Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology provides the baseline skills necessary to work in the field of infectious disease investigation, monitoring, reporting, decision making and research. Within this degree students will learn to use surveillance data, investigate outbreaks, and analyse and interpret information from studies of infectious diseases.
The course covers the fundamental concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics, and the application of these concepts to infectious disease epidemiology and modelling. Students completing the course will be able to contribute to infectious diseases epidemiologic or medical research, analyse data and critically appraise evidence that informs public health decisions.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Graduate Certificate of Infectious Disease Epidemiology will give you a comprehensive understanding of infectious disease epidemiology from a practical and modelling approach. You will be able to undertake basic data analysis and interpret infectious disease models used for decision making.
As a graduate of this course, you will have the skills to investigate outbreaks, consider infectious disease surveillance systems, analyse infectious disease data and implement infectious disease containment measures.
The subjects completed within the Graduate Certificate can be used as credit in the world-renowned University of Melbourne Master of Public Health Degree.
Depending on your background, possible career outcomes include:
Employers of these roles include:
Students interested in further study at the completion of the Graduate Certificate will be well placed to undertake: