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Degree Programme Table: Master of Public Health (MPH) (Online Learning) (Part-time) (PTMPHEALTH2P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Health Promotion
PUHR11058 10 credits
Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
PUHR11068 10 credits
Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics
GLHE11063 20 credits
Introduction to Public Health
PUHR11082 10 credits
Public Policy for Health
PUHR11081 10 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
GLHE11017 10 credits
Research Design for Public and Global Health
PUHR11080 10 credits
Systematic Reviews
PUHR11069 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 30 credits in this group.

Programme Electives

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
Noncommunicable Disease in a Global Context
GLHE11065 10 credits
Migration and Health
GLHE11080 10 credits
Global Challenges in Healthy Ageing
GLHE11082 20 credits
Data Analysis for Epidemiology
PUHR11063 10 credits
Statistical Modelling for Epidemiology
PUHR11064 10 credits
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in a Global Context
PUHR11076 10 credits
Leadership and Management in Public Health
PUHR11079 10 credits
Public health approaches to declining health, dying and bereavement
PUHR11083 10 credits
Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health
PUHR11088 10 credits
Applied Epidemiology
PUHR11121 10 credits
Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines
VESC11224 10 credits
Foundations of Nutritional Epidemiology
VESC11264 10 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Student-Led Individually-Created Course (SLICC) - Health Sciences

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Student-Led Individually-Created Course (SLICC) - Health Sciences
HEIN11097 20 credits
AND

MPH Programme Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Migration and Health
GLHE11080 10 credits
Introduction to Global Mental Health
GLHE11087 10 credits
Implementation science: putting evidence-based interventions into practice
HEIN11056 10 credits
Data Analysis for Epidemiology
PUHR11063 10 credits
Fundamentals of Health Economics
PUHR11073 10 credits
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in a Global Context
PUHR11076 10 credits
Public health approaches to declining health, dying and bereavement
PUHR11083 10 credits
Governance and financial management for public health projects
PUHR11087 10 credits
Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health
PUHR11088 10 credits
Applied Epidemiology
PUHR11121 10 credits
Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines
VESC11224 10 credits
Foundations of Nutritional Epidemiology
VESC11264 10 credits
OR

MPH (online) Dissertation

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
MPH (online) Dissertation
GLHE11074 60 credits
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