The MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology is a one-year, full-time course that provides intensive training in epidemiology and statistics to enable students to conduct and interpret research studies in important areas of population health.
Course Structure
Core Modules
The first term will consist of an overview of the global burden of disease and the fundamental concepts and considerations in research methods and practice related to population health:
- Introduction to Global Health Science
- Principles of Epidemiology
- Principles of Statistics
- International Research Ethics
Options
During the second term and up to two weeks in the third term, in addition to some continued content of the compulsory modules, students will select four of the following eight module options for further study:
- Clinical Trials and Meta-analysis
- Communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Health Economics
- Maternal and Child Health
- Non-communicable Diseases
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Principles and Applications of Data Scienc
