Msc global health systems theory and policy blizard institute

Structure

This MSc programme is available for study for one year full-time, or two years part-time.

In the first semester, modules develop the key concepts and research methods and analysis. These present you with relevant methodological issues and challenges while providing interdisciplinary foundations. In the second semester, you gain a more detailed understanding of areas relevant to your interests through specialist and elective modules.

• Epidemiology and Statistics
• Evidence, Policy and Global Health
• Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
• Health Systems, Policy and Practice
• Dissertation

• Health Systems Theory, Policy and Political Economy
• Understanding and Managing Human Resources for Global Health

• Anthropology and Global Health
• Migration, Culture, and Health
• Gender, Sexuality and Health
• Global Health, Governance and Law
• Ecological Global Health
• Human Rights and Public Health
• Globalisation and Contemporary Medical Ethics
• Researching Global Health and Biomedicine- Geneva Field Class
• Economics of Development
• Human Resource Management in the Public Services

Undertaking an MSc programme is a serious commitment, with weekly contact hours being in addition to numerous hours of independent learning and research needed to progress at the required level. When coursework or examination deadlines are approaching independent learning hours may need to increase significantly. Each module you study is worth 15 credits. University guidelines suggest that for every 15 credits, a student will need to study for 150 hours. You will usually have one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per module, per week. You should expect to be on campus at least 3 days a week.

Our part-time study options mean you can complete this MSc over two years. This MSc programme consist of four core modules, two specialist modules and two optional modules and finally a dissertation, worth a total of 180 credits.

A part time student is required to take two of the core module worth 15 credits in semester one of the first year. In the second semester of the first year, a part time student will take the two specialist, each worth 15 credits. The first year teaching is completed by early April, and final assessments submitted by the end of May.

In the second year a part time student will take the other two core modules worth 15 credits each in semester one, and in the second semester they would take a two optional modules worth 15 credits. In the second year a part time student would research and write their 10,000 to 12,000 word dissertation worth 60 credits. This is usually submitted in August.

University guidelines suggest that for every 15 credits, a student will need to study for 150 hours. This is worth considering when thinking about studying part time. You will usually have one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar, per module, per week.

This programme is not currently available as distance learning, although we hope to make this available in the future. Contact us for further information.