Explore our Public Health taught course.

P-B902

MPH/PGDip/
PGCert

1 year FT or 3 years PT (MSc); 2 years PT (PGDip); 1 year PT (PGCert)

2 October 2023

Warwick Medical School

University of Warwick

Warwick Medical School offers a master's in Public Health, an interdisciplinary degree, drawing upon expertise across a wide range of subject areas, to explore the complexity of public health issues in the UK and internationally.

Public health spans a broad range of issues and subject areas and is suitable if you are looking to explore complex health challenges on a global scale.

Our course has a choice of pathways to enable you to pursue the area of public health you find most relevant and interesting. Pathways include: global health, health services and an academic route centred on health economics, epidemiology and research methods. Alternatively, you can select options from different pathways.

At the end of the Master’s, you will have the opportunity to complete either a dissertation or professional project on a topic of your choice. Previous projects have focused on a broad array of topics, including childhood obesity, flu vaccination uptake within care home staff and models of primary care for homeless patients.

Skills from this degree

• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Communication skills
• Statistical skills

Module teaching is generally organised within intensive study blocks, spanning one or two weeks. Teaching methods include lectures, seminar and group work, and students will have opportunity to draw on their academic and work experience. Parts of the course are taught by visiting or guest clinical or academic lecturers. Additional optional transferrable skills training is also provided, including in using Microsoft Office applications and statistical software.

Class sizes will vary, however on average they comprise of 20-25 students.

Contact Hours

There is a range of assessment styles, reflecting what is needed when working in public health, such as statistical reports, briefing papers, press releases, action plans, reflections, portfolios, verbal presentations (group and individual) and poster presentations.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web pageLink opens in a new window.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, listing your allocated lectures, seminars, and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you when you join us.

First degree (2:ii) or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject.

Those without formal qualifications should demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level.

• Band A
• International students will be required to show sufficient competence in English (IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.5 in the reading and writing components and no component below 6).

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

• Postgraduate Induction and Your Professional Development
• Epidemiology and Statistics
• Disease Prevention and Health Protection
• Health Improvement and Management for Public Health
• Social Determinants of Health
• Dissertation or Professional Project (for the Master’s)

• Health Screening
• Design, Analysis and Interpretation Epidemiology Research
• International Health Policy
• Introduction to Health Economics (for non-economists)
• Qualitative Research Methods in Health
• Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health Service Organisations
• Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Healthcare
• Global Health
• Pathways to the Public Health Workplace
• Public Mental Health and Wellbeing

Read more about the core and optional modules on the Medical School's website.

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