Public Health MSc

University of Sunderland, London

Improve the lives of others by preventing and managing health problems. Make a real difference to people’s health and help them to live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. OverviewThis course mixes taught elements with independent projects. We support you with guidance and inspiration, and you will negotiate a final project that matches your personal interests. You will analyse the global and national policy and its practical implications and have an opportunity to study an area of healthcare in depth. Public health covers three key domains: Health improvement, which includes monitoring specific diseases, risk factors and inequalities Improving services, which includes audit, evaluation, service planning and efficiency and Health protection, which includes responses to infectious diseases and environmental hazards.Course structureThis course can be studied full-time over one year. We use a wide variety of teaching and learning methods which include lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, self-directed learning and e-learning. Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters requires a higher level of independent working. Assessment methods include coursework, projects, poster and oral presentations, timed tests and exams.