Public Health (Extended), BSc Hons

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    4 Years

This public health degree starts with a foundation year to prepare you for degree-level study. You then study the same modules as our three-year course.

The course provides the vital knowledge and experience that can be applied to any areas of public health practice, from community empowerment to statistical analysis and epidemiology to policy development. Our strong emphasis on employment-orientated knowledge and skills development means that graduates are ready to start work as public health practitioners.

With the guidance of our research-active tutors, you will explore strategies to improve the UK's health, from social change and targeting inequalities to designing and implementing national campaigns. A structured work experience assignment in your final year will give you the opportunity to use the knowledge and skills you have developed in the workplace and make valuable professional contacts.

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SeptemberEnrolment now closed

About this course

There are many opportunities for graduates with a public health degree. Graduates have gone on to a variety of roles in local government, the National Health Service, the wide sweep of organisations in the voluntary sector, regional, national and international bodies, and industries involved in food, transport, the environment, pollution and education.

Applicants would normally apply with the equivalent of 64 UCAS points (or above), plus GCSE English Language or Literature and Maths grade 4/C (or above). This might include:

Applications from those with an A‐Level background if the applicant has two D grades and one E grade (or above) in relevant subjects.
Applications from those with 64 UCAS points including points from at least two AS-Levels in relevant subjects.
Applications from those with an AS‐Level background if the applicant has studied three/four AS subjects and achieved at least three C grades (or above) in relevant subjects.

What you should know about this course
The four year course is identical to the three year course, but with the bonus of a foundation year at the start. This course has lower entry criteria than the three year course.
If you have the ability but not the qualifications, this is your route to a degree in public health.
Students studying the BSc Hons Public Health can expect to earn up to £30,000 on graduation (HESA, 2020).
The course is taught at the university's iconic Greenwich Campus.

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Subjects

  • Public Health
  • Leadership
  • Options
  • Ethics
  • Health and Social Care
  • Public
  • Employability
  • Writing
  • Communication Training

Course programme

What you will study

Year 0

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Study Skills (15 credits)
  • Academic Writing (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Public Health and Wellbeing (30 credits)
  • Current Issues in Psychology (15 credits)
  • Foundations of Psychological Science (15 credits)
  • Essential Research Methods (30 credits)
Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Introduction to Concepts and Theories of Health (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Public Health and Health Promotion (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Health & Social Policy (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Behaviour Change in Public Health (15 credits)
  • Cultural Competency in Health and Social Care (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Environmental Health and Health Protection (15 credits)
  • Academic and Personal Development (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Statistics (15 credits)
Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Applied Ethics for Health and Public Health (15 credits)
  • Analysis of Health Needs (15 credits)
  • Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion (15 credits)
  • Life, Health and Wellbeing: Bio-Psycho-Social Perspectives (30 credits)
  • Introduction to Epidemiology (15 credits)
  • Introduction to the Research Process (15 credits)
  • Health Economics and Policy (15 credits)
Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Understanding Management in Health and Social Care (15 credits)
  • Health Promotion (Level 6) (15 credits)
  • The Global Context of Public Health (15 credits)
  • Employment Based Learning (15 credits)
  • Housing, Environment and Wellbeing (15 credits)
  • Theory, Evidence and Practice in Public Health and Wellbeing Dissertation (30 credits)
  • Community Development and Engagement. (15 credits)
  • Charlotte Jeavons
  • Academic Portfolio Lead – Public Health

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International - £14,500

Public Health (Extended), BSc Hons

£ 9,250 VAT inc.