UWA’s School of Population and Global Health has a reputation for teaching excellence and a strong evidence-based approach to epidemiology, health services research, health program evaluation and health promotion.

We offer a range of out-of-semester units for course credit or professional development at several points throughout the year. These are flexible, convenient education opportunities for a broad audience.

All of the following units are delivered on-campus in an intensive teaching mode of one week. For further information please email [email protected]

Units offered:

• Food and Nutrition in Population Health PUBH5804 (Not available in 2025 - offered every second year)

• Analysis of Linked Health Data PUBH5785 (16 - 22 June 2025)

• Critical Perspectives in Global Health PUBH5755 (23 - 29 June 2025)

• Health Leadership and Management PUBH5763 (10 - 16 November 2025)

• Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data PUBH5802 (Not available in 2025 - offered every second year)

• Economic Evaluation of Health Care PUBH5801 (17 - 21 November 2025 - offered every second year)

You may choose to participate with or without assessment. If the assessment is successfully completed, you may have your unit credited towards most School of Population and Global Health courses undertaken within five years.

For participation without assessment, contact [email protected]. For participation with assessment or for unit credit, enrolment must be completed through UWA’s short courses.

Fees

Current fees for professional development without assessment are $2887.50 (incl GST). Purchase your professional development course.  

For professional development with assessment (for unit credit), enrolment must be completed through Access UWA where fees will be advised. Note these are domestic fees only. International students please contact [email protected] and fees will be advised.

Enrolment deadline 

Enrolment for professional development colleagues closes two weeks prior to the course commencement date listed. This is to ensure sufficient time to complete and process the system access requests with IT prior to the course commencing. 

Cancellation policy

Professional development colleagues who cancel their enrolment up to two weeks before the commencement of the intensive teaching week will receive a refund (minus $250 administrative fee). Cancellations after this date are non-refundable.

All cancellations must be submitted via email to [email protected]. 

Census date and withdrawal without academic penalty date

For enrolled students and professional development colleagues completing the unit with assessment, the census date and the date for withdrawal without academic penalty is 12pm Tuesday of the teaching week of the unit.