UWA Handbooks 2010 - Units

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PUBH8784 Special Topics in Public Health [PG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Semester 1, Semester 2, non-standard teaching period (see Timetable)
Old unit code 750.784
Content From time to time, and as resources permit, short intensive studies of special topics are offered as electives to postgraduate students in the Master of Public Health program in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences by members of the teaching staff or short-term academic visitors. Credit for these topics is available under this unit.
Assessment Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit.
Unit Co-ordinator(s) Associate Professor Colleen Fisher
Location UWA (Crawley)
Mode on-campus


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