The Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion is an 18-unit program offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health.
The program can be undertaken full-time in one semester subject to availability of the relevant topics. It can also be undertaken part-time in two to four consecutive semesters.
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification and have their candidature approved by the Dean (Education).
The Graduate Certificate articulates with the Master of Public Health program and credit is normally given for appropriate topics completed in the graduate certificate.
The Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion aims to provide students with health promotion knowledge and skills to incorporate the principles of public health/primary health care into specific fields of practice in order to reduce inequalities in health care access and health outcomes.
At completion of the course students will have:
knowledge:
skills:
application of knowledge and skills:
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP of better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
PHCA9507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)
Plus
PHCA9501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units) AND
PHCA9514 Action on Social Determinants of Health (4.5 units)
OR
PHCA9505 Primary Health Care Practice in Developing Countries (9 units)
plus any 4.5 units of PHCA topic offered in the Master of Public Health to make up the required 18 units*
*With the permission of the Course Coordinator, students may be permitted to undertake other appropriate option topics.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 18 units or more, or the award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
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