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Global Health
Master of Public HealthInformal specialisationYear: 2025
Global Health
Overview
Students taking subjects from this specialisation will be trained to work in reducing global health inequity. Students will learn about common health challenges occurring across the globe, and how to work in partnership to develop innovative solutions for health inequity across low, middle- and high-income countries. Within this specialisation students have the opportunity to focus on the health of different populations (i.e. women, children, adolescents or people with a disability), and/or to focus on specific approaches to health (e.g. human rights, primary health care, or health promotion), and or to focus on specific global health issues (ie. non-communicable diseases, communicable diseases, or mental health). Possible roles in the field include government health officer, government health technical advisor, program officer, consultant technical advisor, global health researcher, community development officer. Organisations that employ people in the global health field include government ministries of health and foreign affairs, international non-government organisations, United Nations Agencies, development banks, global health, development and research consulting firms; and community-based organisations focused on health equity and development.
Last updated: 13 February 2025
Structure
Standard 200 Point Program (no Advanced Standing):
SIX core subjects and NINE elective subjects and the Capstone Selective POPH90227 Public Health in Practice OR
SIX core subjects, EIGHT elective subjects and either a Research Project or Professional Practice unit
175 Point Pathway:
SIX core subjects and SEVEN elective subjects and the Capstone Selective POPH90227 Public Health in Practice OR
SIX core subjects, SIX elective subjects and either a Research Project or Professional Practice unit
150 Point Pathway:
SIX core subjects and FIVE elective subjects and the Capstone Selective POPH90227 Public Health in Practice OR
SIX core subjects and FOUR elective subjects and either a Research Project or Professional Practice unit
Subject Options
Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90217 | Foundations of Public Health | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90013 | Biostatistics |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POPH90218 | Public Health Leadership and Management | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90231 | Qualitative Research in Public Health |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POPH90274 | Prioritising & Planning in Public Health | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Highly Recommended Electives
Students cannot enrol in both POPH90137 and POPH90131. They must choose to enrol in only one of these.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90209 | Comparative Health Systems | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90247 | Non Communicable Disease & Global Health | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90244 | Health and Human Rights | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90131 | Primary Health Care: applied principles | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Other Recommended Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90189 | Health Program Design & Implementation | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90020 | Health Promotion | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90230 | Planetary and Global Health | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90310 | Putting One Health into Practice | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90275 | Population Mental Health | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90291 | Indigenous Health in a Global Context | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90301 | Pandemic Preparedness and Response | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability in Policy and Practice | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90303 | Climate Change and Health | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90304 | Sustainability and Healthcare | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90191 | Practice of Public Health Leadership | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Capstone
There are three Capstone options to choose from - please refer to the Course Entry for detailed information on each of these:
- Research Project
- Professional Practice Unit
- Capstone selective subject & an additional elective
Last updated: 13 February 2025