The School offers nineteen MSc courses in London, all designed on a modular basis to provide maximum opportunity for student choice. A wide range of modules is available within these programmes and places are offered to individuals who wish to undertake them as single courses of study. These modules offer an opportunity for individuals to update their skills, enhance career development and study with health professionals from other institutions in a multicultural environment.
Modules in the Spring and Summer Terms are scheduled over two and a half days per week at the same time each week for five weeks. The time students are required to be in attendance at the School will vary according to the teaching strategy of the module, but will usually be between 20 and 45 hours. Learning time, including reading, is estimated to be 150 hours for each module. Those modules in the same half of the week run concurrently and only one of these may be taken in any given year.
The School gives priority to the needs of students registering for Masters and Research Degrees, and so places on any module may be limited - early application is therefore advised. Modules take place from 9.00am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday or from 2.00pm Wednesday to 5.00pm Friday, over the weeks in question, with the exception of the Autumn Term modules (please see individual module specifications for further details).
For modules offered in the Spring and Summer Terms the fee is £1,870 per module.
For modules offered in the Autumn Term, the fee is £18.70 per learning hour (with a minimum overall fee of £1,870 per module).
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The list below shows a selection of the modules available in 2015-16.
Autumn Term (Term 1)
05 October - 18 December 2015
[Reading Week: 9 - 13 November 2015- No classes]
TERM 1 MODULE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO AND INCLUDING MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2015. TERM 1 MODULE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THE REGISTRY AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS TAKING TERM 1 MODULES WILL NOT TAKE ANY FORMAL ASSESSMENTS AND WILL CONSEQUENTLY NOT OBTAIN ANY CREDITS.
1103 Introduction to Health Economics Module Specification
1104 Principles of Social Research Module Specification
1107 Health Services Module Specification
1109 Foundation of Health Promotion Module Specification 2015_16_2
1117 Health Policy, Process & Power Module Specification
1121 Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy Module Specification
1123 Issues in Public Health Module Specification
1125 Environment, Health and Sustainable Development Module Specification
2001 Basic Epidemiology Module Specification
2007 Extended Epidemiology Module Specification
2011 Population Studies Module Specification
2021 Statistics for EPH Module Specification
2031 Introduction to Statistical Computing Module Specification
2033 Clinical Trials Module Specification
2038 Foundations of Medical Statistics Module Specification - some element of statistics training at UG level
2039 Foundations in Reproductive Health Module Specification
2052 Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Module Specification
2055 Fundamental Public Health Nutrition Module Specification - solid grounding in nutrition
2056 Epidemiology in Practice Module Specification
2057 Demographic Methods Module Specification
2341 Fundamentals in Global Mental Health Module Specification
2475 Robust Statistical Methods Module Specification - some element of statistics training
3108 Critical Skills for Tropical Medicine Module Specification
3120 Immunology of Infectious Diseases Module Specification
3121 Bacteriology & Virology Module Specification
3122 Parasitology & Entomology Module Specification
3125 Introduction to Disease Agents and Their Control Module Specification
3196 Analysis & Design of Research Studies Module Specification
3333 Molecular Biology Module Specification
3400 Epidemiology of Blinding Eye Diseases Module Specification
3401 Skills for Field Projects in Eye Care Module Specification
3402 Public Health Programmes in Eye Care Module Specification
Spring Term
C1 Timetable Slot
1400 Health Care Evaluation Module Specification
1457 Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Module Specification
1501 Economic Evaluation Module Specification
1803 Sociological Approaches to Health Module Specification
1807 Health Promotion Approaches and Methods Module Specification
2400 Study Design Writing a Study Proposal Module Specification
2423 Research Design & Analysis Module Specification
2440 Maternal & Child Nutrition Module Specification
2462 Generalised Linear Models Module Specification
3131 Molecular Biology & Recombinant DNA Techniques Module Specification
3134 Advanced Immunology 1 Module Specification
3136 Clinical Infectious Diseases 1 Module Specification
3187 Clinical Virology Module Specification
3195 Epidemiology & Control of Malaria Module Specification
3403 Childhood Eye Disease Module Specification
3457 Designing Disease Control Programmes in Develeoping Countries Module Specification
C2 Timetable Slot 13 January - 12 February 2016
1401 History & Health Module Specification
1402 Conflict & Health Module Specification
1700 Qualitative Methodologies Module Specification
1808 Health Systems Module Specification
2401 Family Planning Programmes Module Specification
2402 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology Module Specification
2417 Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies Module Specification
2436 Population, Poverty & Environment Module Specification
3137 Clinical Infectious Diseases 2 Module Specification
3140 Molecular Virology Module specification
3143 Advanced Diagnostic Parasitology Module Specification
3144 Advanced Immunology 2 Module Specification
3157 Clinical Bacteriology 1 Module Specification
3404 Non Communicable Eye Disease Module Specification
APPLICATIONS FOR MODULES STARTING IN FEBRUARY WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO AND INCLUDING MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2016. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THE REGISTRY AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
D1 Timetable Slot 22 February - 23 March 2016
1127 Evaluation of Public Health Interventions Module Specification
1403 Organisational Management Module Specification
1454 Applied Communicable Disease Control - Module Specification
1504 Economic Analysis for Health Policy Module Specification
1802 Medical Anthropology and Pubic Health Module Specification
2407 Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases Module Specification
2451 Nutrition in Emergencies Module Specification_2016_MK edits_clean
2459 Current Issues in Safe Motherhood Module Specification
2464 Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Module Specification
2465 Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data ModuleSpecification
2472 Social Epidemiology Module Specification
3000 Extended Project Module Specification
3138 Clinical Infectious Diseases 3 Module Specification
3141 Vector Sampling, Identification & Incrimination Module Specification
3146 Basic Parasitology Module Specification
3158 Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Module Specification
3167 Clinical Immunology Module Specification
3192 Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections Module Specification
3407 Implementing Eye Care_Skills and Resources
3434 Tropical Environmental Health Module Specification
D2 Timetable Slot 24 February - 24 March 2016
1301 Environmental Epidemiology Module Specification
1503 Globalisation & Health Module Specification
1606 Analytical Models for Decision-Making Module Specification
1701 Reviewing the Literature Module Specification
1804 Sexual Health Module Specification
2342 Design and Evauation of Mental Health Programmes Module Specification
2429 Population Dynamics & Projections Module Specification
2437 Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases Module Specification
2442 Nutrition-Related Chronic Disease Module Specification
2448 Genetic Epidemiology Module Specification
2463 Survival Analysis and Bayesian Statistics Module Specification
3139 Clinical Infectious Diseases 4 Module Specification
3160 Molecular Biology Research Progress and Applications Module Specification
3165 Clinical Bacteriology 2 Module Specification
3166 Vector Biology & Vector Parasite Interaction Module Specification
3177 Immunology of Parasitic Infection_Principles Module Specification
3189 Ethics, Public Health & Human Rights Module Specification
3461 Global Disability and Health Module Specification
Summer Term
APPLICATIONS FOR MODULES STARTING IN APRIL WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO AND INCLUDING WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH 2015. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THE REGISTRY AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
20 April - 20 May 2016
1300 Environmental Health Policy Module Specification
1607 Integrating Module - Health Services Management Module Specification
1608 Principles and Practice of Public Health Module Specification
1702 Proposal Development Module Specification
1806 Integrating Module - Health Promotion Module Specification
2412 Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology Module Specification
2450 Advanced Statistical Modelling Module Specification
2460 Nutrition Programme Planning Module Specification
2468 Analysing Survey & Population Data Module Specification
3130 Mycology Module Specification
3169 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Module Specification
3174 AIDS Module Specification
3176 Integrated Vector Management Module Specification
3191 Vaccine_immunology Module Specification
3198 Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries Module Specification
3260 Molecular Cell Biology and Infection ModuleSpecification
3460 Pathogen Genomics Module Specification
