Global Health and Development MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert

The programme challenges students to understand the complex forces that shape health worldwide, by developing their understanding of the principles underlying research, policy and practice in global health, fostering critical thinking, and building transferable skills.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core modules (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits, nine months full-time, two to five years flexible study) is offered. Students take four core modules (60 credits) and four optional modules (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits, three months full-time, two years' flexible study) is offered. Students take four core modules (60 credits)

• Concepts and Controversies in Global Health
• Research Methods and Evidence for Global Health
• Power and Politics in Global Health
• Health Systems in a Global Context

The Institute for Global Health reserves the right not to run modules with less than 10 students registered. It may not be possible to take your chosen optional module because of timetabling and capacity constraints. If in doubt, consult the programme administrator.

• Options may include the following:
• Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
• Conflict, Humanitarianism and Health
• Climate Change and Health
• Disability and Development
• Economic Evaluation in Health Care
• Essentials of International Child Health
• Evaluating Interventions
• Global Health Promotion
• Health Management: Planning and Programme Design
• Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Global Health Policy
• Key Principles of Health Economics
• Law and Governance of Global Health
• Nutrition and Public Health
• Perinatal Epidemiology and Maternal Health
• Research in Action: the Qualitative Approach
• Collecting and Using Data: Essentials of Quantitative Survey Research
• Social Determinants of Health
• Urban Health

All MSc students undertake an individual research project on a topic relevant to future work in global health and development which includes a presentation and culminates in a dissertation of 7,000 words.

The programme is taught with an emphasis on collaborative and co-operative learning to ensure that students enter the workforce capable of joining projects and programmes where working in teams is important. Assessment is through written assignments, unseen written examinations, projects, oral presentations, group work, and the written dissertation.