Course details
This course has two streams, meaning you can choose the one that best suits your professional goals:
- Stream A - a focus on public health interventions and services
- Stream B - a focus on health policy and health systems.
The taught compulsory modules lay firm foundations for your learning throughout the course:
- Introduction to Global and Public Health – introduces global health issues, public health strategies and health systems for Universal Health Coverage.
- Principles of Public Health (Stream A) – analyses public health problems from a multidisciplinary perspective, dissects and explores how to strengthen existing and build new health services, programmes and related management systems in order to improve the health of populations and communities.
- Principles of Health Management (Stream B) – planning and policy – analyses types of policies and management systems in the health sector with particular focus on the changing roles of the government.
Choosing a stream is influenced by your learning expectations and career goals, but not necessarily by your work experience. You do not need to decide on what stream they will choose before the course begins, as sufficient guidance will be provided during the first module to guide your decision.
Course structure
The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time.
For more information and a fully list of typical modules available on this course, please read Public Health (International) PGCert in the course catalogue.
Learning and teaching
At Leeds, you will build core skills and knowledge in specialist fields of public health, planning and management. You will benefit from the international learning environment, where you learn and discuss with fellow-health professionals from a range of countries and professional backgrounds.
You will learn through a mixture of lectures, seminars, group work, workshops, tutorials and case studies. You will learn in an international and diverse classroom environment, with students from different countries and academic staff with lived and work experience outside the UK. You will contribute to an active learning environment, which invites you to reflect on and share your own experiences while learning from others.
The course introduces essential learning skills for postgraduate level study, with particular emphasis on the challenges facing those returning to study to enhance their competence in the use of information technology. A reflective learning approach will form the basis of career-long independent learning and continued professional development.
Facilities
You will be able to use University facilities for independent study, such as computing facilities and the Health Sciences library, with its extensive collection of online journals. You will also have access to the newly refurbished Worsley Building with new teaching spaces and a social space specifically for postgraduate students.
On this course you will be taught by our expert academics, from lecturers through to professors. You may also be taught by industry professionals with years of experience, as well as trained postgraduate researchers, connecting you to some of the brightest minds on campus.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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This course has two streams, meaning you can choose the one that best suits your professional goals:
Stream A - a focus on public health interventions and services
Stream B - a focus on health policy and health systems.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUFF5646M | Introduction to Global Health and Epidemiology | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
All candidates studying Stream A are required to take the following 30-credit module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUFF5675M | Principles of Public Health | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
All candidates studying Stream B are required to take the following 30-credit module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUFF5655M | Principles of Health Management, Planning and Policy | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
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