Global Public Health MSc
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Postgraduate
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Duration
1 Year
Global attitudes to public health have never been more significant. Migration, inequality, and the global economy have changed how we think about health and illness. As a result, tackling public health issues now needs to be viewed on a global scale. This course offers you a rich and varied environment to explore the complex public health issues relevant to a global audience. Anyone with an undergraduate degree and/or relevant work experience is encouraged to apply.
Whether you want to further your knowledge in your existing field or you're looking for a qualification to start a new career, this course can be tailored to suit your needs. You can study a generic MSc in Global Public Health or take one of four endorsed routes:
Child and Maternal Health
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
Ethics, Human Rights and Public Health
Culture, Health and Migration
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About this course
As a Global Public Health graduate, you will be able to explore careers in international and national non-governmental organisations and charities that work around the globe.
It can lead to roles such as Community Development, Health Promoter, Epidemiologist, Policy Officer, International Programme Consultant or Global Programme Manager.
The course can help you pursue careers in government departments both in and outside the UK. It can lead to senior roles in public health such as Public Health Specialist, Public Health Researcher, Analyst or Strategist, Health Policy Researcher, Service Manager or Director.
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree at level 2.2 or above (or equivalent)
What you should know about this course
You'll have a choice of contemporary subject to study that enable you to personalise this programme to suit your career goals.
Part-time study is available.
You will be part of a global network of students. Benefit from new perspectives and experience.
Located at the University's iconic Greenwich Campus.
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Subjects
- Public Health
- Human Rights
- Global
- Public
- Ethics
- Promotion
- Enterprise
- Management
- Organisations
- Health
- Behaviour
- Epidemiology
Course programme
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Management, Leadership & Enterprise in Public Health Organisations (15 credits)
- Behaviour Change and Health Promotion (15 credits)
- Global Public Health Completion Project (60 credits)
- Applied Epidemiology and Statistics in the Global Context (15 credits)
- Project Preparation Skills and Research (30 credits)
- Public Health Theory and Policy (15 credits)
- Ethics, Human Rights and Public Health (30 credits)
- Culture, Health and Migration (30 credits)
- Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (30 credits)
- Maternal and Child Health in the Global Context (30 credits)
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Global Public Health MSc