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MSc in Health Data Science

Programme Code: TMHDS

Department: Health Policy

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations


9 month programme. Students take four compulsory half unit courses and options to the value of two unit(s).

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)

Year 1

Paper 1

ST445 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5) #

Paper 2

ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # or

 

ST447 Data Analysis and Statistical Methods (0.5) #

Paper 3

HP426 Applied Health Econometrics (0.5)

Paper 4

HP434 Methods and Data for Health Systems Performance Assessment (0.5)

Paper 5

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

 

ST405 Multivariate Methods (0.5) #

 

ST416 Multilevel Modelling (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) #

 

ST443 Machine Learning and Data Mining (0.5) #

 

ST446 Distributed Computing for Big Data (0.5) #

 

ST449 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

 

ST451 Bayesian Machine Learning (0.5) #

 

ST454 Bayesian Data Analysis (0.5) #

 

ST455 Reinforcement Learning (0.5) #

 

ST456 Deep Learning (0.5) #

 

ST457 Graph Data Analytics and Representation Learning (0.5) #

Paper 6

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from any available MSc course offered by the Department of Health Policy.

HP course list

HP course list

HP400 Financing Health Care (0.5)

HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5)

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

HP405 Social Determinants of Health (0.5)

HP407 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (0.5)

HP412 Global Health Security (0.5)

HP420 Health Economics (0.5)

HP421 Economic Analysis for Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

HP422 Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5)

HP423 Advanced Health Economics (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)

HP432 Mental Health Policy (0.5) #

HP433 Health Care Regulation (0.5)

HP435 Global Access to Medicines (0.5)

HP436 Evidence Appraisal for Health Policy Analysis (0.5)

HP437 Health Equity, Climate Change and the Common Good (0.5) #


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

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

Note for prospective students:
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