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PUBH5134: Public Health Capstone

2025 unit information

This unit provides students with an opportunity to draw together and integrate their learning in the four key aspects of public health as reflected in their degree program - knowledge, values, actions and outcomes - and apply these to a project. The key aim is for students to undertake the sort of set of tasks they are likely to be required to do during their public health career - undertake a project, prepare a summary of it and communicate their findings to a knowledgeable but not expert audience. Students will undertake a focused assessment on a public health topic. This may be as part of a practical public health project or on area investigated primarily for the purposes of the capstone unit. The work will culminate in a presentation of the work at a School seminar attended by other capstone unit students and School academics, or the on-line equivalent of this. The projects will be identified by the unit coordinators; students will be able to choose from these projects depending on availability and suitability.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Public Health
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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30 credit points from (PUBH5010 and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002) and (FMHU5003 or PUBH5505 or BACH5255 or QUAL5005) and HPOL5000 and PUBH5033 and PUBH5036)
Corequisites:
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36 credit points from (PUBH5010 and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002) and (FMHU5003 or PUBH5505 or BACH5255 or QUAL5005) and HPOL5000 and PUBH5033 and PUBH5036)
Prohibitions:
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PUBH5034
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Apply knowledge and skills to an authentic work-related task in public health
  • LO2. Write a detailed report or other deliverable that meets the project’s requirements
  • LO3. Write a succinct and persuasive conference abstract
  • LO4. Deliver a succinct and persuasive conference presentation
  • LO5. Work independently and engage in self-directed learning
  • LO6. Provide support to team members as appropriate.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2024
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2025
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2025
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2020
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 Early 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 Early 2020
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2021
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2021
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2022
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2022
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2023
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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