Program Requirements

 

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program consists of 48 units of coursework comprising:

• 24 units of core courses; and
• At least 6 units of quantitative electives; and
• 18 units of graduate level elective courses

The core courses are as follows:

• CHMD8004 Qualitative Methodologies for Health Research (6 units)
• POPH8100  Fundamentals of Epidemiology (6 units)
• MEDI8203 Introduction to Health Policy and Administration (6 units)
• MEDI8204 Contemporary Issues in Public Health (6 units); ideally students do this course in their final semester of the MPH

The quantitative electives must be selected from the following:

• DEMO8008 Principles of Population Analysis (6 units)
• MEDI8108  Principles of Health Economics and Financing (3 units) & MEDI8109  Health Technology Assessment (3 units)
• POPH8101 Biostatistics in Population Health (6 units)

The recommended elective course options are as follows:

• ANTH8046  Introduction to Australian Indigenous Development (6 units)
• CHMD8005 Representing Medicine (6 units)
• CHMD8006 Global Health and Development (6 units)
• CHMD8008 Medicine and Society in History (6 units)
• CHMD8009 Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Health Interventions (6 units)
• EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health and Development (6 units)
• IDEC8007  Aid and Development Policy (6 units)
• LAWS8237 Health, Law and Ethics (6 units)
• MEDI8111  Custodial Medicine (6 units)
• MEDN8000  Translational Medicine: from Discovery to Healthcare (6 units)
• MGMT7030 Management and Organisation (6 units)
• NSPO8001   Australia's National Security Community (6 units)
• NSPO8013  Disease, Security and Biological Weapons (6 units)
• POGO8029 Health Care Systems in a Globalising World (6 units)
• POPH8316 Outbreak Investigation (6 units)
• POPH8317 Public Health Surveillance (6 units)
• POPM8001 Mental Health (6 units)
• Students may choose to do more than 6 units of quantitative electives

With the approval of the MPH Program Convener, other electives can be chosen from postgraduate courses offered across ANU and other recognised universities. For example, see courses listed under the Master of Culture, Health and Medicine Program, Master of Translational Medicine, Master of Public Policy, Master of Environment and Master of Business Administration. Relevant courses offered by the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) (http://www.iaruni.org/) may also be selected.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.