This course equips you with contemporary public health practice, addressing both traditional and emerging issues affecting communities and the environment.
You’ll gain conceptual knowledge and develop practical skills to support public health efforts across educational, organisational, socio-economic, environmental, and political areas. Topics include areas such as infectious disease control, environmental health policies, and mental health advocacy. The course provides a solid foundation in key public health topics, with content structured to support your learning progressively.
In your second year, you can either conduct research with an academic supervisor or focus on enhancing your leadership and practical skills.
What you’ll learn
- Apply specialised knowledge, including recent developments and research principles, to public health practice
- Reflect critically on theoretical knowledge, public health scholarship, advocacy and professional practice
- Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information and problems that impact public health outcomes
- Interpret theoretical ideas, methodologies, and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Evaluate the applicability of existing and emerging technologies for public health practice
- Apply knowledge and skills to new situations, fostering continuous learning
- Critically evaluate the impact of environmental, geographical, institutional and cultural factors on public health outcomes
- Understand and apply principles of social justice in public health practice
- Demonstrate a high level of personal autonomy and accountability when interacting with diverse individuals, communities and organisations as an advocate/champion of public health.
Why Master of Public Health?
- This course will teach you how to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate public health programs across different settings
- You’ll explore public health challenges in both developed and developing countries, learning how to measure and address these issues
- The curriculum is designed from a global public health perspective where you’ll be collaborating with peers from all over the world, and will be taught by highly qualified and experienced teaching staff.
You can exit the course early with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Public Health after completing specific units. Other certificate or diploma options may also be available.
There is an optional fieldwork component in this course
Location |
Perth, Malaysia |
Study Method |
Full-time |
Study Mode |
On-campus |
Intake |
February or July |
Duration |
1/2 – 1 Year (Graduate Certificate in Public Health)2 Year (Master of Public Health) |
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This page was last updated on 17 November 2023