MSc in Global Health Policy

MSc in Global Health Policy

This programme provides students with an in-depth understanding of the planning and delivery of policy responses to global health concerns and issues. It focuses on approaches to effective policy-making which contributes to the protection and promotion of population health in a globalising world, at both national and transnational level.

The course is aimed at students and professionals from both health and non-health backgrounds who seek to understand more about the policy environment associated with issues of global health. It will be of value especially to those seeking to assume positions related to issues of global health policy in national, regional or global health organisations, health-related research institutions, non-governmental organisations and private consultancies.

Structure

MSc:10 modules (4 compulsory core + 5 elective modules + project) OR 12 modules (4 compulsory core + 8 elective modules)

Module selection

Compulsory core modules (PG Certificate, PG Diploma and MSc)

• The Economics of Global Health Policy
• The Politics of Global Health Policy
• Environmental Change and Global Health Policy
• Issues in Global Health Policy

Compulsory core modules (PG Certificate, PG Diploma and MSc)Elective modules (PG Diploma and MSc)

• Project Management and Research Coordination
• Regulatory Affairs, Good Clinical Practice and Ethics
• Data Management
• Fundamentals of Epidemiology
• Global Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
• Health Systems
• Global Mental Health
• Research Design and Methods for the Analysis of Global Health Policy
• Law and Global Health Policy
• Project Module (MSc only)
• Nutrition and Infection
• Immunology of Infection and Vaccines
• Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
• HIV
• Tuberculosis
• Malaria
• Health Decision Science
• Environmental Epidemiology
• Health Care Evaluation
• Medical Anthropology in Public Health
• Conflict and Health
• History and Health
• Applied Communicable Disease Control

(Note that restrictions and pre-requisites may apply to some of the modules above. Not all elective modules will be available every year).

Project (MSc only)

All MSc students have the option to apply to undertake the Project module, which is equivalent to three module credits.