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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

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DRPS : DPTs : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences DPTs

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

Dissertation (Public Health)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Introduction to Public Health

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 1 (Sem 1)

Introduction to Health Promotion

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 2 (Sem 1)

Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 1 (Sem 1)

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 2 (Sem 1)

Research Design for Public and Global Health

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 3 (Sem 2)

Systematic Reviews

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 3 (Sem 2)

Course options

The global burden of mental illness

Evaluation of Global Health & Development Programmes

Data Analysis for Epidemiology

Statistical Modelling for Epidemiology

Societies, Reproduction and Health

Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

Intermediate Epidemiology

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Fundamentals of Health Economics

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in a Global Context

Public Policy for Health

Governance and financial management for public health projects

Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health

Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions

Sociology of Health and Illness

Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health

Global Health Epidemiology

CMVM Scientific Academic Writing

Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines

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