Master of Public Health - Master of Business Administration - First half year intake
Information valid for students commencing in 2014.
Course Code | 72604 |
Version | 6 |
Faculty | Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences |
Notes | This course is changing structure in mid-2014. This course information is for the Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the first half year intake Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the second half year intake should refer to the OTHER DOCUMENT for their course information |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | Completion of an appropriate undergraduate degree, from this or another University; or Other qualifications recognised by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts as equivalent to the above. |
Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements | Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy. |
Additional selection requirements | Nil |
Special admission requirements | Nil |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 48 credit points |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | Nil |
Course Structure
Core Subjects
LB5212:03 Accounting and Finance for Managers
LB5214:03 Current Business Issues or LB5228:03 The Changing Business Environment
LB5234:03 Leading and Managing Organisational Change or LB5221:03 Indigenous and Ethnic Entrepreneurship or LB5222:03 Technopreneurship: the E entrepreneur
LB5217:03 Community Project: Application of Strategy or LB5218:03 Business Plan: Application of Strategy or LB5235:03 Practical or Research Project
LB5230:03 Managing Strategic Resources and Operations
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health or TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5513:03 Public Health Management or TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5514:03 Environmental Health or TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5515:03 Epidemiology for Public Health
TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health
TM5526:03 Public Health Economics
Options
Select 6 credit point of HS, IA and TM level 5 subjects
HS5101:03 Contemporary Issues in Primary Health Care Research
HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals
IA5119:03 Empowerment and Change
TM5310:09 Dissertation 2
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5503:03 Human Parasitology
TM5506:03 Social Science in Public Health
TM5508:03 Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5510:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
TM5512:03 Travel Medicine
TM5513:03 Public Health Management
TM5514:03 Environmental Health
TM5518:03 Medical Entomology
TM5524:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Tropical Health Practitioners
TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5526:03 Public Health Economics
TM5527:03 Project
TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5534:03 Tropical Paediatrics
TM5536:03 Refugee Health
TM5540:03 Public Health and the Workplace
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
TM5542:03 Clinical Travel Medicine
TM5549:06 Dissertation 1
TM5552:03 Global Health and Development
TM5554:03 Theory and Practice of Public Health
TM5557:03 Disaster Health Management
TM5559:03 Clinical Tropical Paediatrics
TM5560:03 Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5562:03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5564:03 Acute Care in the Resource Poor Environment
TM5566:03 Clinical Care Skills in Aeromedical Retrievals
TM5568:03 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
TM5569:03 Health Promotion Strategies and Methods
TM5570:03 Health Promotion Research and Evaluation
TM5571:03 Public Health Placement
TM5573:03 Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
TM5575:03 Substance Misuse Prevention
TM5576:03 Adult Secondary Retrievals
TM5577:03 Paediatric and Neonatal Retrievals
TM5580:03 Public Health Nutrition
TM5581:03 Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
PLUS
Select 9 credit points of specified CO, CP or LB level 5 subjects
CO5119:03 Business Law
CO5124:03 Data Analysis and Decision Modelling
CP5603:03 Advanced E-Security
LB5202:03 Marketing Management
LB5203:03 Sustainable Enterprise
LB5205:03 People in Organisations
LB5209:03 Managing Globally
LB5210:03 Independent Studies
LB5229:03 Economics for a Sustainable World
LB5231:03 Corporate Responsibility and Governance
LB5232:03 Marketing, Customer Engagement, Social Media and Marketing
LB5233:03 Strategic and Responsible Innovation Management
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville | This course information is for Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the first half year intake only Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the second half year intake should refer to the OTHER DOCUMENT for their course information |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 8 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Candidates may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 12 credit points of advanced standing is allowed for the CO, CP or LB level 5 subjects specified in the course structure. No advanced standing is allowed for HS, IA or TM subjects specified in the course structure. |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 4 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | Advanced standing will not be granted for work experience or undergraduate studies or subjects other than those specified in Maximum Advanced Standing Allowed (above). |
Award Details
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not applicable – this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Not applicable |
Course articulation | Not applicable |