Graduate certificates and postgraduate diploma courses
Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion – Melbourne (City) (HCHP)
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion – Melbourne (City) (HPHP)
Coordinator: Associate Professor Rae Walker
Tel: (03) 9479 5875 or 9479 1750
Email: r.walker@latrobe.edu.au or phe.postgrad@latrobe.edu.au
Duration: Graduate Certificate: 1 year part-time
Postgraduate Diploma: 2-5 years part-time
A typical student undertaking these courses will be a health professional with an interest in developing health promotion in their current work context, or seeking skills that will support a shift in career. Students may be working in the hospital or community health care sectors, or work for almost any kind of health sector agency (i.e. aged care, women’s health, local government and drug and alcohol services). We are very aware of the reforms in health and community services, and we pay particular attention to the broader issue of collaboration and issues facing people working with the primary care partnerships and those with an interest in the prevention of ill health and chronic disease.
Students have the opportunity to develop skills in health promotion planning and program delivery, evaluation and needs assessment and inter-organisational work with partners.
The emphasis is on developing new skills that assist students to develop the health education and health promotion aspects of their profession or to move into the field of health promotion and illness prevention.
Admission requirements
Prospective students for the graduate certificate and postgraduate diploma are usually required to hold a degree or equivalent. Applicants with relevant experience may be permitted entry into the graduate certificate or single subjects.
Course structure – graduate certificate
The graduate certificate will normally be undertaken part-time over one year. In order to complete the graduate certificate, students are required to complete four subjects. Subject choice is flexible. Each student’s program is developed in consultation with the course coordinator. Three subjects may be chosen from the following: PHE4IHP, PHE4PHG, PHE4PHP, plus one subject chosen from other postgraduate diploma subjects (listed below). Students who enrol in the graduate certificate may apply to progress to the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion. The graduate certificate will be subsumed upon completion of the postgraduate diploma.
Course structure – postgraduate diploma
The course is normally undertaken on a part-time basis over two to five years, but may be undertaken full-time over one year. It is possible to undertake the postgraduate diploma and graduate certificate by distance education mode.
First year (if part-time)
| Teaching period | Subject code | Subject title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1/2 | PHE4IHP | Introduction to Health Promotion | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4AHS | The Australian Health Care System | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HDD | Health Data for Decision Making | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4HDE | Health data for Decision Making – Skills Enhancement | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1/2 | PHE4PHG | Health Development Through Groups | 15 |
Second year (if part-time)
| Teaching period | Subject code | Subject title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HOR Elective1 | Healthy Organisations | 15 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE4PHP | Public Health Promotion | 15 |
| plus one of the following: | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HPP | Health Promotion Project2 | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE4HFP | Health Promotion Field Practice2 | 15 |
Key: 1 Any other postgraduate elective offered in the School of Public Health.
2 Students may negotiate with the Course Coordinator to take a second elective subject instead of the project or field practice subject.