How will this course benefit my career?

Having graduated with the Graduate Certificate of Health Promotion, those who already hold positions within the health promotions field will have extended their expertise in this area, positioning them as experts in this field.  Other graduates can secure health promotion or management roles in hospitals, or in government and private health organisations. 

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion is designed to enhance the skills of those who have a responsibility for health promotion as part of their employment.
The program will enable you to develop knowledge and skills in the major principles and issues of health promotion and the process of planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs in various settings.

The Graduate Certificate of Health Promotion enables students to develop a general understanding of the health promotion area including specific knowledge and skills in the major principles of health promotion; current issues in health promotion; and the processes of planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs

You can study a single unit or work toward a qualification in the health promotion program. Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate, you may be able to gain advanced standing towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion, a Master of Science, a Master of Health Promotion, or a Master of Public Health offered directly through Curtin University of Technology.

Majors

The program covers health promotion planning, health promotion methods, the evaluation of health promotion and critical relationship between health promotion and the media.