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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

The academic year 2023/24 will be a transitional year as we update our programme curriculum. The core course of Public Policy for Health will be running in both Year 1 and Year 2.

In 2024/25 Public Policy for Health will be core for Year 1 and Systematic Reviews will become core for Year 2. This change will be reflected in April 2024.

Compulsory courses

Introduction to Health Promotion

Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Introduction to Public Health

Public Policy for Health

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

The academic year 2023/24 will be a transitional year as we update our programme curriculum. The core course of Public Policy for Health will be running in both Year 1 and Year 2.

In 2024/25 Public Policy for Health will be core for Year 1 and Systematic Reviews will become core for Year 2. This change will be reflected in April 2024.

Compulsory courses

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Research Design for Public and Global Health

Public Policy for Health

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Noncommunicable Disease in a Global Context

Migration and Health

Global Challenges in Healthy Ageing

Data Analysis for Epidemiology

Statistical Modelling for Epidemiology

Intermediate Epidemiology

Systematic Reviews

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in a Global Context

Leadership and Management in Public Health

Public health approaches to declining health, dying and bereavement

Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health

Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines

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