Program Requirements

The Master of Culture, Health and Medicine requires completion of 96 units, which must consist of:

12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses

CHMD8004 Qualitative Methodologies for Health Research

CHMD8014 Perspectives on Culture, Health and Medicine

 

A minimum of 6 units from completion of health courses from the following list:

CHMD8009 Anthropological Approaches to Health Interventions

CHMD8010 Anthropological Concepts for Health Research: From Risk to Suffering

 

A maximum of 30 units from completion of applied culture, health and medicine courses from the following list:

ANTH8007 Key Concepts in Anthropology of Development

ANTH8009 Development in Practice

ANTH8014 Mining, Community and Society

ANTH8038 Critical Issues in Gender and Development

ANTH8042 Migration, Refugees and Development

ANTH8044 Land Rights and Resource Development (Advanced)

ASIA8048 Disasters and Epidemics in Asia and the Pacific

BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World

CHMD8001 Directed Readings in Culture, Health and Medicine

CHMD8005 Representing Medicine: Performance, Drama and Identity

CHMD8006 Global Health and Development

CHMD8008 Medicine and Society in History

CHMD8011 Refugee Health: From Displacement to Resettlement

CHMD8013 Life, Waste and Sustainability

CHMD8019 Culture, Health, Medicine Internship

CHMD8020 The Future of Food and Human Health

CHMD8021 Indigenous Medicines, Health and Healing

CHMD8022 Biotechnologies in Biomedicine

DEMO8048 Gender and Population

EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health and Development

HIST8018 A Globalising World

HIST8023 History Incorporated: Early Modern Bodies, 1550-1750

IDEC8007 Aid and Development Policy

INDG8001 Australian Indigenous Development

INDG8002 Australian Indigenous Development (Advanced)

INDG8003 Understanding Indigenous Wellbeing: Demographic and Socioeconomic Change

LAWS8237 Health Law and Bioethics

MEDI8111 Custodial Medicine Elective

MEDI8116 Public Health disasters, catastrophes and recovery

NSPO8013 Disease, Security and Biological Weapons

PASI8004 Pacific Health Challenges and Strategies: Politics, Culture and Development

POGO8029 Health Policy in a Globalising World

POPH8103 Introduction to Health Service Research and Policy

POPH8104 Contemporary Issues in Public Health

POPH8108 Social Determinants of Health

POPH8318 Human Health, Environment and Climate Change

POPH8918 Life Course Approaches to Human Ageing

POPM8001 Mental Health

SCOM8014 Communicating Science with the Public

 

24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.

Study Options

Admission Requirements

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0

Cognate Disciplines

Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, Biological Sciences, Education, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, International Relations, Law, Language and Literature, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physiotherapy, Politics, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work, Sociology.

English Language Requirements

All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students.

Assessment of Qualifications

Unless otherwise indicated, ANU will accept all Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications or international equivalents that meet or exceed the published admission requirements of our programs, provided all other admission requirements are also met. Where an applicant has more than one completed tertiary qualification, ANU will base assessment on the qualification that best meets the admission requirements for the program. Find out more about the Australian Qualifications Framework: www.aqf.edu.au

ANU uses a 7-point Grade Point Average (GPA) scale. All qualifications submitted for admission at ANU will be converted to this common scale, which will determine if an applicant meets our published admission requirements. Find out more about how a 7-point GPA is calculated for Australian universities: www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/admission-criteria/tertiary-qualifications

Unless otherwise indicated, where an applicant has more than one completed tertiary qualification, ANU will calculate the GPA for each qualification separately. ANU will base assessment on the best GPA of all completed tertiary qualifications of the same level or higher.

Application for course credits

Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units (one semester) of credit. Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Bachelor degree with Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 48 units (one year) of credit. 

 

 

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are.  Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

Employment Opportunities

The MCHAM will advance your career in health-related fields in development, policy and education, in government, non-government, and international organisations, and can lead to further PhD research.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of a Master of Culture, Health and Medicine, graduates will be able to:

1. engage in informed debate demonstrating a critical understanding of the historical, political, institutional and cultural factors that frame health, illness and medical care;
2. synthesise research, literature and other texts from a range of disciplinary perspectives to develop insight into contemporary health and medical issues; and
3. develop a practical research plan in the fields of clinical care, public health or health promotion, incorporating a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives.

Further Information

• Interested in writing a thesis? Check out the advanced version of this degree.

• Please be aware that any courses taken as part of the 24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU list will not count towards the advanced degree should you decide to transfer. This is because the advanced degree has no free electives, as they are in practice replaced by a 24 unit thesis.