Graduate Diploma in Community Health at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Programme overview

The Graduate Diploma in Community Health is a course-based programme with no thesis, suited to those expanding their skills in community health. It is hosted by the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. Delivered on the St. John's campus.

Faculty: School of Graduate Studies | Department: Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine | Duration: 1-2 years | Intake: Fall only (application deadline January 15) | Study mode: full-time | Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

What you will study

Five courses and two seminars, drawing on epidemiology, health policy, ethics, public health and the social sciences.

Career pathways

Public health roles in government and non-governmental sectors, programme planning, coordination and consulting.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree from a university of recognized standing with a minimum average of 75% over the last 2 years of full-time study and completion of an undergraduate-level statistics course.

Domestic applicants: CAD 3,780 for the whole programme. Newfoundland and Labrador students. Total graduate diploma tuition for the whole programme; ancillary and special fees are extra. Source

International applicants: CAD 6,390 for the whole programme. Total graduate diploma tuition for the whole programme; ancillary and special fees are extra. Source

Graduate diplomas follow the graduate intakes (Fall, Winter, Spring) by programme; most admit for Fall, and Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management) and Business Administration also list Winter or Spring deadlines.

Graduate diploma deadlines by programme: January 15 Anthropology, Applied Ocean Technology, Economics (international), English, Folklore, Gender Studies, Marine Studies, Medicine - Community Health, Nursing; January 31 Classics, Linguistics; February 1 Education (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; Educational Leadership; Post-Secondary Education streams) and Philosophy; March 15 Political Science; June 30 Business Administration (Canadian, Fall); December 1 Business Administration (international, Fall); November 1 Arctic and Subarctic Futures (Spring); May 15 Clinical Epidemiology (Canadian, Fall), 15 November (international). Graduate application fee: $60 Canadian, $120 non-Canadian.

Apply through the official page: https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/apply-to-memorial/

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