Health Communication
Unit of study table
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Master of Health Communication |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 42 credit points from elective units of study | ||
| (i) with the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 12 credit points can be taken as elective units from units of study outside those listed in the table, including: | ||
| (ii) a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties | ||
| (c) a minimum of 6 credit points from capstone units of study. | ||
Graduate Diploma in Health Communication |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study | ||
| (i) with the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 6 credit points can be taken as elective units from units of study outside those listed in the table | ||
Graduate Certificate in Health Communication |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study. | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core |
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| MECO6909 Crisis Communication |
6 | |
| MECO6919 Health Communication |
6 | |
| MECO6927 Leadership Communication |
6 | |
| MECO6934 Social Issues Marketing |
6 | |
Capstone |
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| MECO6904 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | P 24 credit points from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables. N MECO6928 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 or MECO6947 |
| MECO6905 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | P MECO6904 N MECO6928 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 or MECO6947 |
| MECO6928 Media and Communication Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points including 18 credit points of core units from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 or MECO6947 In addition to the prerequisites, students must: 1) achieve strong credit marks (70+) in at least 18 credit points of core units in order to meet host organisation expectations around skill-sets; 2) achieve a pass result on a pass/fail diagnostic skills test that assesses workplace readiness. |
| MECO6935 Professional Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6928 or MECO6932 or MECO6947 |
| MECO6932 Advanced Video/TV Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables including MECO6900 and MECO6924 N MECO6928 or MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6935 or MECO6947 |
| MECO6946 Industry Research Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables and (MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6928 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 or MECO6947) |
| MECO6947 Advanced Audio Project |
6 | P 48 credit points from Digital Communication and Culture or Media Practice or Health Communication or Strategic Public Relations or Publishing degree tables, including MECO6941 N MECO6904 or MECO6905 or MECO6928 or MECO6932 or MECO6935 |
Electives |
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| ARIN6902 Digital Policy and Governance |
6 | |
| ARIN6903 Digital Media and Society |
6 | |
| ARIN6905 Digital Audiences and Creators |
6 | |
| ARIN6906 Emerging Technologies and Issues |
6 | |
| BETH5203 Public Health Ethics |
6 | N BETH5206 |
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | |
| EDPK5003 Developing a Research Project |
6 | |
| FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | N PUBH5018 |
| FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health |
6 | N PUBH5505 or BACH5255 or QUAL5005 |
| FMHU5004 Qualitative Analysis and Writing in Health |
6 | A Students should have an understanding of qualitative research as this unit does not cover research design or data collection. Students looking for an introductory level unit should take FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health. P FMHU5003 or PUBH5505 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or GLOH5201 N PUBH5506 |
| GCST5910 Health, Pleasure and Consumption |
6 | |
| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | |
| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 | MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 | MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 | For 2020 only, this unit will be a substitute for the MHL core units, LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care or LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LNGS7002 Language, Society and Power |
6 | |
| LNGS7006 Cross-Cultural Communication |
6 | |
| LNGS7504 Medical Discourse |
6 | |
| MECO6900 News Writing |
6 | |
| MECO6901 Media Relations |
6 | |
| MECO6908 Strategy Selection in Corporate PR |
6 | |
| MECO6915 Writing Feature Stories |
6 | |
| MECO6926 International Media Practice |
6 | |
| MECO6936 Social Media Communication |
6 | |
| MECO6939 Research Methods |
6 | C MECO6904 |
| MECO6940 Theoretical Traditions and Innovations |
6 | C MECO6904 |
| MECO6941 Podcasting |
6 | |
| MECO6942 Managing Social Media Communities |
6 | |
| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | |
| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 Note: While not compulsory, attendance (by zoom or face to face) at the five half-day workshops is strongly encouraged, as this enables students to yarn with and ask questions directly of the Aboriginal guest lecturers. |
| PUBH5121 Environmental Health |
6 | |
| PUBH5145 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health |
6 | A MPH core units N PUBH5114 or PUBH5115 |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | |
| PUBH5426 Vaccines in Public Health |
6 | A Understanding of basic health sciences and related concepts. Students should have a Bachelor's degree in a health related discipline P PUBH5010 or (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002) |
| PUBH5430 Public Health Advocacy |
6 | |
| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | |
| SCWK6910 Working with Communities |
6 | |
| SEXH5410 Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion |
6 | |
| SSPS6004 Social Research Ethics |
6 | N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003 |
| Students are advised to consult the Degree Director before enrolling in the units below. | ||
| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester. |
| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | |
| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | |
| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | |
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