Overview 2020
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This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
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This program introduces and consolidates fundamental principles of public health in Australia and globally. It encourages students to think broadly about factors that affect health and wellbeing including social, environmental, cultural, economic, political and structural issues. It aims to provide students with advanced knowledge and skills to address challenges to public health through effective public health practice that is collaborative and multidisciplinary. Critical thinking, scientific and analytical competencies are emphasized throughout this course which builds core skills essential to health, health improvement and health services research, planning and evaluation of programs and policy formulation. The course then extends knowledge, skills and application into one of four specialist streams: Epidemiology, Environment and Food, Health Services or Remote and Polar Medicine. The public health graduate program has been developed in close collaboration with industry. This ensures that teaching is linked closely into current policy and practice and builds on the networks that are essential to effective public health practice.This program is relevant to those who work within public health as well as those wanting to move into the field of public health. The graduate diploma comprises coursework and involves specialisation into one of four streams which are Epidemiology, Environment and Food, Health Services and Remote and Polar Medicine.
Career outcomes
A career in Public Health can serve a variety of societal purposes, such as:
- Improving health
- Protecting health
- Maintaining and raising standards of health and social care
- Working with information (health intelligence)
- Working in academic Public Health (teaching and researching)
- Leading strategic planning, management and policy development.
As Public Health initiatives require inter-industry collaboration; people from a broad range of backgrounds can work in senior leadership and/or scientific roles in the field of Public Health. Just a fraction of career pathways include - exploring the spread of specific diseases amongst populations, developing new innovative technologies for mental health assessments, promoting safe and healthy nutrition.
A Master of Public Health also opens the door to further academic qualifications such as a PhD
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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