Public Health

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. Required Modules

All students on this course are required to take:

• Prevention & Control of Communicable Disease (15 credits)
• Basic Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health (15 credits)
• Public Health Dissertation (60 credits)

Students taking the Primary Care pathway are also required to undertake a Primary Care-focused dissertation topic, and are also required to take:

• Delivering Public Health in Primary Care: from Theory to Practice (15 credits)

Students taking the Environmental Health pathway are also required to undertake an Environmental Health-focused dissertation topic and are also required to take one of the following:

• Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science (15 credits)
• Essentials of Toxicology for Public Health Protection (15 credits)

Students taking the Allied Health pathway are also required to undertake an Allied Health-focused dissertation topic and are also required to take:

• Exercise as Medicine (15 credits)

In addition, students take sufficient credits to bring their total for the course to 180 from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

• Further Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health (15 credits)
• Health Economics (15 credits)
• Nutrition for Public Health, and the Principles & Practice of Health Promotion (15 credits)
• Sociology of Health & Illness (15 credits)
• Health Psychology Applied to Public Health (15 credits)
• Global Public Health (15 credits)
• Social Research Methods for Public Health (15 credits)
• Engaging Publics in Health Research: Theory, Politics and Practices (15 credits)
• Professionalism, Law & Ethics (15 credits)
• Facilitating Learning in Primary Care (15 credits)
• Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science (15 credits)
• Essentials of Toxicology for Public Health Protection (15 credits)
• Healthcare Public Health (15 credits)
• Management in Organisations (15 credits)
• Delivering Public Health in Primary Care: from Theory to Practice (15 credits)

Please note that if you have opted for one of the specialist pathways, and if for any reason we are not able to run the additional required modules for that pathway, it may be necessary to transfer you to the mainstream Master of Public Health award.

Some modules may also have limited places. Please see the module lists for further information. If you have any concerns or questions about your proposed selection, please contact the Programme Director or the relevant module lead.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.