Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion
The Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion is designed for professionals looking to work in designated health promotion roles or wanting to develop deeper knowledge and skills in health promotion to complement their roles.
In this program you will:
- Learn how to assess health and wellbeing needs of communities and priority population groups
- Plan, implement, and evaluate effective evidence-based health promotion programs to address a range of health equity priorities
- Utilise critical health promotion values and principles to plan and advocate for health equity and social justice outcomes
- Learn from leading academics and practitioners using practical and relevant workplace scenarios
Location
CRICOS code
Duration
Full-time or equivalent part-time Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.Indicative fees
Indicative 2025 fees (A$)
CSP / Fee-payingStart
- Session 2
- Session 5
Career opportunities
- Academic
- Community organisations
- Consultant
- Educator in international, national, state and local level government and non-government organisations
- Policy officer
- Practitioner
- Private industry
- Professional associations
- Project manager
- Project worker
- Researcher
- Social advocate
- Tertiary institutions
Memberships
Graduates may be eligible to become members of:
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- International Union for Health Promotion and Education.
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Start
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- Session 2
- Session 5
- Delivery mode
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- Online
- Total courses
- 8
- Total units
- 96
- Duration
- 1 year 1 year
- CRICOS code
- N/A
- UniSC program code
- SC611
Specialised courses (5) 60 units
PUB600 Public Health Research and Evidence
PUB702 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
PUB703 Health Promotion Principles
PUB705 Health Promotion Community Assessment and Planning
PUB707 Public Health Foundations
Required courses from a specified list (3) 36 units
Select a total of 36 units from:
PUB711 Foundations of Health Economic Evaluation
PUB714 Climate, Justice, and Health
HLT600 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
PUB701 Foundations of Epidemiology
PUB704 Healthy Public Policy and Advocacy
PUB708 Quantitative Research Methods
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 96 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- This program is available to Offshore International students. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
A three-year Bachelor's degree (AQF Level 7), or equivalent, from a recognised higher education institution.
English language requirements
Additional entry information
Credit precedents
- Students who have completed equivalent undergraduate degree courses may be considered for exemptions and will be required to select alternative courses in consultation with the Program Coordinator.
Domestic applicants apply for admission direct to UniSC.
Find out about how to apply and key application closing dates.
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