Global Health and Development: tropEd programme MSc

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, and their ability to critically evaluate the issues that are important for today's developing countries and common to the whole world.

MSc students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core UCL modules (60 credits), optional modules taken at UCL and partner trop-Ed institutions (60 credits), and the research dissertation completed at UCL (60 credits). All UCL taught modules are 15 credits. To gain the tropEd MSc you should take at least 15 credits of optional modules outside UCL in a partner tropEd institution.

• 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 (IGH) reserves the right not to run modules with less than 10 students registered. It may not be possible to take your chosen optional modules because of timetabling and capacity constraints. If in doubt, consult the programme administrator.

• There are more than 150 modules available that have been approved and accredited by tropEd.
• UCL optional modules may include the following:
• Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
• Climate Change and Health
• Conflict, Humanitarianism and Health
• Collecting and Using Data: Essentials of Quantitative Survey Research
• 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
• 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. This is to ensure that students enter the workforce capable of joining projects and programmes with a supportive network of peers. Assessment is through written assignments, unseen written examinations, projects, oral presentations, group work and the written dissertation.