Master of Health Sciences schedule
The following courses can be taken as part of a Master of Health Sciences.
Audiology
- AUDIOL 701 - Auditory Neuroscience (15 Points)
- AUDIOL 702 - Basic Diagnostic Audiology (15 Points)
- AUDIOL 704 - Central Auditory Function (15 Points)
- AUDIOL 713 - Clinical Otolaryngology and Related Sciences (15 Points)
- AUDIOL 714 - Hearing Aids and Other Devices for the Hearing Impaired (15 Points)
- AUDIOL 715 - Physics and Acoustics for Audiology (15 Points)
Biological Sciences
- BIOSCI 701 – Practical Approaches in Genomics (15 points)
- BIOSCI 755 - Genomics and Gene Expression (15 Points)
- BIOSCI 756 - Proteomics and Protein Interactions (15 Points)
- BIOSCI 757 - Structural Biology (15 Points)
- BIOSCI 758 - Development, Differentiation and Disease (15 Points)
- BIOSCI 759 - Cell and Molecular Biomedicine (15 Points)
Clinical Education
- CLINED 703 - Learning in Small Groups (15 Points)
- CLINED 705 - Simulation and Clinical Skills Teaching (15 Points)
- CLINED 706 - Interprofessional Learning, Teamwork and Patient Safety (15 Points)
- CLINED 707 - Current Trends in Clinical Education (15 Points)
- CLINED 710 - Special Studies (15 Points)
- CLINED 711 - E-learning and Clinical Education (15 Points)
- CLINED 712 - Curriculum and Course Design (15 Points)
- CLINED 713 - Clinical Supervision (15 Points)
- CLINED 715 - Theory and Practice of Clinical Education (30 Points)
- CLINED 716 - Assessing Clinical Performance (30 Points)
- CLINED 718 – Professionalism in Clinical Education (15 points)
- CLINED 719 - Clinical Education in Action (15 Points)
Clinical Imaging
- CLINIMAG 706 - Nuclear Medicine Specialised Clinical Applications (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 707 - CT Clinical Practice (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 710 - MRI Clinical Applications I (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 711 - MRI Clinical Applications II (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 712 - MRI Clinical Practice (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 713 - Ultrasound in Women’s Health (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 715 - Ultrasound Clinical Practice (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 716 - Nuclear Medicine Clinical Practice (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 718 - Special Topic (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 719 - Ultrasound Abdominal Clinical Applications (15 Points)
- CLINIMAG 720 - Ultrasound Specialised Clinical Applications (15 Points)
Dietetics
- DIETETIC 703 - Clinical nutrition: Disease Pathophysiology and Management (15 Points)
- DIETETIC 707 - Professional Skills 1 (30 points)
- DIETETIC 708 - Professional Skills 2 (30 points)
- DIETETIC 709 A&B – Professional Skills 3 (30 points)
Digital Health
- DIGIHLTH 701 - Principles of Digital Health (15 Points)
- DIGIHLTH 702 - Health Knowledge Management (15 Points)
- DIGIHLTH 703 - New Zealand Health Data Landscape (15 Points)
- DIGIHLTH 704 - Healthcare Decision Support Systems (15 Points)
- DIGIHLTH 705 - Digital Health Design and Evaluation (15 Points)
- DIGIHLTH 706 - Health Data Analytics (15 Points)
Education
- EDUC 741 - Educational Psychology (30 Points)
- EDUC 742 - Developmental Psychology (30 Points)
- EDUCSW 700 - Research Methodologies (30 points)
Health Management
- HLTHMGT 721 - Health Management (15 Points)
- HLTHMGT 729 - Strategic Health Management (15 Points)
- HLTHMGT 754 - Health Leadership (15 Points)
Health Psychology
- HLTHPSYC 714 - Health Psychology (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 715 - Research Methods in Health Psychology (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 716 - Psychoneuroimmunology (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 717 - Emotions, Emotions Regulation, and Health (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 719 - Health Psychology Assessment (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 720 - Health Psychology Interventions (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 743 - Psychopathology and Clinical Interviewing (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 744 - Research Topic in Health Psychology (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 757 - Psychosomatic Processes (15 Points)
- HLTHPSYC 758 - Special Topic in Health Psychology (15 Points)
Health Sciences
- HLTHSCI 700 - Working with People with Long-term Conditions (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 701 - Self-management for People Living with Long-term Conditions (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 702 - Principles of Primary Health Care (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 703 - Psychological Interventions in Health Care (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 704 - Primary Health Care of Children and Young People (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 705 - Mental Health and Addictions in Non-specialist Settings (30 Points)
- HLTHSCI 790 - Dissertation (60 Points)
- HLTHSCI 793 - Research Portfolio (90 Points)
- HLTHSCI 796 - Thesis (120 Points)
- HLTHSCI 797 - Research Portfolio (120 Points)
Māori Health
- MAORIHTH 701 - Foundations of Māori Health (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 705 - Māori Health Promotion and Early Intervention (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 706 - Māori Health: Policy and Practice (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 707 - Practicum in Māori Health (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 708 - Special Studies (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 709 - Transformational Research for Māori Health (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 710 - Kaupapa Māori Theory (15 Points)
- MAORIHTH 711 - Special Topic (15 Points)
Medical Imaging
- MEDIMAGE 701 - Imaging Anatomy and Pathology (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 702 - Professional Issues in Medical Imaging (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 708 - Nuclear Medicine Technology (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 711 - Musculoskeletal Trauma Image Evaluation (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 713 - Special Studies (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 714 - Fundamentals of Clinical MRI (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 715 - MRI Technology (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 716 - Fundamentals of Clinical Ultrasound (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 717 - Ultrasound Imaging Technology (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 720 - Fundamentals of Clinical Nuclear Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 721 - MRI Safety (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 722 - Special Topic (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 723 – Research Methods (15 Points)
- MEDIMAGE 724 - Ultrasound Assessment of Heart Disease 1 (15 points)
- MEDIMAGE 725 - Cardiac Pathophysiology (15 points)
- MEDIMAGE 740 A&B - Research in Medical Imaging (30 Points)
Medical Science
- MEDSCI 700 - Special Topic: Drug Discovery Biology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 701 - Special Studies in Medical Science (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 703 - Advanced Biomedical Imaging (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 704 - Stem Cells and Development (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 705 - Infection, Immunity and Disease (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 706 - Genomic Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 707 - Antimicrobials and Resistance (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 708 - Advanced Immunology and Immunotherapy (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 709 - Nutrition in Health and Disease (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 710 - Nutrition Mechanisms (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 711 - Clinical Nutrition (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 712 - Critical Evaluation of Nutritional Therapies (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 713 - Principles of Cancer Therapy (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 714 - Advanced Cancer Biology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 715 - Molecular Toxicology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 716 - Drug Disposition and Kinetics (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 717 - Advanced Neuroscience: Neuropharmacology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 718 - Pharmacology of Anaesthetics and Analgestics (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 719 - Pharmacometrics (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 720 - Biomedical Research Techniques (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 721 - Advanced Toxicology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 722 - Clinical Pharmacology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 723 - Cancer Pharmacology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 727 - Advanced Neuroscience: Neurophysiology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 729 - Perinatal Physiology and Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 730 - Reproductive Science (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 731 - Advanced Reproductive Biology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 732 - Molecular Aspects of Endocrinology and Metabolism (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 733 - Advanced Methods in Cell Physiology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 734 - Advanced Integrative Physiology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 735 -Concepts in Pharmacology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 737 - Biomedical MRI (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 738 - Biological Clocks (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 739 - Advanced Sensory Neuroscience (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 740 - Stem Cell Biology and Transgenesis (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 741 - Medical Imaging Technology (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 742 - Anatomy for Medical Imaging (15 Points)
- MEDSCI 743 - Design and Analysis in Biomedical Research (15 points)
- MEDSCI 760 - Early Life Nutrition, Lifelong Health (15 points)
Medicine
- MEDICINE 700 - Designing Safer Systems (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 702 - Understanding Complex Clinical Systems (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 703 - Special Studies in Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 713 - Cardiovascular Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 732 - Special Topic in Occupational Medicine (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 740 - Special Topic (30 Points)
- MEDICINE 741 - Special Topic (15 Points)
- MEDICINE 742 - Special Topic (15 Points)
Nursing
- NURSING 701 - Clinical Project (30 Points)
- NURSING 732 - Leading and Managing Changes in Health Care (30 Points)
- NURSING 734 - Special Topic in Nursing (15 Points)
- NURSING 735 - Clinical Education Practicum (30 Points)
- NURSING 737 - The Scholarship of Practice (30 Points)
- NURSING 738 - Working with People Living with Long-Term Conditions (30 Points)
- NURSING 739 - Advanced Rural Nursing (30 Points) (not currently offered)
- NURSING 740 - Prescribing in Advanced Nursing Practice (30 Points)
- NURSING 741 - Education for Clinical Practice (30 Points)
- NURSING 742 - Biological Science for Practice (30 Points)
- NURSING 743 - Advanced Nursing Practicum (30 Points)
- NURSING 744 - Specialty Nursing Practicum (30 Points)
- NURSING 745 - Principles of Medication Management (30 Points)
- NURSING 746 - Evidence-based Practice and Implementation (30 Points)
- NURSING 770 - Clinical Practice Development (30 Points)
- NURSING 771 - Self-Management for People Living with Long-Term Conditions (30 Points)
- NURSING 772 - Population Health and Primary Health Care (30 Points)
- NURSING 773 - Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (30 Points)
- NURSING 774 - Nursing People in Acute Mental Health Crisis (30 Points)
- NURSING 775 - Leadership and Management for Quality Health Care (30 Points)
- NURSING 776 - Assessment and Clinical Decision Making in MHN (30 Points)
- NURSING 777 - Advanced Mental Health Nursing in its Social Context (30 Points)
- NURSING 778 - Health Promotion and Early Detection of Cancer (30 Points)
- NURSING 779 - Special Studies (30 Points)
- NURSING 780 - Special Topic (30 Points)
- NURSING 781 - Psychological Interventions in Nursing and Health Care (30 Points)
- NURSING 782 - Research Methods in Nursing and Health (30 Points)
- NURSING 783 - Special Topic (30 Points)
- NURSING 784 - Advanced Emergency Nursing Practicum (30 Points)
- NURSING 785 - Clinical Reasoning in Pharacotherapeutics (30 Points)
- NURSING 787 - Fundamentals of Nursing Care (30 Points)
Nursing Practice
- NURSPRAC 701 - Cardiac Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 702 - Critical Care Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 703 - Paediatric Cardiac Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 704 - Cancer Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 706 - Orthopaedic Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 707 - Registered Nurse First Surgical Assist (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 708 - Emergency Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 709 - Respiratory Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 710 - Palliative Care Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 711 - Pain Nursing Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 712 - Diabetes Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 713 - Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 714 - Renal Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 715 - Endoscopy Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 716 - Ophthalmology Specialty Nursing (30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 717 - Practicum for RN Designated Prescribers(30 Points)
- NURSPRAC 718 - Contemporary Mental Health and Addictions Nursing Practice (30 Points)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- OBSTGYN 705 - Special Topic in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 712 - Contraception in Pre and Early Pregnancy (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 713 - Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 715 - Medical Gynaecology I (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 716 - Medical Gynaecology II (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 720 - Special Topic (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 723 - Special Studies (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 724 - Obstetrics Residential (15 Points)
- OBSTGYN 725 - Gynaecology Residential (15 Points)
Ophthalmology
- OPHTHAL 703 - Special Topic: Research Methods and Skills for Eye Research (30 Points)
- OPHTHAL 704 - Special Topic: Ophthalmic Technology (30 Points)
- OPHTHAL 705 - Special Topic: Management of Acute Eye Disease (30 Points)
- OPHTHAL 706 - Special Study in Ophthalmology (30 Points)
Optometry
- OPTOM 757A/B - Special Study in Optometry (30 Points)
- OPTOM 759A/B - Special Study (15 Points)
- OPTOM 791 - Research Portfolio (90 points)
Paediatrics
- PAEDS 704 - Special Studies in Paediatrics (15 Points)
- PAEDS 705 - Neonate and Infant Health (15 points )
- PAEDS 706 A&B - Paediatric Care (Toddler-Adolescent) (30 points)
- PAEDS 707 A&B – Clinical Portfolio (60 points)
- PAEDS 708 - Population Youth Health (15 Points)
- PAEDS 712 - Youth Health Clinical Skills (15 Points)
- PAEDS 714 - Emergency Paediatrics (15 Points) - from 2017
- PAEDS 719 - Health, Education and Youth Development (15 Points)
- PAEDS 720 - Advanced Youth Health (15 Points)
- PAEDS 721 - Special Topic (15 Points)
- PAEDS 722 - Youth Health Practicum (15 points)
Pharmacy
- PHARMACY 750 - Pharmaceutical Formulation (30 Points)
- PHARMACY 751 - Pharmaceutical Techniques (30 Points)
- PHARMACY 752 - Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance (15 Points)
- PHARMACY 753 - Regulatory Affairs (15 Points)
- PHARMACY 754 - Pharmaceutical Science Research Proposal (15 Points)
- PHARMACY 760 - Literature Review in Pharmaceutical Sciences (15 Points)
Population Health
- POPLHLTH 701 - Research Methods in Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 704 - Undertaking Qualitative Health Research (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 705 - Evaluation Research Methods (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 706 - Statistics in Health Science (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 707 - Statistics in Health Science 2 (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 708 - Epidemiology (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 709 - Evidence for Best Practice (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 711 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 712 - Clinical Trial Design, Analysis and Management (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 715 - Global Public Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 718 - Health and Public Policy (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 719 - Health Economics (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 720 - Cost Effectiveness Evaluation (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 722 - Health Care Organisation (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 724 - Quality in Health Care (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 725 - Environmental Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 726 - Health Protection (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 731 - Child Health (15 Points) (not currently offered)
- POPLHLTH 733 - Health Promotion Theory and Models (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 734 - Health Promotion Strategies (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 735 - Mental Health Development: Theory and Principles (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 736 - Mental Health Promotion (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 737 - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Studies (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 738 - Biology of Addiction (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 739 - Pacific Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 746 - Ethics, Culture and Societal Approaches to Death (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 760 - Principles of Public Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 763 - Human Vaccinology (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 765 - Nutrition Interventions in Public Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 767 - Health Services Research Methods (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 768 - Special Studies in Addiction and Mental Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 769 - Interpersonal and Family Violence (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 774 - Addictive Consumptions and Public Health (15 Points)
- POPLHLTH 777 - Ethics and Societal Approaches to Death (30 Points)
Population Health Practice
- POPLPRAC 702 - Primary Mental Health (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 707 -Theory and Skills in Counselling Practice (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 708 - Assessment and Intervention with Addiction (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 710 - Health Promotion: Practicum (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 712 - Project Planning for Lifestyle Change (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 720 - Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 722 - Symptom Management in Palliative Care (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 723 - Advanced Symptom Management in Palliative Care (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 724 - Child and Adolescent Palliative Care (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 725 - Principles of Gerontology (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 726 - Health Services for Older People (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 739 - Urgent Primary Medical Care (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 740 - Urgent Primary Surgical Care(15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 743 - Upper Limb and Spine (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 744 - Lower Limb and Physiotherapy (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 745 - Sports Medicine in the Community (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 746 - Medical Issues in Sport (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 753 - Special Studies (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 754 - Infant, Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 756 - Adult Rehabilitation Studies (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 758 – Biology of Ageing (30 points)
- POPLPRAC 759 – Engaging Pasifika Communities (30 points)
- POPLPRAC 761 - Mental Health in Old Age (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 765 - Coexisting Problems: Theory and Principles (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 766 - Special Topic in Palliative Care (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 767 - Special Topic: Dementia Care (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 772 - Symptom Management in Palliative Care (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 773 - Challenges in Symptom Management in Palliative Care (30 Points)
- POPLPRAC 774 - Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care (30 Points)
Professional Counselling
- PROFCOUN 707 - Specialist Counselling Skills and Approaches (15 Points)
Professional Supervision
- PROFSUPV 710 - Stress and Trauma in Health and Human Services (30 Points)
Psychiatry
- PSYCHIAT 713 - Special Study in Mental Health (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 730 - Early Childhood and Mental Health (30 points)
- PSYCHIAT 740 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 741 - Therapy in Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Theory (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 747 - Child and Adolescent Development (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 766 - Youth Addiction and Co-existing Problems (15 points)
- PSYCHIAT 768 - Assessment, Formulation and Treatment Planning in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health (30 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 769 - CBT with Children, Adolescents and their Families 1 (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 770 - CBT with Children, Adolescents and their Families 2 (15 Points)
- PSYCHIAT 773 - Youth Forensic Psychiatry (30 Points)
- PYSCHIAT 774 – Special Topic (15 points)
Social Work
- SOCWORK 718 - Applied Research in Social Services (30 Points)
Social Work Child and Family Practice
- SOCCHFAM 700 - Domestic Violence: Challenges and Responses (30 Points)
- SOCCHFAM 734 - Issues in Child Welfare and Protection (30 Points)