Temple in India. Photo: B Snell
CRICOS Code 030778A
The main aim of the Graduate Diploma in International Health is to provide students with the skills to design, implement and evaluate the relevant programs that address the major public health priorities of communities in developing countries and among Australian Aboriginals. Public health issues will be presented in the broader context of economic and social development, stressing cultural, political, gender and environmental influences, and the impact of armed conflict and population migration. The course will focus on maternal and child health, communicable disease control, nutrition, health promotion, health service delivery, environmental health and emergency preparedness and response.
During the course, students should develop the skills required to implement health initiatives and to influence relevant people. Above all, graduates should demonstrate a continuing will to critically evaluate their own efforts and the efforts of others toward the achievement of better health for employees and their community.
Course Structure:
Full time (1 year @ 4 units per semester) / Part-time ( 2 years @ 2 units per semester). Students need to complete 8 units in total comprising of 4 core units + 4 electives units.
Core Units:
- MPH 1040 Introductory epidemiology
- MPH 1041 Introductory Biostatitics
- MPH 2048 Primary Health Care in Developing Countries
- MPH 2049 Field Methods for International Health Planning & Evaluation
Elective Units (Select 4):
- MPH 2050 Health of women & children in developing countries
- MPH 2051 Communicable disease control in developing countries
- MPH 2053 Public health in refugee settings
- MPH 2054 Nutritional issues in developing countries
- MPH 2055 Health ethics and human rights
- MPH 2057 Aboriginal Health
- MPH 2058 Managing community-based HIV programs in developing countries
- MPH 2082 Health Communication & Training: Participatory Methods for Resource Poor Settings
- ECX 9750 Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries
Students may also choose to cross-enrol at the following Melbourne University units:
- 505-691 International Adolescent Health
- 505-692 Disability in Developing Countries
Fees 2009 (local students only)
Full fee-paying rate is $16,040 per full time year (8 units).Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) and Higher Education Loan Programs (HELP) are also available. Click here for further information
Or contact Monash Fees Office: +61 3 9902 6011or Email: fees.unit@adm.monash.edu.au
Website: http://monash.edu/fees/