Graduate Certificate
School of Medicine
Climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss present urgent, complex challenges to human health and to health systems. This new Graduate Certificate in Public and Environmentally Sustainable Health prepares you to meet these challenges by equipping you with foundational public health skills and specialised knowledge in environmentally sustainable health.
The Graduate Certificate is part of the new Master of Public and Environmentally Sustainable Health which is made up of three nested Programs. Upon completion of the courses for the Graduate Certificate, you may have the opportunity to progress to the Graduate Diploma and then to the Master-level award.
The following criterion applies to students seeking admission to the Graduate Certificate in Public and Environmentally Sustainable Health:
You may be required to demonstrate an ability to understand and communicate in both written and spoken English at a level adequate for the purpose of pursuing the program of study.
You will be introduced to contemporary public health issues, with a special emphasis on the challenges that climate change and environmental degradation pose to health and healthcare systems.
If you are interested in public health or health service delivery and want to shape an equitable, sustainable and healthy future, this program will equip you with the basic skills that you need. It is ideal for Australian and New Zealand university graduates who are interested in:
The Graduate Certificate will inform your current practice and can be applied in a wide range of professions.
The Graduate Certificate introduces you to the basic principles and methods of public health, systems thinking and environmental sustainability. The program emphasises the collection and sources of routine public health and social data, epidemiology, biostatistics and communication skills. You will engage with a broad range of contemporary public health issues including the challenges that climate change and environmental degradation pose to health and healthcare systems. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are used as an integrating structure across the program.
You will complete four compulsory courses worth a total of 100 units of credit. These are listed below:
Full details of the Graduate Certificate are contained in the Program Regulations