The BSc Public Health offers an integrated learning experience in an interdisciplinary setting. It provides training in the range of skills involved in keeping people healthy and preventing disease, including:
- Assessing health and wellbeing of populations
- Investigating complex public health problems such as obesity and HIV/AIDS
- Assessing the health impact of policy at local, national and global level
- Communicating effectively with colleagues in public health and the wider health system, as well as with society at large
The BSc Public Health in UCC is the only undergraduate degree in public health in Ireland.
Expected lecture/lab/practical hours: Teaching is delivered from Monday to Friday, with approximately 16 hours of scheduled lectures, tutorials and practical sessions per week. Students must undertake a compulsory 12-week work placement in Year 3, outside the university.
Field trips: Field trips are included within the scheduled teaching time.
Other practicalities: Garda vetting is carried out by the Admissions Office in UCC once a student has accepted their place on this progamme.
