Master of Public Health - Master of Global Development
Handbook year | Information valid for students commencing in 2024. |
Course Code | 122204 |
Course type | Masters Degree (Coursework) (AQF Level 9) |
Owner | Academy |
College | Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences Arts, Society and Education |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | Completion of an AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline, from this or another university; or Other qualifications or practical experience recognised by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Academy as equivalent to the above; or Submission, as an exceptional case, of other evidence of professional and academic attainments, including employment for a minimum of five years in health related activities. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection. In assessing applications the following will be considered: prior academic performance and prior relevant work experience. |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy. |
| Additional selection requirements | Information published by JCU or otherwise made available to students when applying, may specify additional criteria to be considered in ranking applicants in order of merit if the number of applications exceeds a quota or other limit on the places made available for the course. Information provided by applicants during the application process and any other information obtained by JCU in the application process may be used by JCU to rank applicants in order of merit by reference to those additional criteria. |
Post admission | For external delivery option, computer and internet access is required. Must achieve a GPA of 5 or above in the first year of study to be eligible to undertake the Global Development 12 credit point research thesis. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 48 credit points as per course structure |
Course learning outcomes | Upon successful completion of the Master of Public Health – Master of Global Development, graduates will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Postgraduate Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Master of Global Development. |
Reasonable adjustments | All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5513:03 Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy
TM5515:03 Epidemiology for Public Health
TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health
TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5552:03 Global Health and Development
:03 Development in Practice
:03 Critical Issues in Global Development
:03 Community Development or :03 Environmental and Regional Planning or :03 Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
:03 Equitable Development and Social Change
:03 Asia Pacific Development: Culture and Globalisation
:03 Politics and Foreign Relations
PLUS
Select Option 1 (Coursework), Option 2 (Research) or Option 3 (Placement and Coursework)
OPTION 1 (COURSEWORK)
Select 6 credit points of subjects from List 1 and 6 credit points of subjects from List 2
OPTION 2 (RESEARCH)
Select 12 credit points of subjects from List 3
OPTION 3 (PLACEMENT AND COURSEWORK)
Select TM5571:03 Public Health Placement or :03 Professional Placement
PLUS
Select 9 credit points of subjects from List 1 or List 2
PLIST 1
Disaster Resilience, Conservation and Natural Resource Management
:03 Conservation Biology
:03 Population and Community Ecology
:03 Technological Applications in Ecology
:03 Restoration Ecology
:03 Wildlife Ecology and Management
:03 Marine Conservation Biology
:03 Economics and Sustainable Resource Management
:03 Human Dimensions of Nature, Environment and Conservation
:03 International Environmental Policy and Governance
:03 Principles and Practices of Protected Area Management
:03 Disasters, Communities and Planning
:03 Leadership in Disaster Management
:03 Natural Resource Management
Public Health
:03 Tropical Public Health
:03 Environmental Health
:03 Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
:03 Global Health and Development
:03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
:03 Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy
:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
:03 Disaster Health Management
:03 Public Health Economics
Sustainable Development Planning and Policy
:03 Climate Change and Biodiversity
:03 Environmental and Regional Planning
:03 Environmental Economics
:03 Sustainability in Practice
:03 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
:03 Urban Geography and Design
:03 Research Methods for Global Development
:03 Economics for a Sustainable World
:03 Policy Analysis and Management
:03 Sustainable Tourism Management
:03 Social Policy Analysis
Indigenous Futures
IA5013:03 Indigenous Australians
IA5022:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People as Colonial Subjects
IA5029:03 Comparative Indigenous Studies
IA5030:03 Navigating the Cultural Interface
Economics, Governance and Social Change
:03 Cost Benefit Analysis
:03 Econometrics and Big Data Analysis
:03 Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
:03 Macroeconomic Policy
:03 Economics of Social Policy
:03 Economics and Sustainable Resource Management
:03 Regional Environmental History
:03 Corporate Responsibility and Governance
:03 International Political Economy
:03 Shifting Geopolitical Environments in Emerging States
:03 Political Communication; Ecology and Environmentalism
Development Leadership and Management
:03 Design Thinking Principles
:03 Career Planning
:03 Leadership Futures
:03 State Society and Governance
:03 Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution
:03 Conflict Analysis
:03 Conflict Resolution Processes
:03 Ethical Decision Making and Reflective Practice
:03 People in Organisations
:03 Cross-Cultural Leadership
:03 Negotiation
:03 Facilitative Mediation Practice
:03 Sustainable Conflict Management
:03 Leadership and Management Skills
:03 Professional Placement
List 2
HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals
HS5555:03 Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Settings
HS5800:03 Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
HS5801:03 Health Coaching and Behaviour Change
HS5802:03 Models of Care and Communication Strategies for Lifestyle Medicine
HS5803:03 Lifestyle Medicine Assessment and Prescription
IA5013:03 Indigenous Australians
IA5022:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People as Colonial Subjects
IA5029:03 Comparative Indigenous Studies
IA5030:03 Navigating the Cultural Interface
MI5000:03 Clinical Epidemiology
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5503:03 Human Parasitology
TM5506:03 Social Science in Public Health
TM5508:03 Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5510:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
TM5512:03 Travel Medicine
TM5514:03 Environmental Health
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5524:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Tropical Health Practitioners
TM5526:03 Public Health Economics
TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5529:03 Applied Health Economics
TM5534:03 Tropical Paediatrics
TM5536:03 Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
TM5540:03 Public Health and the Workplace
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
:03 Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation
TM5557:03 Disaster Health Management
TM5560:03 Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5562:03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5569:03 Health Promotion Strategies and Methods
TM5571:03 Public Health Placement
TM5573:03 Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
TM5575:03 Substance Misuse Prevention
TM5576:03 Adult Secondary Retrievals
TM5577:03 Paediatric and Neonatal Retrievals
TM5578:03 Emerging Public Health Threats
TM5580:03 Health and Nutrition in the Tropics
TM5581:03 Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
TM5582:03 Tropical Toxinology
TM5600:03 Introduction to One Health
TV5120:03 Advanced Microbiology and Immunology
TV5121:03 Infectious Diseases of Livestock
TV5130:03 Advances in Veterinary Parasitology
TV5230:03 Advanced Epidemiology
List 3
:03 Research Methods for Global Development
HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals
TM5527:03 Project
TM5549:06 Dissertation 1
TM5310:09 Dissertation 2
TM5524:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Public Tropical Practitioners
TM5601:03 Qualitative Research Methods for One Health Professionals
Location
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
JCU Cairns | |
JCU Townsville | |
External |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Maximum time to complete | 10 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 years Please refer to the Coursework Enrolment Procedure |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Course includes mandatory fieldwork | No |
Special assessment requirements | Must achieve a GPA of 5 or above in the first year of study to be eligible to undertake the Global Development 12 credit point research thesis. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for exemption for previous tertiary study where appropriate in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure. Credit may be granted for AQF Level 8 qualifications in a cognate discipline. |
Maximum allowed | 6 credit points except where a student transfers from one JCU award to another, then credit may be granted for more than two-thirds of the new award, where there is subject equivalence between the awards |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 18 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | Not applicable |
Award Details
Award title | MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH – MASTER OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT |
Approved abbreviation | MPH-MGlobDev |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not applicable |
Exit with lesser award | Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 12 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Graduate Certificate of Public Health Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the relevant number of credit points and appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive one of the following awards: * Graduate Certificate of Global Development * Graduate Diploma of Global Development |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Special awards | Students may receive an Award of Recognition in accordance with the Recognition of Academic Excellence Procedure |