Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health MA/PG Dip

The programme covers relevant areas of moral and political theory, comparative policy analysis, and health economics, to allow students to come to a wide understanding of background issues, history and constraints, in order to be able to make a positive contribution to current debates in this field.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of three core modules (45 credits), five optional modules (75 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma of 120 credits is available, consisting of three core modules (45 credits), and five optional modules (75 credits).

• Philosophy Politics and Economics of Health
• Health Policy and Reform
• Key Principles of Health Economics

Students may choose from the list of recommended modules below, or other relevant modules in UCL, with the approval of the convenors. Please note that some modules fill up very quickly, so places cannot be guaranteed.

• Bioethics Governance
• Comparative Human Rights Law
• Law and Governance of Global Health
• Global Justice and Health
• Illness
• Madness
• Conflict, Humanitarianism and Health
• Ethics and Regulation of Research
• Contemporary Political Philosophy
• Normative Ethics
• Politics and Ethics
• Health Inequalities over the Life-course
• From Imperial Medicine to Global Health, 1860s to Present
• Death, Dying and Consequences
• Disability and Development
• Introduction to Deafhood
• Global Health and Development
• Anthropology and Psychiatry
• Medical Anthropology

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of up to 12,000 words.

The programme is taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials. Student performance is assessed through examinations, presentations and coursework (depending on the options chosen), and the dissertation.