Global Health (Taught)

The MSc in Global Health equips students with the expertise and transferable skills needed to tackle pressing global health issues. You’ll critically analyse global health problems, explore inequalities, and learn how to address complex challenges through capacity building, community engagement, partnerships, research, and education.

The course covers a range of modules, including Introduction to Global Health, Researching Global Health, Leading Sustainable Change, Interventions in Global Health, and a Global Health Dissertation. Delivered by a passionate team with expertise in fields such as psychology, sociology, nutrition, biomedical science, mental health, and community development, the course offers a rich, interdisciplinary learning experience.

We provide tailored academic and non-academic support to enhance your experience. This includes creative learning tools, academic booster sessions, personal tutoring, and pastoral care, all designed to support your journey during and after the course.

Key features

• Develop leadership and management skills through a Level 7 award in Strategic Management, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

• Learn from a dedicated, experienced team whose expertise in global health and public health challenges will broaden your perspective.

• Study interdisciplinary modules taught using creative methods, with diverse assessment approaches.

• Undertake opportunities to develop employability skills with diverse communities both nationally and globally.

• Benefit from block teaching, allowing you to focus on one subject at a time for better engagement, feedback, and work-life balance.

Modules

Students will undertake a range of modules including:

Introduction to Global Health

This introductory module to global health will explore contemporary health challenges within the context of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), differing health systems and policy approaches. The module provides a comprehensive understanding of the different political structures, actors, policies, economic systems and theories (such as the social determinants of health) underpinning global health initiatives, programmes and practices.

Researching Global Health

This module supports students in becoming researchers in the area of Global Health. Students will explore research methodologies, different forms of analysis, theoretical frameworks and research designs, as well as ethical considerations, evidence appraisal and audit. It re-introduces students to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research design, investigating the strengths and weaknesses of the differing approaches. The module will explore appropriate ways of researching global health issues, using differing types of methodological designs and appropriate theoretical paradigms.

Leading Sustainable Change in Global Health

This module will focus on students developing skills to work with communities and incorporates some opportunities for reflection on Global Health competencies and skills for employability. The module will start from the perspective of self-awareness and critical reflection on issues such as unconscious bias and cultural competence as well as completion of a skills audit. The module will incorporate a broad range of theoretical perspectives including determinants of health, engagement and consensus decision making, community development, leadership and change management, lobbying, policy writing and evaluation and advocacy.

Interventions in Global Health

This module will build on the Introduction to Global Health module by exploring critical issues in global health in more depth. Using problem-based learning and case-studies, the module will enable students to critically appraise aspects such as sociological, psychological, political, legal, environmental, social, cultural, and spiritual factors that influence global health in different contexts. Students will gain an understanding of challenges that cross disciplines and borders, as well as the importance of transdisciplinary teamwork and systems thinking.

Global Health Dissertation

This module is a student-led, self-directed piece of work, which sees the student undertake an individual project from start to finish. This can be an empirical or non-empirical project utilising a variety of methods. This module provides an opportunity for students to utilise all their acquired knowledge and experience to undertake an individual project from start to finish employing a variety of methods. The student will conceive and execute the project with support from a suitably qualified staff member to guide their work, playing minimal consultative role.

The main responsibility lies with the student to organise their time, agree and meet interim deadlines with their supervisor and maintain contact and dialogue throughout. Students will choose a dissertation topic and approach that is relevant to their academic and/or vocational interests.

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/global-health-msc/global-health-msc.aspx

A variety of teaching, learning and assessment methods will be used for this programme in line with the university policy of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Learning is supported by an experienced teaching team and a variety of inclusive and engaging teaching methods, including:

• Lectures

• Workshops

• Seminars

• Work-based/service learning (optional)

• Action learning sets

• Interdisciplinary and peer learning opportunities

• Enquiry-based, problem-based learning

• Tutorials

• Independent guided study and e-learning

• Tutor support

• Student directed seminars

There are a variety of assessments used within the programme including essays, presentations, group-based presentations, reflections, development of a group podcast and a final dissertation. The final dissertation has three flexible pathways to enable students to meet the learning outcomes according to their vocational interests and strengths.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Management Institute