Master of Spatial Analysis for Public Health

Summary

The Master of Spatial Analysis for Public Health (MSAPH) combines expertise on public health issues with GIS technologies. Spatial health data is fundamental to assess hazards from environmental exposure, and the impact of health intervention towards the well-being of communities.

Geospatial analysts can use spatial data to determine important health demographics such as disease causation and spread prevention, disaster risk factors, genetic disease likelihood, physical and mental behavioural trends, and economic affect. These issues are on the rise and experts are needed globally.

The MSAPH contains 180 points of coursework, including a 60-point community project. The MSAPH includes seven compulsory courses, and a project over the summer at a workplace or with direct relevance to a community.

Further study

Students may go onto Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies in a large variety of related subjects, for example Geography.

Career Opportunities

Graduates with geospatial science and health analytical skills will find themselves well-suited to work as spatial analysts, health policy makers, GIS software developers, environmental health officers, statisticians, and administrators in health research groups, DHBs, health ministries, and other public health sector organisations.