Overview
| This course is also available as an Extended Master's that helps International students adjust to studying in the UK. |
Explore health on an international scale with an MSc in Global Public Health. On this course, you’ll undertake an interdisciplinary approach so you can graduate with a deeper understanding of public health worldwide.
Public health crosses local and national dimensions. As the modern world continues with mass migration and an increase in the global economy, solving health issues must be considered through a global lens. You’ll study the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and public health challenges that contribute to global inequalities, which will enable you to challenge public health on an international scale.
Our Global Public Health degree will cover both international and national priorities for people’s health and wellbeing highlighted by the World Health Organization, the UK Department of Health and Social Care, and other bodies that are key drivers behind the UK and global public health workforce strategies.
You will engage with evidence-based practice, which will enhance your skills in critical thinking, scholarship, and research. Not only this, but you’ll have the opportunity to network with stakeholders within the School and beyond through academic input, research, and knowledge exchange.
If you are looking to enter a career in public health practice and research at a local, national, or international level, then an MSc in Global Public Health will give you the specialist skills and knowledge for you to become an effective global health practitioner.
Why study MSc Global Public Health at CCCU?
- Choose a dynamic course that has been designed to reflect current challenges and legislation both nationally and internationally.
- Learn in our state-of-the-art Verena Holmes building.
- Take an interdisciplinary approach and network with staff and students from different courses to enhance your holistic understanding of global public health.
- Join the Graduate College and become a valued member of our postgraduate community.
The intellectual challenge of CCCU's MSc in Global Public Health has provided me with an excellent education experience, one that makes me thoroughly confident in my abilities as a public health professional.
MSc Global Public Health student
Entry requirements
A relevant first degree.
Consideration is given to other applicants who have experience of working in the field of practice relevant to their proposed study and a cover letter to demonstrate this.
International students will need to meet the requirements of any international student coming to study in the UK.
If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses. There are some exceptions and if the IELTS requirement differs it will be specified on the course page.
Module information
As well as the core modules, you may also have the opportunity to study a number of option modules in your second and third year. Option modules will not be pre-selected for you. We provide examples of option modules. The availability of specific option modules may vary from year to year. The offer of an option will be subject to a minimum number of students choosing the module to ensure the appropriate student experience. The offer of option modules may also be affected by staff availability. It means we cannot guarantee the availability of a particular optional module. However, we will ensure you have a choice of option modules.
Core/optional modules
*Modules subject to approval
How you’ll learn
The MSc Global Public Health will use blended learning to deliver the sessions that integrates face-to-face teaching with the guided learning on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The face-to-face taught sessions will be delivered through a range of methods, including interactive lectures involving PowerPoint presentations and practical workshops, seminar discussions, group work, tutorials and independent learning and research. The lectures will make the use of audio-visual material to provide students with vivid sound and visual images and personal stories related to the global health issues. Lectures will introduce students to the basic concepts and key theories underpinning the principles on the subject areas. Prior to each session, students will be expected to complete the session specific guided learning on the VLE.
As part of independent learning, students will be required to invest time exploring VLE which will provide information on reading, research activities, article reviews, seminar preparation, review of lecture notes and directed study tasks. Students will also be required to demonstrate their engagement through discussion boards on the VLE. Where appropriate and necessary, VLE Collaborate will be used to power learner engagement in addition or as a substitution to face-to-face learning.
Global Public Health Research Project will involve working substantially on your own, however you will be supported throughout by your project supervisor.
The Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy for the MSc Global Public Health complies with the University Learning and Teaching Strategy 2015 - 2022 which commits to providing you with an outstanding higher education experience enabling you to be successful both as individuals and as wider members of general society.
How you’ll be assessed
The MSc Global Public Health Programme’s Assessment Strategy conforms to the General Regulations for the Conferment of Awards: Regulations for Taught Awards. For each 20-credit module, the assessments are weighted at 4000 words or equivalent. The assessments for the modules will be selected from the following range:
- Coursework (essays, reflective writing, case study, written report, review/critical review, research project)
- Oral assessment (group or individual presentations - PowerPoint, Poster, Pecha kucha, Debate, Ted Talk)
The summative assignments for the modules will be supported by formative tasks, where relevant and appropriate, which addresses the assessment criteria. The feedback received from the formative assignment will support students to complete their summative assignment as well as signpost students to access e-library and study support, where relevant and required.
Your future career
The course will develop a more strategic understanding and is a useful qualification for those who are interested in managerial or senior roles that are concerned with health and wellbeing in health care, social care, education, business or the voluntary sector.
Although the course will not lead to a professional registration, it would support you to develop relevant competencies required by a healthy public health workforce, as set out in the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF, 2016), that would be required to gain professional registration with the UK Public Health Registration (UKPHR) and the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
Typical areas of employment that you can enter after completing this course are:
- international development: education programmes, tackling poverty, human rights
- global public health: supporting sustainable development goals, tackling global health inequalities
- charity work and non-governmental organisations
- commissioning public health services
- public health intelligence and surveillance
- improving healthy lifestyles (e.g. physical activity, sexual health, smoking cessation, drugs and alcohol, weight management) Housing and environmental health
- global public health policy and research
- health services improvement and administration
- criminal justice system work in prisons and probation
- undertake further study to pursue career in academia or research.
Fees
Government loans are available for some postgraduate Master’s courses. Loans are subject to both personal and course eligibility criteria.
The rules around course eligibility mean that in some cases it may depend on how you are studying (full-time or part-time) as to whether you can apply for a postgraduate loan. To check whether your course is eligible, you can email the Sutudent Fees Team or call 01227 923 456.
Tuition fees for this course
| UK | Overseas | |
| Full-time | £9,545 | £15,500 |
| Part-time | £4,775 | N/A |
| Full-time with Extended Masters | N/A | £15,500 + £3,500 |
20% Alumni discount
We offer alumni discounts on CCCU Postgraduate Taught, PGCE Primary and Secondary, and Masters by Research courses for eligible students.
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Important information on tuition fees
Tuition fees for all courses which last more than one academic year are payable on an annual basis, except where stated.
There will be an annual inflationary increase in tuition fees for this course where the course lasts more than one academic year. For further information read the Tuition fee statements and continuing fee information.
Extended Masters for International Students
An Extended Masters helps international students get familiar with masters study through a preparation phase in the summer before the main course starts.
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