Structure
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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 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 take five compulsory AB1 modules:
- Basic Epidemiology
- Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy
- Environment, Health and Sustainable Development
- Fundamentals of Climate Change & Planetary Health
- Methods in Climate Change & Planetary Health
All students take one additional AB1 module, selected from the following:
- Health Policy, Process & Power
- Issues in Public Health
- Principles of Social Research
- Term 2
Students take a total of four study modules, one from each timetable slot (C1, C2, D1, D2).
C1 slot
- Research Design & Analysis
- Study Design: Writing a Study Proposal
C2 slot
- Health Systems
- Population, Poverty & Environment
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
D1 slot
- Planetary Health Research in Practice (compulsory)
D2 slot
- Environmental Epidemiology (compulsory)
- Term 3: Project report
Students will start working on their summer project mid-April for submission by early September. The project will typically involve formulating strategies and concepts, deciding and acting on own initiative, planning, organising and time keeping, analysing critically, systems thinking, relating and networking, adapting and responding to change, expressive writing and scientific reporting and presenting and communicating information.
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.