International Public Health
This information is for guidance only.
The requirements and progression rules for your study program will be in the Sydney Medical School Handbook.
International public health looks at public health issues in various international settings, with an emphasis on developing and emerging countries.
Course Structure
Credit points required for each program of study
| Master | Graduate Diploma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Units | 24 | Core Units | 24 |
| Elective Units | 24 | Elective Units | 12 |
| Total | 48 | Total | 36 |
Core Units
Both study programs require the same core units to be completed.
The core units are offered in Semester 1.
|
Unit of study code |
Unit of study name |
Credit point |
Core Units |
Delivery mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available in Semester 1 | ||||
| MIPH5131 | Foundations of International Health |
6CP |
Master, Grad Dip |
F |
| MIPH5132 | Disease Priorities and Social Methods |
6CP |
Master, Grad Dip |
F |
| PUBH5010 | Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6CP |
Master, Grad Dip |
F, B, O |
| PUBH5018 | Introductory Biostatistics |
6CP |
Master, Grad Dip |
F, B, O |
| Key |
F = 'Face to Face' |
|||
Elective units
If you commence your studies in Semester 2, some elective units may not be available to you as the pre-requisites units are held in Semester 1.
| Unit of study code | Unit of study name | Credit point (CP) value |
Delivery mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Public Health electives: | |||
| MIPH5004 or MIPH5005 |
International Health Independent Study 1 or 2(Special Project) | 2CP or 4CP |
P |
| MIPH5008 | Travel and Tropical Medicine |
2CP |
F |
| MIPH5014 | International Health Promotion |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5112 | Global Communicable Disease Control |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5115 | Women's and Children's Health |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5116 | Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5117 | Diseases of Modernistation |
2CP |
F |
| MIPH5118 | Global Perspectives on HIV/AIDS |
4CP |
F, O |
| MIPH5124 | Health Issues and Humanitarian Emergencies |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5127 | Mental Disorders in Global Context |
2CP |
F |
| MIPH5135 | Health Systems in Developing Countries |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5136 | Nutrition in International Settings |
4CP |
F |
| MIPH5219 |
6CP |
F |
|
| Key |
F = 'Face to Face' |
||
Additional elective units
| Unit of study code | Unit of study name |
Credit point |
|---|---|---|
| BETH5203 | Ethics and Public Health |
6CP |
| DENT5013 | Preventive Dentistry |
6CP |
| DENT5014 | Dental Health Services |
6CP |
| DENT5015 | Population Oral Health |
6CP |
| LAWS6252 | Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System 6 |
6CP |
| LAWS6839 | Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6CP |
|
LAWS6848 |
New directions in Public Health Law |
6CP |
| SEXH5008 | Sex & Society |
2CP |
| SEXH5101 | Public Health Aspects of STDs |
2CP |
| SEXH5102 | Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS |
2CP |
| SEXH5205 | Advanced Adolescent Sexual Health |
6CP |
| PSYC5011 | Applying Models of Health Behaviour |
6CP |