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Public Health: Graduate Certificate in Public Health

  • Graduate Certificate

This course equips students with practical skills to address public health challenges across various domains. It is designed for health professionals aiming to enhance their expertise or transition into public health roles.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 semester full-time
Course Code
GC-PUBHL, 079914E
Intake Months
Mar, Jul
Domestic Fees
$4,100 per year
International Fees
$22,514 per year / $22,514 total

About this course

Overview

Our course will teach students a range of practical skills to support public health action across educational, organisational, socio-economic, environmental and political domains to improve population health.

This fully online, multidisciplinary course is designed for health professionals seeking to develop their skills and knowledge in public health, while continuing to work. If you already work in public health, or want to move into this field, this course can prepare you for advancement in your organisation or field, providing you with practical skills and helping you to broaden your knowledge and skill set.

Entry requirements

Admission criteria

What you need in order to get into this course. There are different pathway options depending on your level of work and education experience.

Specifically, applicants require an undergraduate degree from a tertiary institution preferably in a health science area, education, behavioural sciences, social sciences or management. Satisfying the admission requirements enables an applicant to be considered for admission, but does not guarantee an offer of admission to the program.

Admission into program is at the discretion of the course coordinator/School and is dependent on a number of considerations including the applicant's academic background and work experience along with assessment of supplementary information provided by the applicant.

English requirements

Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.

IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)

  • Writing: 6.0
  • Speaking: 6.0
  • Reading: 6.0
  • Listening: 6.0
  • Overall band score: 6.5

What you will learn

What you'll learn

  • apply discipline specific knowledge in an area of public health
  • think critically in problem solving and decision making
  • access and use information technology to access, evaluate and interpret public health data and transform information to complete a range of activities
  • communicate effectively in various settings and/or for different audiences within the context of public health activities
  • use current technologies applicable to public health
  • demonstrate responsibility for personal outputs
  • explain how different national contexts impact on the health of individuals and communities
  • demonstrate an awareness of the impact of inequities and social disadvantage on the health of individuals and community
  • demonstrate the ability to work effectively as an individual and within a team environment

Credit for prior study or work

Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

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How to apply

How to apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice

  • Curtin Perth
  • Curtin University Malaysia

Please note that each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.

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