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MSc in Global Health Policy

Programme Code: TMGLHP

Department: Health Policy

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations




(formerly MSc in Global Health)

Full year programme. Students take four compulsory half unit courses, one semi-compulsory half unit, options to the value of 1.0 unit, and a dissertation.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5)

Paper 2

HP404 Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (0.5)

Paper 3

HP400 Financing Health Care (0.5)

Paper 4

HP412 Global Health Security (0.5)

Paper 5

One of the following methods based courses:

 

HP407 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (0.5)

 

HP422 Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5)

 

HP428 Randomised evaluations of health programmes: from design to implementation (0.5)

 

MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

Paper 6

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

 

DV444 Global Health Challenges: Epidemics, Disease, and Public Health Response (0.5) #  (not available 2022/23)

 

DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) #

 

DV457 Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (0.5)

 

DV461 Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (0.5) #  (not available 2022/23)

 

HP402 Measuring Health System Performance (0.5)

 

HP403 Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HP405 Social Determinants of Health (0.5)

 

HP406 Principles of Modern Epidemiology (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

HP407 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (0.5)

 

HP422 Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5)

 

HP424 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (0.5)

 

HP425 Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5) #

 

HP428 Randomised evaluations of health programmes: from design to implementation (0.5)

 

HP429 Behavioural Incentive Design in Health and Health Care (0.5)

 

HP432 Mental health policy (0.5) #

 

HP433 Health care regulation (0.5)

 

MY405 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation (0.5)

 

SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5)

 

Or another ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ course subject to the approval of the course tutor.

Paper 7

HP431 Dissertation in Health Policy (0.5)

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

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