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Master of Public Health (MCPHTH)	2011

SATAC Course Code	1CM009:1CM509
Course Code	MCPHTH
Faculty	INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Sector	HE
Standard full-time completion	1.5 year/s
Standard part-time completion	3 year/s
Total Credit Points Required	120



	About the Course
	Admission Requirements
	Credit Transfer and Pathways
	Course Structure
	Recommended Study Plan
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
	Course Fees

Availability

Open to School Leavers	No
Open to International Students	No
Available for Admission in	Semester 1 , Semester 2

Not Deferrable This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered

Year	Delivery Location	SATAC Code	Mode	Admin Location
2011	Casuarina Campus	1CM009:1CM509	M	Casuarina Campus
2011	Casuarina Campus	1CM009:1CM509	I	Casuarina Campus

Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.

About the Course
This course provides postgraduate level public health training that is particularly accessible to people working in Central and Northern Australia and neighbouring regions. It provides an opportunity for people to gain a sound introduction to public health and to study selected public health topics in some depth.

This course provides students with an understanding of the scope and principles of public health, advanced skills in interpreting health information and in interpreting and conducting basic health research, an understanding of the principles of health service management and planning, the opportunity to study a range of specific public health topics within the Indigenous Public Health and International and Tropical Public Health sequences together with the option of completing a thesis.

The course is offered on-line through distance education and compulsory attendance at a week-long residential school each semester.

Career opportunities for graduates include the non-government and government sector in areas of health administration; health policy development; environmental health; womens/mens health; health promotion; health economics; epidemiology/biostatistics; international health; alcohol and other drugs; communicable and non-communicable disease control.

Admission Requirements

Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Successful completion of a recognised bachelors degree of four years duration or equivalent.

Applicants with a three year degree should apply for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health - GDPH3/1GD004/1GD504

Additional Admission Requirements
All intending applicants must contact the Academic Administrator, Institute of Advanced Studies on (08) 8922 7873.

Credit Transfer and Pathways

Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education

Course Structure

There are two options within this course structure - completion through coursework only or a combination of coursework and research treatise. All students must complete the core units and may select specialist electives or a combination of specialist electives and the research treatise in consultation with staff from the Menzies School of Health Research.

Specialist elective units may be selected from two sequences:

Indigenous Public Health which comprises units with a distinct Indigenous Health focus and
International and Tropical Public Health which comprises units with an International or Tropical Health focus.

A candidate must successfully complete units totaling 120 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core units
(5 units)
50
Core Units totalling 50 credit points selected from units detailed below:

PHM567 Introduction to Public Health
PHM530 Sociology and Health
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
PHM552 Introduction to Epidemiology
PHM559 Health Policy
Specialist
Electives
(1unit)
10
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics OR
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
Research Project
40
An optional Research Treatise

PHM596 Reseach Treatise A
PHM597 Reseach Treatise B
Specialist Electives
(6 units)

OR

(2 units)
for Treatise students
60 or 20
PHM516 Indigenous Health and Social Change (next offered in 2011)
PHM517 Public Health Anthropology (next offered in 2011)
PHM550 Alcohol & Other Drug Issues Among Indigenous Australians
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
PHM554 Public Health Decision Making
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
PHM569 Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
PHM592 International Health and the Global Economy
PHM593 Tropical Child Health (next offered in 2011)
James Cook University Units
TM5002:03 Infectious Diseases
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5550:03 Rural and Remote Environmental Health (not offered in 2010)
TM5552:03 International Health Agencies and Development
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5514:03 Environmental Health
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
TM5558:03 Public Health and Bioterrorism
120
Total Credit Points

COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2009 and 2010
Students enrolled in this course prior to 2009 will note that some of the Specialist Elective units are no longer offered. Students who completed these units prior to 2009/2010 can count these units toward their award.

PHM522 Applied Nutritional Epidemiology
PHM560 Applied Biostatistics with STRATA

Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.

Recommended Study Plan

Students Commencing in Semester 1

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 2008 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students enrolling in a reduced or part time load should use these tables as a guide for planning an individual program of study.

Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

COURSEWORK OPTION
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
PHM567 Introduction to Public Health
CO
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
CO
PHM552 Introduction to Epidemiology
CO
PHM559 Health Policy
CO
Specialist Elective 1
SE
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics OR
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
CO
Specialist Elective 2
SE
Specialist Elective 3
SE
Year 2
PHM530 Sociology and Health
CO
Specialist Elective 4
SE
Specialist Elective 5
SE
Specialist Elective 6
SE
Indigenous Public Health Specialisation:
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
PHM550 Alcohol & Other Drug Issues Among Indigenous Australians
PHM554 Public Health Decision Making
PHM560 Applied Biostatistics with Stata (no longer available)
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
PHM569 Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
James Cook University Units
TM5550:03 Rural and Remote Environmental Health
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs International and Tropical Public Health Specialisation:
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
PHM560 Applied Biostatistics with Stata (no longer available)
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
PHM592 International Health and the Gobal Economy
PHM593 Tropical Child Health
James Cook University Units
TM5002:03 Infectious Diseases
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5552:03 International Health Agencies and Development
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5514:03 Human Health and Environmental Change
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5558:03 Public Health and Bioterrorism
RESEARCH TREATISE OPTION
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
PHM567 Introduction to Public Health
CO
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
CO
PHM552 Introduction to Epidemiology
CO
PHM559 Health Policy
CO
PHM530 Sociology and Health
CO
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics OR
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
SE
Specialist Elective 1
SE
Specialist Elective 2
SE
Year 2
PHM596 Research Treatise A
P
PHM597 Research Treatise B
P

Specialist Elective Unit Availability in 2010
Semester 1 - 2010
Semester 2 - 2010
Year 1
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
SE
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
SE
PHM569 Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
SE
PHM550 Alcohol & Other Drug Issues Among Indigenous Australians
SE
PHM592 International Health and the Global Economy
SE
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
SE
PHM554 Public Health Decision Making
SE
PHM559 Health Policy
SE
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
SE
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
SE

JCU Cross-Institutional Units JCU Cross-Institutional Units
TM5002:03 Infectious Diseases
SE
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
SE
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
SE
TM5514:03 Human Health and Environmental Change
SE
TM5550:03 Rural and Remote Environmental Health
SE
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
SE
TM5552:03 International Health Agencies and
Development
SE
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
SE
TM5558:03 Public Health and Bioterrorism
SE

Students Commencing in Semester 2

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 2008 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students enrolling in a reduced or part time load should use these tables as a guide for planning an individual program of study.

Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

COURSEWORK OPTION
Semester 2
Year 1
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
CO
PHM559 Health Policy
CO
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics OR
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
CO
Specialist Elective 1
SE
Year 2
PHM530 Sociology and Health
CO
Specialist Elective 3
SE
PHM567 Introduction to Public Health
CO
Specialist Elective 4
SE
PHM552 Introduction to Epidemiology
CO
Specialist Elective 5
SE
Specialist Elective 2
SE
Specialist Elective 6
SE
Indigenous Public Health Specialisation:
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
PHM550 Alcohol & Other Drug Issues Among Indigenous Australians
PHM554 Public Health Decision Making
PHM560 Applied Biostatistics with Stata (no longer available)
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
PHM569 Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
James Cook University Units
TM5550:03 Rural and Remote Environmental Health
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs International and Tropical Public Health Specialisation:
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
PHM560 Applied Biostatistics with Stata (no longer available)
PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
PHM592 International Health and the Gobal Economy
PHM593 Tropical Child Health
James Cook University Units
TM5002:03 Infectious Diseases
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5552:03 International Health Agencies and Development
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5514:03 Human Health and Environmental Change
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5558:03 Public Health and Bioterrorism
RESEARCH TREATISE OPTION
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
CO
PHM559 Health Policy
CO
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics OR
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
SE
Specialist Elective 1
SE
Year 2
PHM567 Introduction to Public Health
CO
PHM596 Research Treatise A
P
PHM552 Introduction to Epidemiology
CO
PHM597 Research Treatise B
P
PHM530 Sociology and Health
CO
Specialist Elective 1
SE

Specialist Elective (SE) units selected from the following:
Semester 2 - 2010
Year 1
PHM536 Health Systems Planning and Management
SE
PHM550 Alcohol & Other Drug Issues Among Indigenous Australians
SE
PHM553 Introduction to Biostatistics
SE
PHM554 Public Health Decision Making
SE
PHM559 Health Policy
SE
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease
SE
PHM588 Qualitative Research Methods
SE


Course Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places	Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Non-Commonwealth Supported Places	Full fee paying places are available in this course. Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011 Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.

Contact Details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:


Email:	courses@cdu.edu.au
Phone:	(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963