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Content
Course Tabs
- Overview
- Teaching and Learning
- Assessment and Learning Outcomes
- Student Feedback, Support and Charter
Overview
Course Prescription
Explores the globally distributed factors that impact health outcomes from a global perspective. Topics covered include principles of global health cooperation, patterns of disease and disability, global health governance, financing, leadership, and diplomacy for achieving health equity.
Course Overview
This course is an introduction into the key health governance institutions that are central to decision making and actions in the field of global health. We are fortunate to be able to draw upon local and international expertise across a range of key global health topics. Each year the course is reconfigured to reflect current priorities in global health while preserving emphasis on the core principles. Now we turn our attention towards establishing the foundation for why global health is New Zealand's business, examining the linkages between major global health concerns (e.g. climate and obesity) as well as examining the mechanisms for ensuring accountability for the effective use of scarce resources to benefit the health of all populations.
The course occupies four full days spaced at approximately monthly intervals. Although the course outline indicates that there will be lectures, seminars, and required coursework components, underpinning this is an educational philosophy that you and your fellow classmates have a valid and valuable contribution to make to our collective learning. We, therefore, encourage your contribution to debates, in-class activities, and online discussions. This teaching style reflects our view that effective learning occurs when students are active participants rather than passive observers. The approach combines lectures, case studies, and discussions drawing on the experience of students and guest speakers. Small group sessions are used to carry out specific exercises and for discussion purposes. Students are also required to present prepared material in class.
Course Contacts
Course Director
Professor Judith McCool
Email: j.mccool@auckland.ac.nz
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Course Coordinator
Dr Lucy Hardie
Email: l.hardie@auckland.ac.nz
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Course Administrator
Shweta Prabhakar
Group Services Administrator
Email:shweta.prabhakar@auckland.ac.nz
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Workload Expectations
For this course, you can expect 30 hours of lectures, and tutorials are set up as required by students. \
It is suggested for this course that three to four hours be set aside to prepare for each session. Overall, a 15 point postgraduate course is estimated to require 10 hours a week over a 12 week semester, including campus attendance, reading, assignments, study and exams.
Locations and Semesters Offered
| Location | Semester |
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| Grafton | Semester One |
Teaching and Learning
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at all scheduled activities to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities, including seminars, will not be available as recordings.
The course will include live online events, including group discussions.
The course activities are scheduled as a block delivery.
Learning Resources
Taught courses use a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas to provide students with learning materials including reading lists and lecture recordings (where available). Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Additional Information on Learning Resources
Students are provided access to online course pages in CANVAS which is the University’s online Learning Management System. These pages give the course outline, objectives for each session and recommended reading. All PowerPoint presentations and additional course materials are available through CANVAS.
Copyright
The content and delivery of content in this course are protected by copyright. Material belonging to others may have been used in this course and copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license. You may copy the course content for the purposes of private study or research, but you may not upload onto any third-party site, make a further copy or sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of the course content to another person.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.
Similarly, research students must meet the University’s expectations of good research practice. This requires:
- Honesty - in all aspects of research work
- Accountability - in the conduct of research
- Professional courtesy and fairness – in working with others
- Good stewardship – on behalf of others
- Transparency – of research process and presentation of results
- Clarity - communication to be understandable, explainable and accessible
For more information on the University’s expectations of academic integrity, please see the Academic Conduct section of the University policy hub.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about taught courses is made available to enrolled students in Canvas.
Students may be asked to submit assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.
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Assessment and Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
| CLO # | Outcome | Programme Capability Link |
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| 1 | Identify and describe the globally distributed determinants of risks to health, including those that lie outside the health system. | |
| 2 | Analyse and compare the various frameworks that underpin global health, including the right to health, health equity and the SDGs | |
| 3 | Understand and critically evaluate the roles played by the various global health governance organisations, including the World Health Organization, non-governmental and philanthropic organisations; | |
| 4 | Discuss the complex systems that underpin the delivery of global health initiatives, including for example, global health governance, financing and global priority setting. | |
| 5 | Understand and explain the difference in distribution of the global burden of disease |
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Assessment Percentage | Assessment Classification |
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| Critical Review | 30 | Individual Coursework |
| Presentation | 40 | Group Coursework |
| Exam | 30 | Individual Coursework |
Assessment to CLO Mapping
| Assessment Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Student Feedback, Support and Charter
Student Feedback
Feedback on taught courses is gathered from students at the end of each semester through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions. Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students. In addition, class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Additional Information on Student Feedback
Suggestion to add depth not breadth in the topics covered.Start each day with foundation then add case studies.Add content on demography and population / over population.Suggest make the course 5 days (shorter) than 4 days.Support for IT in the room.More closely link assessments to course content.Edit Canvas page.
Class representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Tuākana
Tuākana is a multi-faceted programme for Māori and Pacific students providing topic specific tutorials, one-on-one sessions, test and exam preparation and more. Explore your options at Tuakana Learning Communities.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor. Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website.
Wellbeing
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - please see the Support Services page for information on support services in the University and the wider community.
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed work is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due. If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page. This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter.
Student Academic Complaints and Disputes
Students with concerns about teaching including how a course is delivered, the resources provided, or supervision arrangements, have the right to express their concerns and seek resolution. The university encourages informal resolution where possible, as this is quicker and less stressful. For information on the informal and formal complaints processes, please refer to the Student Academic Complaints Statute in the Student Policies and Guidelines section of the Policy Hub.
Course - V7
POPLHLTH 715 - Global Public Health - V2.5 - Effective From: Summer Semester 2026 (Published: 2026-02-18)