The School offers seventeen 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.
For modules offered in the Spring and Summer Terms the fee is £1,600 per module. For Autumn Term modules variable fees apply. Please contact the Registry for details.
The list below shows a selection of the modules available in 2011-12.
Autumn Term
03 October 2011 to 16 December 2011 -FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE POSTED ON THE TERM 1 MODULES IN THE COMING WEEKS
[Reading Week: 07 November 2011 to 11 November 2011- No classes]
PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS TAKING TERM 1 MODULES WILL NOT TAKE ANY FORMAL ASSESSMENTS.
- Analysis & Design of Research Studies
- Bacteriology & Virology
- Basic Epidemiology
- Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy
- Clinical Trials
- Critical Skills for Tropical Medicine
- Demographic Methods
- Environment, Health & Sustainable Development
- Epidemiology in Practice
- Epidemiology of Blinding Eye Diseases
- Extended Epidemiology
- Foundations in Reproductive Health
- Foundations of Medical Statistics
- Prerequisite: some element of statistics training at undergraduate level (or equivalent) - Fundamental Public Health Nutrition
- Prerequisite: solid grounding in nutrition - Health Policy, Process & Power
- Health Promotion Theory
- Health Services
- Immunology of Infectious Diseases
- Introduction to Disease Agents & Their Control
- Introduction to Health Economics
- Introduction to STATA and SAS
- Issues in Public Health
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- Parasitology & Entomology
- Population Studies
- Principles of Social Research
- Public Health Programmes in Eye Care
- Robust Statistical Methods
- Prerequisite: Some element of statistics training at undergraduate level (or equivalent) - Skills for Field Projects in Eye Care
- Statistics for Epidemiology and Population Health
Spring Term
9 January 2012 to 8 February 2012 (9.30am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday)
We are now accepting applications for the modules below
- Advanced Immunology I
- Prerequisite: prior experience in immunology - Basic Parasitology
- Childhood Eye Disease & Ocular Infections
- Clinical Infectious Diseases 1: Bacterial & Viral Diseases & Community Health in Developing Countries
- Designing Disease Control Programmes in Developing Countries
- Economic Analysis for Health Policy
- Generalised Linear Models
- Prerequisite: solid grounding in Inference and regression analysis - Health Care Evaluation
- Prerequisite: knowledge of basic statistics, epidemiology and social research methods. - Health Promotion Approaches and Methods
- Prerequisite: The Health Promotion Theory module in Term 1 must have been taken. - Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Molecular Biology & Recombinant DNA Techniques
- Prerequisite: basic understanding of nucleic acids, gene expression and protein synthesis - Research Design & Analysis
- 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
11 January 2012 to 10 February 2012 (2.00pm Wednesday to 5.00pm Friday)
We are now accepting applications for the modules below
- Advanced Diagnostic Parasitology
- Prerequisite: extensive practical experience in diagnostic parasitology - Advanced Immunology II
- Prerequisite: prior experience in immunology - Analytical Models for Decision Making
- Clinical Bacteriology 1
- Clinical Infectious Diseases 2: Parasitic Diseases & Clinical Medicine
- 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
- Epidemiology & Control of Malaria
- Prerequisite: some familiarity with malaria from the point of view of the student's own discipline. - Family Planning Programmes
- Health Systems
- Molecular Virology
- Prerequisite: basic background in virology and molecular biology, and a basic understanding of biochemistry and genetics - Non-Communicable Eye Disease
- 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)
20 February 2012 to 21 March 2012 (9.30am Monday to 12.30pm Wednesday)
We are now accepting applications for the modules below
- Advanced Training in Molecular Biology
- Prerequisite: an understanding of basic concepts of chemistry and genetics, plus basic computer skills - Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data - New course
- Clinical Immunology
- Clinical Infectious Diseases 3: Bacterial & Viral Diseases & Community Health in Developing Countries
- Communicable Disease Control in Developed & Middle Income Countries
- Current Issues in Safe Motherhood & Perinatal Health
- Economic Evaluation
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
- Extended Project
- History & Health
- How to Plan & Implement a VISION 2020 Project
- Medical Anthropology in Public Health
- Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
- Molecular Cell Biology & Infection
- Nutrition in Emergencies
- Population, Poverty and Environment
- Social Epidemiology
- Prerequisite: Basic Epidemiology - Sociological Approaches to Health
- Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health
- Prerequisite: an interest in the epidemiology of vector-borne disease - Tropical Environmental Health
22 February 2012 to 23 March 2012 (2.00pm Wednesday to 5pm Friday)
We are now accepting applications for the modules below
- Clinical Bacteriology 2
- Clinical Infectious Diseases 4: Parasitic Diseases & Clinical Medicine
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Prerequisite: a sound basic knowledge of epidemiology - 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
- Extended Project
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Globalisation & Health
- Global Mental Health
- Immunology of Parasitic Infection: Principles
- Molecular Biology Research Progress & Applications
- Prerequisite: an understanding of the basic concepts of molecular biology - Nutrition Related Chronic Disease
- Prerequisite: a solid grounding in nutrition needed - Organisational Management
- Population Dynamics and Projections
- Prerequisite: the course is suitable for students with a reasonable mathematical background and who already have a good grasp of demographic measures and concepts, including the calculation of life tables and fertility rates - Reviewing the Literature
- Sexual Health
- Skills, Resources & Technology for Vision 2020
- Survival Analysis & Bayesian Statistics
- Prerequisite: an understanding of Bayesian techniques - Vector Biology & Vector-Parasite Interaction
Summer Term
16 April 2012 to 16 May 2012
- 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) - AIDS
- Prerequisite: some level of scientific background. - Analysing Survey & Population Data
- Prerequisite: statistics with computing or equivalent and a working knowledge of STATA - Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Prerequisite: knowledge of molecular biology and biochemistry - Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries
- Control of Reproductive Tract Infections/Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Environmental Health Policy
- Extended Project
- Immunology of Parasitic Infection: Practice - Prerequisite: basic knowledge of immunology
- Integrated Vector Management
- Integrating Module: Health Promotion
- Mycology
- Nutrition Programme Planning
- Principles and Practice of Public Health
- Proposal Development
- Prerequisite: basic familiarity with study designs for health services research.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to improving global health through its programme of short and full-time postgraduate study.
