest, interview and based on academic performance. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GLOH5304 Global Health Dissertation A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students should have a confirmed supervisor and approval of the unit coordinator and are expected to have a WAM of at least 75 per cent in the first 48 credit points of the Master of Global Health. |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5305 Global Health Dissertation B |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students should have a confirmed supervisor and approval of the unit coordinator and are expected to have a WAM of at least 75 per cent in the first 48 credit points of the Master of Global Health. |
Semester 2 |