Public and Environmental Health BSc Honours

Year 1 focuses on developing your knowledge with an emphasis on key skills in risk assessment and legal interpretation together with core sciences to underpin your scientific knowledge. After successfully completing Year 1 you will be awarded the Certificate in Environmental Health and, if you wish, you can leave the course at this point.

Year 2 is focused on developing practical competences and in the final year you will look closely at concepts of health promotion and education to improve health.

What will you gain?

The purpose of public health is to improve health and wellbeing as well as preventing diseases, which ultimately prolong life and so reduce social inequalities. The course provides you with the key skills and competences necessary to meet these objectives.

You can find out more about this course in the programme specification.

Modules

Year 1

• Applied Environmental Science (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Environmental and Health Stressors (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Functional Anatomy and Pathology (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Law and Professional Practice (30 Credits) Compulsory

Year 2

• Approaches to Experimental Research (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Epidemiology and Global Public Health (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Food Safety (15 Credits) Compulsory
• Health Stressors (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Occupational Health and Safety (15 Credits) Compulsory

Year 3

• Applied Environmental and Public Strategy (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Educating for Health: Evidence and Practice (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Environmental and Occupational Dissertation (30 Credits) Compulsory
• Health Promotion: Targets and Evidence (30 Credits) Compulsory