Enrolment information
Once your application for candidature in the School has been approved, it is your responsibility to ensure that you are enrolled in the correct units of study. Here you will find the relevant enrolment information for coursework degrees in the following areas of study:
- Public Health - Masters and Graduate Diploma
- International Public Health - Masters and Graduate Diploma
- Clinical Epidemiology - Masters, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate
- Biostatistics - Masters, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate
- Health Policy - Graduate Certificate
- Indigenous Health Promotion - Graduate Diploma
For more detailed information on course structures and requirements, including unit of study outlines, please see the relevant coursework program.
Enrolment for Semester 1 will consist of the compulsory core units of study, depending on whether you are studying full-time or part-time and if the prescribed course load will be taken. Semester 2 enrolment usually consists of a range of elective units of study.
Masters:
Students intending to complete a Masters in Public Health must enrol in a combination of core and elective units of study totalling 48 credit points - 24 core and 24 elective credit points.
Honours:
Students intending on completing an Honours year for their Masters of Public Health degree must first complete 48 credit points of study in accordance with the Masters degree - 24 core and 24 elective credit points. You must then enrol in a 12 credit point dissertation unit of study.
Graduate Diploma:
Students intending on completing a Graduate Diploma in Public Health must enrol in a total of 36 credit points - 24 core and 12 elective credit points.
IMPORTANT:
When enrolling at the beginning of the academic year you must enrol for both Semester 1 and Semester 2. The School has guidelines to help you choose semester 2 electives.
To enrol in coursework programs in International Public Health, you need to follow the same enrolment procedure as for Public Health coursework programs. For the units of study specific to International Public Health programs, see the structures and requirements of each individual course.
Enrolment for Semester 1 will consist of the compulsory core units of study, depending on whether you are studying full-time or part-time and if the prescribed course load will be taken.
If you choose to start the program in Semester 2, you should enrol in units of study from the elective units of study on offer.
To successfully complete any of the Clinical Epidemiology coursework programs you must enrol in the 3 core units of study, and a combination of elective units of study that are appropriate to your degree enrolment and the year of your study. You must enrol in the core units of study in Semester 1 of the first year of your degree - see the individual course structures for more information.
Masters:
Students intending to complete a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology must enrol in a combination of core and elective units of study totalling 48 credit points - including the Semester 1 core units of study.
Honours:
Students intending to complete an Honours year for their Masters in Clinical Epidemiology must first complete 48 credit points of study in accordance with the Masters degree - including the core units of study. You must then enrol in a 12 credit point research dissertation unit of study.
Graduate Diploma:
Students intending to complete a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology must enrol in a total of 36 credit points - including all Semester 1 core units of study.
Graduate Certificate:
Students intending to complete a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology must enrol in a total of 24 credit points - including all Semester 1 core units of study.
For Biostatistics coursework programs, students must follow the enrolment procedures for each course - see individual course structures of biostastistics programs for more detailed information. Please note that you can only enrol for Biostatistics coursework degrees as a part-time student.
IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended that you enrol in no more than 2 units per semester.
Masters:
Student intending to complete a Master of Biostatistics must enrol in a total of 72 credit points. This comprises:
- 60 credit points from 10 compulsory core units of study (worth 6 credit points each), including 6 credit points from one workplace project portfolio unit of study
- 12 credit points from elective units of study, which may include an additional workplace project portfolio unit of study
Graduate Diploma:
Student intending to complete a Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics must enrol in a total of 48 credit points. You must enrol in 8 units of study - each worth 6 credit points.
Graduate Certificate:
Students intending to complete a Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics must enrol in a total of 24 credit points. You should enrol in 4 units of study (each worth 6 credit points):
- 1 compulsory unit - BSTA5011
- 3 units of study (18 credit points) from the core units of study on offer
For the Graduate Certificate in Health Policy you must enrol in 24 credit points consisting of 4 units of study each worth 6 credit points - see the course structure for the specific units of study.
Student intending to complete a Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion must enrol in all 7 units of study (6 units of coursework and a final project) as outlined in the course structure.