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Population and Global Health
Bachelor of Biomedicine (Degree with Honours)Informal specialisationYear: 2018
Overview
The Honours program in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health will provide students with skills and experience conducting research in an area of population and global health. Population Health researchers address questions designed to improve the health of populations in both Australia and globally, and use a range of approaches including for example; the analysis of population statistics; qualitative research with particular sub-groups in the population; analysis of legal and ethical issues in health, and; evaluation of health programs and policies.
Honours students will have the opportunity to join one of the many research groups within the School. The groups use the approaches described above to address diverse areas of health including; sexual health; indigenous health; mental health; men’s health; women’s health and disease prevention.
The opportunity to specialise provides a strong foundation for the future direction of Honours graduates, whether as a means of progressing to higher degree research at the Masters or PhD level, or improving the scope of employment options and professional advancement.
The course year starts in February and ends in November and is only available full time.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete Honours in Population and Global Health will have achieved:
- A Demonstrated ability to formulate population health research questions;
- Ability to apply ethical principles to the conduct of research with humans;
- Demonstrated expertise in all aspects of research design, including selection of populations, sampling approach, data collection methods and analysis;
- Apply critical and analytical skills to the identification and resolution of problems that arise in the conduct of population health research;
- Proficiency in accessing, searching and summarising published research in population health;
- Demonstrated skills in communicating the findings of a research project in written and oral form.
Last updated: 31 January 2025
Structure
100 credit points
Honours in Population and Global Health is a program of 100 credit points completed over 12 months full time (or part time equivalent) comprising of two (2) Advanced Coursework subjects and a Research Project.
Students must successfully complete the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BIOM40001 | Introduction To Biomedical Research | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND One subject selected from Masters level population and global health subjects (as directed by Honours Supervisor & Coordinator):
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90200 | Principles of Social Research Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90270 | Bioethics and Public Health | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90094 | Health Economics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND both of:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH40005 | Population Health Research Project 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
POPH40006 | Population Health Research Project 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
50 |
Last updated: 31 January 2025