Public Health - MSc

at London Metropolitan University

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Health Improvement (core, 20 credits)
• Healthcare Public Health (core, 20 credits)
• Introduction to Epidemiology (core, 20 credits)
• Public Health Dissertation (core, 60 credits)
• Research Methods for Health and Social Care (core, 20 credits)
• Ethical Issues in Healthcare (option, 20 credits)
• Health Protection: Principles and Practice (option, 20 credits)
• Health in the City (option, 20 credits)
• Interprofessional Practice (option, 20 credits)
• Managing Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace (option, 20 credits)
• Strategic Planning and Change Management (option, 20 credits)
• Understanding the Policy Process (option, 20 credits)
• Wellbeing in Later Life (option, 20 credits)

You will be required to have:
 

• at least a lower second class (2:2) honours degree in a relevant subject or related area (those with relevant professional or technical qualifications or extensive professional experience will also be considered)

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Completion of the course provides a wide career pathway in population health. Graduates have gone on to positions within the National Health Service (NHS organisations, community organisations, government agencies, local authorities, health promotion agencies, human rights agencies, health sectors abroad, international health institutions, academia, the business and voluntary sectors). Some graduates also undertake advanced research studies.