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Degree Programme Table: Global Mental Health and Society (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-time) (PTMSCGMNHS1F)

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

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.
Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-based Dissertation in Semester 2. http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/current/dpt/cxpgsp11566.htm

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Critical approaches to Global Mental Health and Social Change
PGSP11562 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Inter-disciplinary Approaches to Global Mental Health: Practice, Policy and Research
CLPS11084 20 credits
Dissertation (MSc Global Mental Health and Society)

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

PGSP11567 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Global Mental Health and Society-Recommended Electives

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Evaluation Research Methods
PGSP11373 20 credits
Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action
PGSP11576 20 credits
AND

Global Mental Health and Society-Additional Electives

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please be aware that some courses within this list will have limited number of spaces.
Organising for Social Change
CMSE11558 10 credits
Body Talk: Embodiment, Physical Dialogue and Authentic Movement
CNST11053 20 credits
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (L12)
CNST12007 20 credits
Between Counselling and Research 2: Qualitative Methodologies
CNST12013 20 credits
Involving Children and Young People: Research and Participation
EDUA11407 20 credits
Global Childhoods and Human Rights
EDUA11408 20 credits
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP11002 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP11003 20 credits
Public Health Ethics
LAWS11469 20 credits
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Politics and Theories of International Development
PGSP11240 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Health Systems Analysis
PGSP11363 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
People First: The Anthropology of International Development
SCAN11027 20 credits
Health and Human Rights: Principles, Practice and Dilemmas
SCPL11015 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL11017 20 credits
Working with Self & Others: Skills Theories & Methods
SCWR11037 20 credits
Social Work in Communities
SCWR11039 20 credits
Global Public Health: A critical approach to health improvement
SHSS11009 20 credits
Homelessness and Inclusion Health
SHSS11011 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with Permission from the Programme Director and Course Organiser.
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