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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. Refer to the Veterinary Public Health website for further information on recommended study plans and subject sequences.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
VETS90083 | Selection & Interpretation of Lab Tests | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90084 | Communication in Disease Emergencies | August (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90085 | Management in Disease Emergencies | April (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90086 | Epidemiology of Epidemics | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90087 | Transboundary Animal Diseases | April (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90088 | Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir Disease | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90089 | Eradicable Diseases | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90090 | Diseases of Poultry & Aquatic Industries | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90091 | Structuring Emergency Disease Responses | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90092 | Disease Investigation at Farm Level | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90093 | Outbreak Assessment at Population Level | August (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90094 | Outbreak Response | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
VETS90095 | Simulation Exercise | Not available in 2020 | 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 | July (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: 5 January 2021