The Graduate Diploma in Public Health is an EXIT POINT only course for the Master of Public Health.

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health, a student must complete 36 units comprising one core topic and 27 units of electives, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board, the program must be completed full-time in two consecutive semesters or part-time within six consecutive semesters.

Core - Year 1 topic

 PHCA8501  Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing  (9 units)

Plus 27 units of elective topics selected from the follwoing:

 MHSC8111  Managing Chronic Conditions - Self-Management Support Approaches  (4.5 units)
 MHSC8112  Perspectives on Chronic Diseases Management  (4.5 units)
 MHSC8114  The Persons Experience of Self Management  (4.5 units)
 HACM9100  Managing People  (4.5 units)
 HACM9101  Managing Organisations  (4.5 units)
 HACM9102  Financial Management in Health Care  (4.5 units)
 HACM9201  Health Law  (4.5 units)
 HACM9204  Health Economics  (4.5 units)
 PHCA8502  Qualitative Research Methods  (9 units)
 PHCA8504  Social Determinants of Indigenous Health  (9 units)
 PHCA8505  Primary Health Care Practice in Developing Countries  (9 units)
 PHCA8506  Program Planning and Evaluation in Public Health  (9 units)
 PHCA8507  Health Promotion in Public Health  (4.5 units)
 PHCA8508  Food Policy for Public Health Practice  (4.5 units)
 PHCA8509  Public Health Practice Development  (9 units)
 PHCA8510  Leadership and the New Public Health  (4.5 units)
 PHCA8511  Social Statistics in Public Health  (9 units)
 PHCA8516  Introduction to Cancer Prevention (4.5 units)
 PHCA8517  Undertaking Translational Research in Cancer Prevention (4.5 units)