Students will attend and participate in seminars on contemporary public health topics given by the Convenor and invited guest speakers. In addition, students will present a seminar themselves on a contemporary public health issue.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply their knowledge and skills, acquired throughout the MPH program, to understanding, analysing and intervening in contemporary public health problems
- Analyse the core contributions of relevant disciplines and methods in addressing contemporary public health issues, and their strengths and weaknesses
- Draw lessons from public health successes and apply them to understanding and intervening in contemporary public health problems
- Assess contemporary public health issues from a variety of research, policy maker and stakeholder perspectives and analyse the relevance of these perspectives for successful intervention.
Other Information
Students enrolled in this course should have completed an undergraduate degree and the other core courses in the MPH, or equivalent experience. Students wishing to do this subject who do not have these prerequisites should contact the convener.
Indicative Assessment
Develop and present analyses of health-related, methodological and intervention aspects of contemporary public health issues (70%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Undertake effective peer-review of other student contributions (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Discussion participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
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The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
Semester 2, 2015: 3 contact hours plus 7 hours of preparation per week
Online pre-reading and viewing of pre-recorded lectures and other preparation for contact time is a core part of this course. Attendance and participation in weekly sessions on Thursday afternoons is also required.
Prescribed Texts
There is no prescribed text. Weekly readings will be available online.
Assumed Knowledge
Basic epidemiology, biostatistics and qualitative methods and familiarity with health policy.
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3894 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $5190 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9016 | 18 Jul 2016 | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 28 Oct 2016 | In Person | N/A |