Msc Global Health

COURSE OVERVIEW Join students from all over the world on this global distance learning course Make a difference to health and wellbeing where human need is great and available resources are limited Examine the challenges facing the achievement of sustainable health and wellbeing Gain understanding of the notion of ‘co-development’ – that the global north and the global south have much they can learn from each other Learn from enthusiastic and approachable lecturers and gain further insights from people with extensive experience of working internationally Are you keen to engage with contemporary issues, and global themes and challenges? The Covid-19 pandemic has swung an international spotlight on the importance of solving critical global health challenges. Our dynamic, interdisciplinary programme draws on a range of academic fields of study to understand the policy and practice of global health in order to meet such challenges. On this course you will be studying alongside current and future practitioners from around the world and from a wide range of backgrounds and professions. You will have an opportunity to explore and develop your practices through analysing and critically reviewing the underlying and determining policies and principles. You will investigate what sustains health and wellbeing, how this is perceived, and how it can be achieved, while at the same time recognising, as we now so strikingly know, that the challenges of global health are universal. This exciting programme takes a multi-perspectival and interdisciplinary approach to support you in the development of your practice in global health. Our aim is to enable you to recognise that, whatever and wherever you practise, you will do so most appropriately and effectively through having a clear understanding and appreciation of not just the culture in which you will be practising but your own culture, the one you come from. As such global health is recognised to draw on findings from both the social as well as the clinical sciences. On this 1-year full-time or 2-years part-time course, you study a range of modules based on relevant theoretical topics and practical experiences. Mandatory level 7 modules include: Defining Concepts, Determinants of Health, Project Planning for Sustainable Global Health, Research and Evaluation in Global Health, and a Dissertation. As you progress through the course, programme content moves from the broad complexities of global health to become more focused on a topic that you have chosen to explore in depth through research and fieldwork. Assessment is through written assignments on module topics, and a final semester/year project dissertation. Your learning takes place online through a combination of lectures and seminars, small group work, and guided independent study. You will have a supervisor/tutor to support you with your studies and you are encouraged to continue to gain practical experience of global health either in the UK or abroad. Careers Graduates of the MSc Global Health programme go on to pursue careers or advance their existing career in charitable organisations, businesses and the health service in the UK and abroad, with roles in general/project management, community and/or business development, campaigning, advocacy, fundraising, service improvement, policy analysis and development, evaluation and research, and health promotion. Alternatively, you may choose to take your studies further to a higher degree such as doctoral and professional doctorate studies.