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Degree Programme Table: Global Health and Infectious Diseases (Online Learning) (ICL) (PgDip) - (Part-time) (PTPGDGLOID1U)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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

Notes:
It is recommended that students take all Certificate courses before taking any Diploma elective courses.

Elective course availability will be subject to student demand, low demand may mean a course will not run. Course availability and allocations will be finalised in consultation with students during Year 1 of the programme.

Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate must complete all Certificate courses within 2 years.

Students may take up to 4 years to complete the Postgraduate Diploma.

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

Course options

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Certificate Compulsory Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Infectious Diseases
BIME11036 20 credits
Applied epidemiology and public health
EMND11003 20 credits
Global Health: Fundamentals
EMND11031 20 credits
AND

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Diploma Elective Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Global Citizenship
BIME11031 10 credits
The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health
BIME11143 10 credits
Fundamentals of cancer with focus on infectious causes
BIME11161 10 credits
Reflections on Circular Health
BIME11162 10 credits
Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries
BIME11163 10 credits
Science Communication and Engagement for Practice
BIME11164 10 credits
Reproductive and Maternal Health
BIME11192 10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194 10 credits
Climate change and infectious disease
BIME11199 10 credits
The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
BIME11208 10 credits
Neglected tropical diseases
EMND11004 10 credits
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMND11006 10 credits
Travel medicine and infectious diseases
EMND11008 10 credits
Globalisation and health
EMND11009 10 credits
Water and sanitation
EMND11021 10 credits
Sexually transmitted infections
EMND11023 10 credits
Newborn and Child Health
EMND11028 10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029 10 credits
Global Health: Mortality
EMND11030 10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033 10 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004 10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017 10 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026 10 credits

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

Notes:
It is recommended that students take all Certificate courses before taking any Diploma elective courses.

Elective course availability will be subject to student demand, low demand may mean a course will not run. Course availability and allocations will be finalised in consultation with students during Year 1 of the programme.

Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate must complete all Certificate courses within 2 years.

Students may take up to 4 years to complete the Postgraduate Diploma.

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

Course options

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Certificate Compulsory Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Infectious Diseases
BIME11036 20 credits
Applied epidemiology and public health
EMND11003 20 credits
Global Health: Fundamentals
EMND11031 20 credits
AND

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Diploma Elective Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Global Citizenship
BIME11031 10 credits
The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health
BIME11143 10 credits
Fundamentals of cancer with focus on infectious causes
BIME11161 10 credits
Reflections on Circular Health
BIME11162 10 credits
Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries
BIME11163 10 credits
Science Communication and Engagement for Practice
BIME11164 10 credits
Reproductive and Maternal Health
BIME11192 10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194 10 credits
Climate change and infectious disease
BIME11199 10 credits
The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
BIME11208 10 credits
Neglected tropical diseases
EMND11004 10 credits
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMND11006 10 credits
Travel medicine and infectious diseases
EMND11008 10 credits
Globalisation and health
EMND11009 10 credits
Water and sanitation
EMND11021 10 credits
Sexually transmitted infections
EMND11023 10 credits
Newborn and Child Health
EMND11028 10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029 10 credits
Global Health: Mortality
EMND11030 10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033 10 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004 10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017 10 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026 10 credits

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

Notes:
It is recommended that students take all Certificate courses before taking any Diploma elective courses.

Elective course availability will be subject to student demand, low demand may mean a course will not run. Course availability and allocations will be finalised in consultation with students during Year 1 of the programme.

Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate must complete all Certificate courses within 2 years.

Students may take up to 4 years to complete the Postgraduate Diploma.

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

Course options

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Certificate Compulsory Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Infectious Diseases
BIME11036 20 credits
Applied epidemiology and public health
EMND11003 20 credits
Global Health: Fundamentals
EMND11031 20 credits
AND

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Diploma Elective Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Global Citizenship
BIME11031 10 credits
The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health
BIME11143 10 credits
Fundamentals of cancer with focus on infectious causes
BIME11161 10 credits
Reflections on Circular Health
BIME11162 10 credits
Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries
BIME11163 10 credits
Science Communication and Engagement for Practice
BIME11164 10 credits
Reproductive and Maternal Health
BIME11192 10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194 10 credits
Climate change and infectious disease
BIME11199 10 credits
The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
BIME11208 10 credits
Neglected tropical diseases
EMND11004 10 credits
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMND11006 10 credits
Travel medicine and infectious diseases
EMND11008 10 credits
Globalisation and health
EMND11009 10 credits
Water and sanitation
EMND11021 10 credits
Sexually transmitted infections
EMND11023 10 credits
Newborn and Child Health
EMND11028 10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029 10 credits
Global Health: Mortality
EMND11030 10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033 10 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004 10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017 10 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026 10 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
It is recommended that students take all Certificate courses before taking any Diploma elective courses.

Elective course availability will be subject to student demand, low demand may mean a course will not run. Course availability and allocations will be finalised in consultation with students during Year 1 of the programme.

Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate must complete all Certificate courses within 2 years.

Students may take up to 4 years to complete the Postgraduate Diploma.

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

Course options

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Certificate Compulsory Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Infectious Diseases
BIME11036 20 credits
Applied epidemiology and public health
EMND11003 20 credits
Global Health: Fundamentals
EMND11031 20 credits
AND

Global Health and Infectious Diseases: Diploma Elective Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Global Citizenship
BIME11031 10 credits
The Nexus of Food Security and Global Health
BIME11143 10 credits
Fundamentals of cancer with focus on infectious causes
BIME11161 10 credits
Reflections on Circular Health
BIME11162 10 credits
Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries
BIME11163 10 credits
Science Communication and Engagement for Practice
BIME11164 10 credits
Reproductive and Maternal Health
BIME11192 10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194 10 credits
Climate change and infectious disease
BIME11199 10 credits
The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
BIME11208 10 credits
Neglected tropical diseases
EMND11004 10 credits
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMND11006 10 credits
Travel medicine and infectious diseases
EMND11008 10 credits
Globalisation and health
EMND11009 10 credits
Water and sanitation
EMND11021 10 credits
Sexually transmitted infections
EMND11023 10 credits
Newborn and Child Health
EMND11028 10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029 10 credits
Global Health: Mortality
EMND11030 10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033 10 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004 10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017 10 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026 10 credits
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