Gain the knowledge, skills, and adaptability to work in public health settings, and the wider health and wellbeing economy.
Public Health is about the theory and practice of preventing disease and promoting good health and wellbeing. It does this through specific actions and interventions, planned health provision, policies, and legislation. It can target or help individuals but more often is delivered at population level, for example in a specific geographical region or for a specific group , or community.
This course will provide you with knowledge about how health is created and influenced in the settings of our daily lives, holistically exploring theoretical constructs of health, a range of health improvement and protective measures, in addition to sustainability, climate change, and policy.
Our course aims to provide you with work-related experiences. As a graduate of this degree, you will have the foundational knowledge required to address future health-needs with creativity, innovation, and resilience.
Our team at CCCU has over 30 years’ experience of developing courses, teaching, academic leadership, and research in the field of public health. We are proud to have been one of the first universities to teach this subject to undergraduate students.
Our cohort have been incredibly lucky to have lecturers that we feel really know each of us, treat us as young professionals and value our opinions. I have gained such a valuable foundation for my future.
Meg, current student
Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024
Qualification type |
Grades |
A Levels |
BBC |
BTEC |
DMM |
Access |
15 Distinctions and 30 Merits |
International Baccalaureate |
29 Points |
Combinations |
A combination of qualifications totalling 112 UCAS points |
Find out more information about entry requirements.
If you have any questions about entry requirements for this course, please contact our Course Enquiry Team.
Find more information on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) requirements on our website.
Depending which country you're from, there may be specific entry requirements. Check your country to see if this is applicable to you.
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.
The BSc (Hons) Public Health degree and pathways are full-time degrees where you will be taught at our Canterbury Campus.
You will study six modules each year, across two semesters. Four of the modules (two each semester) will be shared as common modules, meaning that you will study with students studying the BSc (Hons) Public Health and Lifestyle Science, BSc (Hons) Mental Health and Wellbeing, BSC (Hons) Public Health and Arts, BSc (Hons) Public Health and Digital Technology, and BSc (Hons) Public Health and Business Management.
For each module that you study you will receive 50 hours of academic direction usually equivalent to 30 hours of contact and 20 hours of guided independent learning structured by an academic. Your actual contact hours will depend on the optional modules you select. This means that during semesters, you will usually to be on campus for between 9 and 15 hours each week.
The guided independent learning will form a series of activities that complement the contact hours directly and may include observation activities, simulated activities, pre-class reading, engagement with digital resources, research tasks, or completion of a set exercise.
Your degree includes a wide range of teaching and learning strategies. These strategies are designed to encourage you to develop your knowledge, skills, and independent learning, and to continually apply your academic learning to real-world experience and vice versa.
The strategies include work based-learning, the use of real-world or industrial briefs, group discussions, lectures, student presentations, ‘flipped learning’ (whereby students may read or watch a presentation in advance and this is discussed in class), problem-based learning, class based discussions, problem solving group work, brainstorming, use of case studies, reflection, use of broadcast media to show health in the real world, library based exercises, role play, creative practical exercises, peer learning, peer teaching, student led seminars, engagement with the virtual learning environment (Blackboard/Library), IT skills, online discussions, and individual and group tutorials.
Technologies such as Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate, Mentimeter, Padlet, PebblePad, ReCap, and Turnitin will be used to support the learning and teaching strategy within the course. The learning, teaching, and assessment strategy for the BSc (Hons) Public Health supports success for all students by ensuring that the transition to Higher Education is manageable through the progressive structuring of the modules over the three levels of the course.
The emphasis of the course and the learning and teaching throughout is the development of the whole person, supporting students to be partners in their learning who can confidently engage in their studies, and directed and independent activities, enabling them to become part of a wider learning community.
The course aims ultimately to produce graduates who understand and can act on public health goals, and support individuals, communities, and populations to engage in health promoting and protective behaviours with confidence, and the ability to work within a range of contexts and settings, whilst demonstrating appropriate values and behaviours. All courses are informed by the University’s Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Strategy, and Vision 2030.
Independent study is essential to your learning experience as it provides an opportunity for you to consolidate your learning and the development of wider graduate skills. Academic staff will provide you with resources such as reading lists, documentaries, podcasts etc and make suggestions for how to use your independent study time effectively.
Independent study is self-directed, and you can decide how best to use that time to benefit your learning experience. We would expect you to complete 150 hours of independent study for each 20-credit module. This will be equivalent to 12 hours week each semester, in total.
Your overall workload on this full-time degree will be equivalent to 1200 hours each year, broken down as 50 hours of academic direction and contact per module, with 150 hours of independent study per module. This means that during each of the two semesters, you should expect to be studying for around 600 hours.
Our academic team have over 30 years’ experience and keen research interests in public health. Many come from practice backgrounds and are now engaged academics and researchers. The teaching team is comprised of lecturers, senior lecturers, and principal lecturers. Our staff all hold, or are studying for, the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, ensuring that they are qualified to teach you.
We are passionate about public health and want you to feel the same. We therefore incorporate a range of learning and teaching approaches into our degree to help students get the best from their education. These approaches mean that you won’t just sit in lectures but will be active partners in your learning experience. We want you to develop as independent learners and our learning and teaching strategies are designed to equip you with those skills in a vibrant learning environment.
Murray AllenCourse Director
The assessment methods aim to provide a wide range of possible methods for students to demonstrate and enhance their abilities and graduate attributes.
Each module generally has one or two assessments from the following range: essays (includes reflective essays, case study essays, or essays that review or critique research), individual presentations, poster presentations, research reports, literature reviews, projects, seen and unseen examinations (usually 2 hours), and portfolios.
Each module's assessments are usually weighted at 4000 words or equivalent, in total. This means for example that you could have two assessments, one being equivalent to 1200 words, such as a presentation, and the other being 2800 words.
The degree provides suitable entry qualifications that will provide the foundation upon which to become a registered public health practitioner in the future. It also opens routes into other professions through further postgraduate study as the course is normally accepted for graduate entry into health professional and social work courses, including the MSc Global Public Health, MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing, and PGCE for teaching.
Typical areas of employment that you can enter after completing this degree are:
Our new public health suite of degrees have embedded work-related experiences, providing opportunities for you to work collaboratively on real-world problems. By the end of this degree, you will have a portfolio demonstrating your experience, alongside the confidence and ability to achieve your career ambitions.
Murray AllenCourse Director
The 2025/26 annual tuition fees for this course are:
UK | Overseas | |
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Full-time | £9,535 | £15,500 |
Tuition fees for all courses are payable on an annual basis, except where stated. The fees represented here are for study with Canterbury Christ Church University. If you are looking to study at a partner institution, please visit their website for fees information.
Please read the 2025/26 Tuition Fee Statement for further information regarding tuition fees and year on year fee increases.
Home (UK) Fees
The Government has announced that it will increase the tuition fee cap by 3.1%, in line with inflation, for the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to parliamentary approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 our undergraduate home tuition fees are expected to be £9,535.
Overseas/International Fees
Undergraduate / PGCE tuition fees for international students are not set by the UK Government.
The course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the field of public health. Throughout your degree there will be numerous opportunities to understand the variety and nuance of public health practice through class discussions, case-studies, work-related experiences, and assessments. Whilst studying this degree you will have the opportunity to reflect on your personal strengths and values in our supportive environment that will assist you in planning for your studies and prepare you for your future career.
Duration:
3 yearsUCAS code:
B910Location(s):
Canterbury