MSc Public Health (Online Delivery)

The one year MSc in Public Health is available to those who have successfully completed the Public Health Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits). This can be from Diploma MSc, the University of South Wales or from another UK university (having completed similar modules).

For those who have not completed the Postgraduate Diploma, you can apply for the Public Health MSc as a two year course, consisting of eight modules (180 credits) with the first 120 credits deriving from the Postgraduate Diploma.

The Public Health MSc course starts with an initial 10 week online module that will develop skills in critical appraisal and knowledge of research methodologies. Students then progress to module 2 where they undertake the professional project, which consists of a 1,500 word proposal and 10,500 word professional project (dissertation).

2 year MSc:

Module 1 – Contemporary issues in public health

• To provide an overview of the introduction to public health and explore relevant definitions.
• To critically use relevant data and evidence to understand contemporary issues within the public health arena.
• To develop an understanding of evidence-based interventions, to prevent contemporary issues or to protect the population’s health.

Module 2 – Environmental/geopolitical determinants of health

• To critically use relevant data and evidence to understand the impact of environmental/geopolitical issues and interventions to protect the population’s health.

Module 3 – Data and intelligence

• To critically use relevant data collected by a variety of methods and techniques to survey and assess a population’s health.

Module 4 – Dealing with complexity

• To develop knowledge of a range of effective strategic leadership, organisational and management skills in a variety of complex public health situations and contexts, dealing effectively with uncertainty and the unexpected to achieve public health goals.

Module 5 – Protecting the public’s health

• To critically apply the evidence base to address issues within public health care systems.
• To develop an understanding of needs assessment and health impact assessment to support evidence-based interventions.
• To develop skills in pathway development for integrated services.

Module 6 – Public health within health and care systems

• To critically apply the evidence base to address issues within public health care systems.
• To develop an understanding of needs assessment and health impact assessment to support evidence-based interventions.
• To develop skills in pathway development for integrated services.

Module 7 – Research Methodologies and Critical Appraisal

• To prepare students for an independent research-based project by developing skills in selecting, appraising, discriminating, using evidence and appropriate research/investigative methods to address relevant topics for investigation.

Module 8 – Professional Project

• To formulate the research question that you seek to answer.
• To develop an ability to critically evaluate areas of professional practice.
• To critically appraise specific areas of clinical, research and organisational practice.
• To develop skills in independent research and study.
• To develop skills relevant to scientific publications.

1 year MSc

Module 1 – Research Methodologies and Critical Appraisal

• To prepare students for an independent research-based project by developing skills in selecting, appraising, discriminating, using evidence and appropriate research/investigative methods to address relevant topics for investigation.

Module 2 – Professional Project

• To formulate the research question that you seek to answer.
• To develop an ability to critically evaluate areas of professional practice.
• To critically appraise specific areas of clinical, research and organisational practice.
• To develop skills in independent research and study.
• To develop skills relevant to scientific publications.