Federation University Australia

Course Level

Graduate Diploma

Related Careers

Graduate Diploma of Public Health

With a strong emphasis on research, this course provides professionals from multidisciplinary backgrounds with enhanced skills to pursue a career in public health. Gain the knowledge and skills in relation to public health principles, values, ethics, research and practice for improving population health status locally and internationally. The Graduate Diploma of Public Health is a specialist postgraduate degree consisting of 120 credit points or equivalent eight courses and normally takes one year of full-time study (or longer subject to approval by the Course Coordinator).

Campus	Duration	Fees	ATAR
Berwick	Full-time - 1 years	N/A	N/A
Berwick	Full-time - 1 years	N/A	N/A
Mount Helen (Ballarat)	Full-time - 1 years	N/A	N/A
Mount Helen (Ballarat)	Full-time - 1 years	N/A	N/A
Online	Online/Off-campus - 1 years	N/A	N/A
Online	Online/Off-campus - 1 years	N/A	N/A

Structure

120 credit points over 1 year.

Subjects

Global health determinants
Introduction to public health
Epidemiology
Health promotion
Inquiry and analysis of literature
biostatistics
Indigenous health.

Entry requirements

The Graduate Diploma of Public Health is located at Level 8 of the Australian Qualifications Framework as a sub-course of Master of Public Health. Most students are admitted on the basis of successfully completing a Graduate Certificate level qualification (or equivalent), for which up to 60 credit points is available or significant public health related experience.