Master of Veterinary Public Health (MC-VPH) // Course structure
About this course
Coordinator
Dr Simon Firestone
vet-publichealth@unimelb.edu.au
Contact
Prospective students:
http://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/about/contact
Currently enrolled students:
Course structure
This course is comprised of 13 compulsory subjects, which are typically completed sequentially.
The remaining 25 points (to make up the total 200 points for the course) can be taken by completing pre-approved electives, which may be taken in other faculties or schools (such as the Graduate School of Management or the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health), and in other relevant approved graduate programs in veterinary public health.
Students typically enrol in this course on a part-time basis. A full-time study option is available
Subject options
Core subjects
Thirteen subjects (Total 175 credit points).
The availability of each subject within a given year will depend on class enrolments.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETS90083 | Selection & Interpretation of Lab Tests | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| VETS90084 | Communication in Disease Emergencies | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90085 | Management in Disease Emergencies | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90086 | Epidemiology of Epidemics | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| VETS90087 | Transboundary Animal Diseases | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90088 | Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir Disease | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| VETS90089 | Eradicable Diseases | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| VETS90090 | Diseases of Poultry & Aquatic Industries | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90091 | Structuring Emergency Disease Responses | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90092 | Disease Investigation at Farm Level | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| VETS90093 | Outbreak Assessment at Population Level | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90094 | Outbreak Response | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| VETS90095 | Simulation Exercise | Not available in 2019 | 25 |
Elective subjects
Plus 25 points of Electives.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETS90029 | Vet Public Health Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| VETS90044 | Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| VETS90045 | Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90093 | Economic Evaluation 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90094 | Health Economics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90095 | Economic Evaluation 2 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90144 | Linear & Logistic Regression | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90217 | Foundations of Public Health | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90229 | Health Economics 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90230 | Planetary and Global Health | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90271 | Infectious Diseases Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020