Closing Dates:

Semester 1, 2012

Semester 2, 2012 (Mid Year Entry)

Full Fee Places                                      31st May, 2012

                                                                                                    

Those applicants applying for Advanced Standing in the Master of Public Health MUST provide one WRITTEN reference using the form provided below:
Professional Referee Report Form

Please Note:  students who are not eligible for Advanced Standing do not need to provide any references.

Advanced standing (also known as credit) is points granted towards the degree for work experience gained prior to entry into the course. In the Master of Public Health you may be granted:

• up to 25 Points of Advanced Standing if you have a minimum of two years’ documented health related work experience; or
• up to 50 Points of Advanced Standing if you have a minimum of two years’ documented public health related work experience.

Examples of health and public health related work experience are as follows:

	Examples of Possible Positions	Examples of Possible employers
Health related work experience:	Nurse, doctor, allied health professional, psychologist	public health systems, private health system or primary care (locally or internationally)
Public health related work experience:	Health research, health promotion, health program development/management/evaluation, public health management, health policy	Government,non government organizations, public health systems, private health systems (locally or internationally)

Applicants applying for any Course (offered by the Melbourne School of Population Health) other than the Master of Public Health MUST provide a total of two WRITTEN references.  This can be either academic or professional or a combination of both:

1. Academic Referee Report
2. Professional Referee Report