• Code POPH4005
  • Unit Value 6 to 24 units
  • Offered by Nat Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Course subject Population Health
  • Areas of interest Medicine, Medical Science, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health
  • Work Integrated Learning Projects
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • AsPr Kamalini Lokuge
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2024
    Second Semester 2024
    See Future Offerings
  • STEM Course

Students wishing to start Hons in July must contact the school before the mid-year Hons appl deadline (May) due to limited supervisor availability.

The population health honours project is intended for students who have completed an undergraduate program with a major in population health or a cognate discipline. This project is taken over the course of the honours study and culminates in the production of a thesis. Honours is a solid foundation in the basics of research and can be an entry into many careers both within and outside of population health.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Plan and engage in an independent and sustained critical investigation of a chosen research topic to generate new knowledge in an area of science.
  2. Systematically evaluate relevant theory and concepts in population health, relate these to appropriate methodologies and evidence and draw appropriate conclusions.
  3. Analyse and interpret original population health research data with statistical or other evaluative processes where appropriate.
  4. Demonstrate sufficient mastery to understand and apply relevant experimental techniques and methods in population health to collect original research data.
  5. Communicate and justify complex concepts and results clearly and effectively to a variety of audiences.

Work Integrated Learning

Projects

Students may engage with WIL partners (internal/external) as a component of the course

Indicative Assessment

  1. Final written research paper and logbook (supplementary materials) (96) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  2. Research presentation/seminar (4) [LO 5]

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Workload

35 hours/week for full-time (24 unit) enrolment

Inherent Requirements

No specific inherent requirements have been identified for this course.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You will need to contact the Nat Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts

Assumed Knowledge

A background in population health is an advantage but not essential. Basic knowledge of statistics would be an advantage

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 to 24 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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
7.00 0.14583
8.00 0.16667
9.00 0.18750
10.00 0.20833
11.00 0.22917
12.00 0.25000
13.00 0.27083
14.00 0.29167
15.00 0.31250
16.00 0.33333
17.00 0.35417
18.00 0.37500
19.00 0.39583
20.00 0.41667
21.00 0.43750
22.00 0.45833
23.00 0.47917
24.00 0.50000
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $740 per unit
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $1120 per unit
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2895 19 Feb 2024 26 Feb 2024 05 Apr 2024 24 May 2024 In Person View
2896 19 Feb 2024 26 Feb 2024 05 Apr 2024 24 May 2024 In Person View
2955 19 Feb 2024 26 Feb 2024 05 Apr 2024 24 May 2024 In Person View
3312 19 Feb 2024 26 Feb 2024 05 Apr 2024 24 May 2024 In Person View

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7881 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A
7882 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A
7928 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A
8270 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A

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