Global Utilities

La Trobe University
University Handbook 2012

Graduate Certificate in Public Health and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health

Course code/s: Melbourne (HCPHE), Melbourne (HPPHE)

Coordinator: Dr Priscilla Robinson

Tel: (03) 9285 5269

Email: priscilla.robinson@latrobe.edu.au

The Graduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma are not offered as an option, however, students enrol who enrol in the Master of Public Health but for various reasons cannot complete, may be eligible for a Graduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health.

Course structure

Graduate certificate

 
Teaching period Subject code Subject title Credit Points
TE-SEM-1 PHE5EPI Epidemiology and Demography 15
TE-SEM-1 PHE5IST Introduction to Biostatistics 15
TE-SEM-1 PHE5POL Public Health Policy 15
TE-SEM-2 PHE5SCP Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health 15

Postgraduate diploma

Core
 
Teaching period Subject code Subject title Credit Points
TE-SEM-1 PHE5EPI Epidemiology and Demography 15
TE-SEM-1 PHE5IST Introduction to Biostatistics 15
TE-SEM-1 PHE5EBP Evidence Based Public Health 15
TE-SEM-2 PHE5SCP Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health 15
TE-SEM-1 PHE5POL Public Health Policy 15
plus three electives from Public Health 45

The requirements for completing the Graduate Certificate (four subjects as listed above) and Postgraduate Diploma (the same four subjects plus Evidence-Based Public Health, as well as a further three elective subjects) are as listed above. Elective subjects from elsewhere in the University will need to be approved by the Course Coordinator.