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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2005/2006
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Public Health Research (MSc/Dip)
Degree Type:  Postgraduate, Taught MSc/Dip
All courses are taken in 1st year of one year programme
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1 COMPULSORY COURSES:
Introduction to Research Methods and Ethics R 11 20
Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics R 11 20
Dissertation R 11 60
ELECTIVE COURSES:
Health Promotion R 11 10
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis R 11 10
Advanced Protocol Development R 11 10
Advanced Statistical Methods: Categorical and Survival Data R 11 10
Public Health Research: International issues R 11 10
Resource Allocation and Health Economics R 11 20
Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health R 11 10
History and Theory of Medical Ethics R 11 10
Personhood and Rights R 11 20
Health Service Planning R 11 10
Genetic Epidemiology R 11 10
Biotechnology and Bioethics R 11 20
Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Health Improvement R 11 10
Epidemiology for Public Health R 11 10
Statistics and Analysis R 11 10
Advanced Statistical Methods: Continuous Data R 11 10
Clinical Trials R 11 10
Sociology of Health & Illness R 11 20
Extended Epidemiology R 11 20
Research Ethics R 11 10
Public Health Research Programme Handbook contains full details of all these courses. This indicates restrictions on choice of courses and will be available for students entering the programme to facilitate advance planning.
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