Structure
The below structure outlines the proposed modules for this programme. Programme and module specifications provide full details about the aims and objectives of each module, what you will study and how the module is assessed.
- Structure of the year
Term 1 (September - December) consists of ten teaching weeks for AB1 slot modules, plus one Reading Week* in the middle of the term. Followed by the Winter break.
Term 2 (January - March) consists of a further ten weeks of teaching for C and D slot modules, plus a Reading Week in the middle of the term. C modules are taught in five half-week blocks before Reading Week. D modules are taught in five half-week blocks after Reading Week. Followed by the Spring break.
Term 3 (April - September) consists of five weeks of teaching for E slot modules, taught in half-week blocks, and the project report.
*Reading Week is a week during term where no formal teaching takes place. It is a time for private study, preparing for assessments or attending study/computer skills workshops. There are two Reading Weeks at LSHTM: one in November and the other in February.
- Term 1
All students complete the Public Health common core, consisting of four compulsory AB1 modules:
- Basic Epidemiology
- Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy
- Issues in Public Health
- Principles of Social Research
All students take two additional modules, selected from the following:
- Environment, Health & Sustainable Development
- Foundations for Health Promotion
- Health Policy, Process & Power
- Health Services
- Introduction to Health Economics
- Terms 2 and 3
During Terms 2 and 3 all students will take a total of five study modules, one from each timetable slot.
C1 slot
- Economic Evaluation
- Health Care Evaluation
- Health Promotion Approaches and Methods
- Research Design & Analysis
- Sociological Approaches to Health
- Study Design: Writing a Study Proposal
C2 slot
- Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs
- Conflict & Health
- Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies
- Health Systems
- Qualitative Methodologies
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
D1 slot
- Applied Communicable Disease Control
- Economic Analysis for Health Policy
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
- Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
- Medical Anthropology and Public Health
- Organisational Management
- Social Epidemiology
D2 slot
- Analytical Models for Decision-Making
- Design and Evaluation of Mental Health Programmes
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases
- Ethics, Public Health & Human Rights
- Globalisation & Health
- Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases
- Reviewing the Literature
- Sexual Health
E slot
- Advanced Methods in Statistical Epidemiology
- Applying Public Health Principles
- Health Services Leadership
- Integrating Module: Health Promotion
- Principles and Practice of Public Health
- Project report
In addition, all students prepare a project report during the summer months (July - August), for submission by early September.
Please note: Should it be the case that you are unable to travel overseas or access laboratories in order to complete your project, you will be able to complete an alternative desk-based project allowing you to obtain your qualification within the original time frame. Alternatively, you will be able to defer your project to the following year.
Changes to the programme
LSHTM will seek to deliver this programme in accordance with the description set out on this programme page. However, there may be situations in which it is desirable or necessary for LSHTM to make changes in course provision, either before or after registration. For further information, please see our page on changes to courses.
