Short Courses: MSc Programme Modules (London-based)

The School offers eighteen MSc Courses in London, all designed on a modular basis to provide maximum opportunity for student choice. A wide range of modules is available within these programmes and places are offered to individuals who wish to undertake them as single courses of study. These modules offer an opportunity for individuals to update their skills, enhance career development and study with health professionals from other institutions in a multicultural environment.

Most modules are timetabled for two and a half days per week at the same time each week for five weeks. The time students are required to be in attendance at the School will vary according to the teaching strategy of the module, but will usually be between 20 and 45 hours. Learning time, including reading, is estimated to be 100 hours for each module. Those modules in the same half of the week run concurrently and only one of these may be taken in any given year.

The School gives priority to the needs of students registering for Masters and Research Degrees, and so places on any module may be limited - early application is therefore advised. Modules take place from 9.00am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday or from 2.00pm Wednesday to 5.00pm Friday, over the weeks in question, with the exception of the Autumn Term modules which take place on a single day each week from 9.30am to 12.30pm, or 2.00pm to 5.00pm over the weeks noted.

The fee for each module during the 2009-10 academic session is £1,460, with the exception of General Immunology, Introduction to Disease Agents & Their Control and Parasitology & Entomology.

The list below shows a selection of the modules available in 2009-10 (the PDFs linked below contain the full listings for each Term):

Autumn Term

5 October – 18 December 2009

• Basic Epidemiology - Tuesdays only (9.30am-12.30pm)
  
• Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy - Mondays only (9.30am-12.30pm)
  
• Clinical Trials - Thursdays only (2.00pm-5.00pm)
• Demographic Methods 1 and 2 - Mondays & Thursdays (9.30am - 12.30pm)
  
• Environment, Health & Sustainable Development - Wednesdays only (9.30am - 12.30pm)
• Epidemiology in Context - Monday mornings
  
• Extended Epidemiology - Tuesdays & Wednesdays (9.30am-12.30pm)
  
• Foundations of Medical Statistics - Monday all day (9.30am-5pm) and Tuesday (2pm-5pm)
  - Prerequisite: some element of statistics training at undergraduate level (or equivalent)
  
• Fundamental Public Health Nutrition - Monday (9.30am-5pm) and Wednesday (9.30am-12.30pm)
  - Prerequisite: solid grounding in Nutrition
  
• Health Policy, Process & Power - Wednesdays only (2.00pm - 5.00pm)
  
• Health Promotion Theory - Thursdays only (9.30am - 12.30pm)
  
• Health Services - Fridays only (9.30am - 12.30pm)
  
• Immunology of Infectious Diseases - Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs (9.30am-5pm)
  
• Introduction to Health Economics - Mondays only (2.00pm - 5.00pm)
  
• Issues in Public Health - Tuesdays only (2.00pm - 5.00pm)
  
• Parasitology & Entomology - Mon/Tues (9.30am-5pm) Thurs (9.30-5pm)
  
• Population Studies - Mondays only (2.00pm - 5.00pm)
  
• Principles of Social Research - Thursdays only (2.00pm - 5.00pm)
  
• Robust Statistical Methods - Thursday (9.30am-12.30pm)
  - Prerequisite: Some element of statistics training at undergraduate level (or equivalent)
• Statistics for Epidemiology - Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings
  

Term 1 Modules (PDF 168K)

Please note: For Term 1 modules, occasional students will not take any formal assessments for these modules.

Spring Term

11 January – 10 February 2010 (9.30am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday)

• Advanced Immunology I
  - Prerequisite: prior experience in immunology
  
• Basic Parasitology
  
• Generalised Linear Models
  - Prerequisite: solid grounding in Inference and regression analysis
  
• Health Care Evaluation
  - Prerequisite: knowledge of basic statistics, epidemiology and social research methods.
  
• Molecular Biology & Recombinant DNA Techniques
  - Prerequisite: basic understanding of nucleic acids, gene expression and protein synthesis
  
• Study Design: Writing a Study Proposal
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of epidemiology and statistics with computing
  
• Vector Sampling, Identification & Incrimination
  - Prerequisite: an interest in vector-borne disease or pest management
  

13 January – 12 February 2010 (2.00pm Wednesday to 5.00pm Friday)

• Advanced Diagnostic Parasitology
  - Prerequisite: extensive practical experience in diagnostic parasitology
  
• Advanced Immunology II
  - Prerequisite: prior experience in immunology
  
• Clinical & Public Health Bacteriology 1
  
• Conflict & Health
  - Prerequisite: prior field experience with a humanitarian agency, donor or government
  
• Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies
  - Prerequisite: basic epidemiology and statistics
• Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Use and Public Health
  
• Economic Analysis for Health Policy
  
• Family Planning Programmes
  
• Health Promotion Approaches and Methods
  - Prerequisite: only in exceptional circumstances will students who have not undertaken the Health Promotion Theory module in Term 1 be allowed to take this module.
  
• Molecular Virology
  - Prerequisite: basic background in virology and molecular biology, and a basic understanding of biochemistry and genetics
  
• Qualitative Methodologies
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of social science methods
  
• Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of epidemiology and statistics and a working knowledge of STATA (or an equivalent statistical software package, such as SPSS or SAS)
  
• Vector Biology and Vector Parasite Interactions
  

22 February – 24 March 2010 (9.30am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday)

• (AMBID)Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases: Advanced Training in Molecular Biology
  - Prerequisite: an understanding of basic concepts of chemistry and genetics, plus basic computer skills
  
• Childhood Eye Disease& Ocular Infections
• Clinical Virology
  
• Communicable Disease Control in Developed & Middle Income Countries
  
• Designing Disease Control Programmes in Developing Countries
  - Complementary module: Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases
  
• Environmental Epidemiology
  - Prerequisite: a sound basic knowledge of epidemiology
  
• Economic Evaluation
  
• Genetic Epidemiology
  
• Medical Anthropology in Public Health
  
• Molecular Cell Biology & Infection
  
• Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health
  - Prerequisite: an interest in the epidemiology of vector-borne disease
  
• Survival Analysis & Bayesian Statistics
  - Prerequisite: an understanding of Bayesian techniques to the level taught in the Term 2 module (Survival & Bayesian Statistics)
  

24 February – 26 March 2010 (2.00pm Wednesday to 5pm Friday)

• Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data
• Clinical & Public Health Bacteriology 2
• Clinical Immunology
  - Prerequisite: prior experience of basic immunology
• Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases
  - Prerequisite: basic epidemiology and statistics, and some knowledge of EpiInfo
  - Complementary module: Designing Disease Control Programmes in Developing Countries
• Ethics, Public Health & Human Rights
• Globalisation & Health
• Health Impact and Decision Analysis
• International Mental Health
  
• Global Mental Health
• (MBID) Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases: Research Progress & Applications
  - Prerequisite: an understanding of the basic concepts of molecular biology
• Non-Communicable Eye Disease
• Organisational Management
• Reviewing the Literature
• Sexual Health
  

Term 2 Modules D2 (PDF 269K)

Summer Term

19 April – 19 May 2010 (9.30am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday)

• AIDS
• - Prerequisite: some level of scientific background
• Environmental Health Policy
• Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of epidemiological methods
• How to Plan & Implement a VISION 2020 Project
• Immunology of Parasitic Infection: Principles
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of immunology
• Methods of Vector Control
• Mycology
• Proposal Development
  - Prerequisite: basic familiarity with study designs for health services research.

Term 3 Modules E1 (PDF 140K)

21 April – 21 May 2010 (2.00pm Wednesday to 5.00pm Friday)

• Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  - Prerequisite: completion of Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
• Advanced Statistical Modelling
  - Prerequisite: understanding of linear regression models and generalised linear models and completion of Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data (Term 2 Module)
• Analysing Survey & Population Data
  - Prerequisite: statistics with computing or equivalent and a working knowledge of STATA
• Analytical Models for Decision Making
• Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  - Prerequisite: knowledge of molecular biology and biochemistry
• Control of Reproductive Tract Infections/Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Current Issues in Safe Motherhood & Perinatal Health
• Epidemiology & Control of Malaria
  - Prerequisite: some familiarity with malaria from the point of view of the student's own discipline.
• History & Health
• Immunology of Parasitic Infection: Practice
  - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of immunology
• Skills, Resources & Technology for Vision 2020
• Sociological Approaches to Health
  - Prerequisite: some basic familiarity with social science research methods
• Tropical Environmental Health
  - Prerequisite: interest in environmental health in developing countries

Term 3 Modules E2 (PDF 140K)

When applying, please submit a completed equal opportunities form, along with the application form.