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MA Public Health

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    MA 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

Our Public Health Masters degree has been designed in response to contemporary international debates about the changing nature and shifting boundaries of multidisciplinary public health. It will allow you to develop an extensive knowledge of public health with a critical awareness of the philosophical, theoretical and method logical aspects of the discipline and following graduation you’ll be enthused about the potential to act as change agents within multi-disciplinary public health settings. You’ll also be able to adopt an independent and reflective approach to your learning and future careers.

What you’ll study

This contemporary course is informed by a social model of health crucial to understanding contemporary and global public health theory and practice. It focuses on the strategic and international elements of public health, environment and sustainable development that are critical to effective multidisciplinary practice in these fields. As a result it reflects cutting-edge, current developments.

The course provides you with the opportunity to engage with a wide and diverse curricula including:

  • sustainable development
  • social determinants of health
  • politics
  • ethics
  • international public health.

It is suitable for recently qualified graduates or those already in employment.

Following graduation you will:

  • be inspired about the potential to act as change agents within multi-disciplinary public health settings
  • bring an extensive knowledge of public health with a critical awareness of the philosophical, theoretical and methodological issues to bear on the discipline
  • adopt an independent and reflective approach to your learning and future careers.

Entry Requirements

  • You will need an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK undergraduate honours degree (2.2 or above) in a related subject.
  • Applicants without such qualifications will be considered on an individual basis but will be required to demonstrate how their experiences in the multidisciplinary public health territory (e.g. awards, scholarships, work experience – either paid or unpaid) and knowledge and skills would enable them to study this course at masters level in their Personal Statement.

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Programme Funding

You might be able to get a scholarship to help fund your studies, We award scholarships to those students who can demonstrate excellent achievement, passion and dedication to their studies.

Student Destinations

The course cultivates intellectual and research skills, experience and knowledge suitable for effective practice in a wide range of multidisciplinary public health sectors. You will be equipped to progress into policy, research and practice roles in the public, private or voluntary arenas in the UK or internationally. For those already employed it provides transferable skills such as independent critical thought, analysis and evaluation, partnership working skills and self-directed learning.

Previous graduates have gone onto roles including:

  • Community fundraiser
  • Health worker
  • Graduate teaching assistant
  • Administrator

Module Details

  • Concepts of Health and Healing
  • Public Health, Sustainability and Community
  • Global Ethics and Public Health
  • Policy and Practice in Multidisciplinary Public Health
  • Research Methods
  • International Politics of Health
  • Dissertation
  • Professional Practice in Public Health
  • Research Project

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