StudyQA — Master: Population Health — University College London

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The Population Health MSc will provide the core skills needed to work in public health, as well as offering a wide range of optional modules which can be targeted towards a range of careers in or parallel to this area including: health policy, programme management, health inequalities, and urban and environmental planning.

Students will learn how to define and measure health, understand the role of socioeconomic and behavioural determinants of health, appreciate how health systems and public policy impact on health, and learn how to evaluate interventions to improve population health.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core modules (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits) and a dissertation/report (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits), full-time nine months, flexible study 2-5 years, is offered. Students take four core modules (60 credits) and four optional modules (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits), full-time nine months, flexible study two years, is offered. Students take three core modules (45 credits) and one optional module (15 credits).

Core modules

Core Concepts in Population Health (to be confirmed)
Epidemiology or Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
Health Systems in a Global Context
Basic Statistics for Medical Science

Optional modules

Advanced Statistical Modelling
Climate Change and Health
Economic Evaluation of Health Care
Evaluating Interventions
Health Inequalities Over the Life Course
Health-related Behaviours and Cognitions
Immunisation and Communicable Diseases
Physical and Mental Health, Stress and Aging
Qualitative Research Methods in Health Research
Quality Improvement in Health Care
Reproductive Health
Research Methods in Social Epidemiology
Sexual Health Programming in Low and Middle Income Countries
Urban Health
Using Informatics in Healthcare

Dissertation/report

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 7,500 words. An oral presentation and a lay summary of 500 words are also required. The dissertation can include primary research, secondary data analysis, a literature review or a project proposal in a field related to population health.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures and tutorials. Assessment is through a variety of methods, including essays, unseen examinations, project proposals and oral presentations. Students will also write a research dissertation of 7,500 words, along with an oral presentation and a lay summary of 500 words.

An upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard; or a professional qualification in a health-related area such as medicine or nursing of an equivalent standard. Relevant research, work or volunteer experience will be viewed favourably. Students without the minimum academic standards may be considered if they have extensive relevant work or research experience.