The Graduate Certificate in Public Health is a multidisciplinary health course designed for public health practitioners and others wanting to develop skills and knowledge in public health. Students can select from one of five majors within the course. Students undertake core units covering a broad range of public health issues and these units can be credited towards further study in the either the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health or the Masters of Public Health.
Students can enter the course at three levels, the Graduate Certificate in Public Health; the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health; or the Master of Public Health. The course structure is integrated to enable students to move from the Graduate Certificate level or the Postgraduate Diploma level to the Master of Public Health.
This is a restricted programme and only available to students who are accepted into the programme.
Students are required to apply and be approved by Curtin University of Technology before they can enrol in units through OUA.
Application forms can be downloaded from the OUA's website. Applications for the Graduate Certificate or Diploma are due two weeks prior to the close of enrolment. Applications should be emailed to: apply@open.edu.au or faxed to: +61 3 8628 2989.
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