AUT - Community Health Development Postgraduate Study

This page has the postgraduate Public Health papers and qualifications (courses) that you can study at AUT University. See links to paper descriptions and outlines of each qualification.

Who can study Public Health at postgraduate level?

The Public Health programmes offer public health education with a community health development perspective. These programmes focus on understanding the social, economic, cultural and other societal structural determinants of health and effective action to enhance community health status.

Students can enter the programme at certificate, diploma or masters level, as below.

Below is a summary only. For a comprehensive overview of this qualification, please refer to the Academic calendar.

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Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health (AK3807) 60 points

The PgCertPH builds your capability around the key elements of public health, with an emphasis on community health and development. It examines community and population perspectives on health and disease, and health systems responses. It produces capability for interpreting the patterns of health and disease in populations, their determinants and associated factors. It provides an overview of behaviours that contribute to health and disease in the community and the development and implementation of appropriate interventions.

You complete papers:
589310 Health Development and Policy (15 points)
589311 Social Epidemiology (15 points)
589312 Programme Planning and Evaluation (15 points)

And 1 approved 15 point paper.

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (AK3806) 120 points

The PgDipPH consolidates fundamental public health concepts and has an emphasis on community health and development. It examines and consolidates community and population perspectives on health and disease, and health systems responses. It consolidates your ability to understand, define, assess critically and resolve public health and community health problems.

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health papers (60 points)*

And 60 points from optional papers listed below

Master of Public Health (AK3805) 240 points

The MPH programme equips you with the knowledge and competencies to contribute to public health management and policy, disease control and health promotion across a wide range of populations. The MPH provides you with the opportunity to plan, implement and complete a practice project or an evaluation project or research study in an area of public or community health.

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health papers (120 points)

And:
Optional papers listed below totaling 30 points and a 90 point Dissertation 589597

Or:
589690 Thesis (120 points)

Public Health optional papers are:

589120 Critical Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice^ (15 points)
589747 Taunga a mahi hauora Mäori – Mäori Healthcare Practice (30 points)
589746 Te rangahau hauora Mäori – Mäori Health Research Practice (15 points)
589121 Quantitative Research I** (15 points)
589123 Qualitative Research I** (15 points)
589122 Quantitative Research II ** (15 points)
589124 Qualitative Research II ** (15 points)
589125 Integrative Research (15 points)
589130 Special Topic^^ (15 points)
589108 Physical Activity and Health Promotion (30 points)
589639 Health Economics (15 points)
589109 Nutrition and Health Promotion (30 points)
589313 Biostatistics (15 points)
589314 Community Environmental Health (15 points)
589315 Community Action Plan (15 points)
589316 Tobacco Control (15 points)
589317 Smoking Cessation (15 points)
589318 Migrant Health (15 points)
589319 International Health Development (15 points)
589320 Building Sustainable Communities (30 points)

Or:
Alternative optional papers approved by the Programme Leader^^^

What the symbols mean

Flexible learning options may be available. This involves online, block course or distance learning (subject to change).
*A Postgraduate Certificate must be surrendered in order to claim full credits towards a Postgraduate Diploma. Please refer to AUT Calendar 2012 for further details regarding Recognition of Prior Learning
** If completing a 120 point thesis, you need to have completed
either: Qualitative Research I and II OR Quantitative Research I and II.
^ For non research-thesis pathway.
^^ Special topics can be discussed with the paper coordinator. Eg. tobacco control and smoking cessation.
^^^ Optional papers could include 589805 Applied Health Care Ethics or 589806 Health Law.