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Graduate Certificate in Health Policy and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Policy

Course code/s: Melbourne (HCHPO), Melbourne (HPHPO)

Please note that a Master of Health Sciences with a major in Health Policy is also available for students who may wish to expand this study program.

These courses are designed for those with an interest in health policy or whose work requires policy skills, or for those seeking skills that may support a career shift. This program assists students to understand the changing contexts of policy making, to analyse policy and to participate in policy making and policy advocacy in their fields. Domestic students who enorl in the Graduate Certificate may apply to progress to the Master of Health Sciences. The Graduate Certificate will be subsumed upon completion of the higher qualification. It is possible to exit from the Master of Health Sciences with a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Policy or a Graduate Certificate in Health Policy.

Further information can be found at www.latrobe.edu.au/courses/health-policy/postgraduate or www.latrobe.edu.au/health/areas-of-study/public-health/health-policy/postgraduate.

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 course, students are usually required to complete four subjects from the group one list (below).

Course structure – Postgraduate Diploma

From 2012 the Postgraduate Diploma is Health Policy will not be offered for direct admission. Students are encouraged to consider the Master of Health Sciences program.