奥塔哥大学

The Bachelor of Health Sciences is a three-year degree for those who want to work in health in the areas of public health, Maori health, Pacific health, in roles such as case managers or care co-ordinators in the healthcare system.

There is an increasing need for public health approaches as we face important health challenges such as an ageing population, increases in chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, limited health resources, and environmental change and its effects on health.

Graduates of the BHealSc majoring in public health will have the skills to work in a range of areas in the wider health sector, including government and non-government organisations.

The DPH is designed to develop public health skills at the postgraduate level. Candidates are required to hold a degree or to have appropriate professional qualifications and experience.

This programme is taught as an internal (on campus) programme in the University's three medical schools which are situated in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. It consists of eight 15-point papers, four of which are compulsory and four others selected from sixteen options.

Candidates for the degree of MPH will have completed the DPH, or an equivalent qualification, at an acceptable level of attainment. The course of study will consist of either a thesis, or four DPH papers (not already completed) plus a dissertation.

Programme Requirements

100-level

• HUBS 191 Human Body Systems 1
• HUBS 192 Human Body Systems 2
• PUBH 192 Foundations of Epidemiology or POPH 192 Population Health

200-level

• PUBH 202 Health Promotion
• PUBH 204 Hauora Maori: Challenges and Opportunities
• PUBH 211 Epidemiology of Global Health Conditions

at least three of

• ANTH 210 Translating Culture or ANTH 211 Contemporary Ethnographic Research
• CMHC 201 Human Health Across the Lifespan
• GEOG 219 Special Topic: Geographies of Health and Well-being
• PACH 201 Pacific Health: New Zealand and the Pacific Region
• PUBH 203 Health Policy and Politics
• SOCI 205 Social Inequality
• SOWK 236 The Treaty and Social Services

300-level

• PUBH 303 Public and Global Health: Current Issues
• PUBH 304 Rangahau Hauora Maori - Maori Health Research or PUBH 311 Public Health Research

at least two of

• ANTH 322 Conceiving Reproduction or ANTH 323 Anthropology of Health
• CMHC 301 Applied Aspects of Human Health
• GEOG 379 Special Topic in Human Geography
• PACH 301 Pacific Health: Advanced Applied Knowledge
• PUBH 304 Rangahau Hauora Maori - Maori Health Research
• PUBH 311 Public Health Research
• SOCI 306 Public Sociology
• SOWK 304 Kaupapa Maori, and Indigenous Approaches to Social Work

Plus - 126 further points