MPH5305 Epidemiology: Concepts and applications
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5305 Epidemiology: Concepts and applications is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5305
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MPH5305
No unit lists MPH5305 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: You must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: M4032, M4033, M4034, M6007, M6021
Overview
This unit will provide you with an introduction to key concepts and applications in epidemiology.
Key concepts of epidemiology will be delivered throughout the unit, including; rates, sources of data, descriptive and analytical epidemiology, epidemiological study designs, critical appraisal of literature, screening, prevention, exposure assessment, outbreak investigation, confounding and bias.
You are expected to be competent at mathematics to a year 7 level
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 2 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Concept and application tasks (4 x weekly activities)Exercise40%
- Online quiz (30 minutes)Quiz / Test10%
- Critical appraisal (3,000 words)Written50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain and contextualise the purposes of descriptive and analytical epidemiology
- 2
Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs
- 3
Critically analyse epidemiological papers from the medical research and OHS literature
- 4
Evaluate the adequacy of exposure assessment in epidemiological studies
- 5
Interpret and communicate the results of epidemiological studies
- 6
Solve complex problems relating to the use of epidemiological concepts and study designs.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
24 hours per week including directed and self-directed learning (including any asynchronous and synchronous tasks, prescribed activities and independent work).
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Nazmul Karim
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Nazmul Karim
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5305?
MPH5305 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5305 offered?
MPH5305 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
Does MPH5305 have an exam?
No. MPH5305 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.