BSc (Hons) Public Health
With our BSc (Hons) Public Health degree, you may learn how to promote people’s health and wellness. Through coordinated action, the program seeks to equip you with the information and abilities necessary to safeguard and enhance public health as well as lessen health disparities among individuals, communities, and groups.
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Key Features
Opportunities to acquire current knowledge and comprehension of the various fields of practice influencing public health as well as an appreciation of social policy, associated theories, and the broader factors influencing health disparities and their application to public health.
You will gain theoretical knowledge of the fundamental and more general public health concepts, settings, and methodologies through the delivery of a modern curriculum, and you will be able to apply these to “real world” circumstances.
The curriculum is taught using a variety of evidence-based methods and a research-informed approach to make sure you obtain an education that is established within theoretical understandings and makes applicability to wider settings within industry.
Planning, tactics, and public health in action will all be covered, with a focus on important topics including nutrition and food, healthy environments, and the media.
You will gain a thorough awareness of current public health challenges and be able to persuasively participate in discussions on a wide range of subjects that are contextualized locally, nationally, and internationally.
You will gain theoretical knowledge of the fundamental and more general public health concepts, settings, and methodologies through the delivery of a modern curriculum, and you will be able to apply these to “real world” circumstances.
The curriculum is taught using a variety of evidence-based methods and a research-informed approach to make sure you obtain an education that is established within theoretical understandings and makes applicability to wider settings within industry.
Planning, tactics, and public health in action will all be covered, with a focus on important topics including nutrition and food, healthy environments, and the media.
You will gain a thorough awareness of current public health challenges and be able to persuasively participate in discussions on a wide range of subjects that are contextualized locally, nationally, and internationally.
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Intakes
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September, January, May
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Duration
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3 years
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Awarded Degree
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BSc (Hons)
Public Health
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Locations
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London
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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96 UCAS tariff points
from 3 A Levels or
equivalent, eg CCC.
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Modules
- Academic and Professional Skills
- Introduction to Public Health
- Health Assets and Health Needs
- The Public Health Practitioner
- Health Policy and Systems
- Lifestyle and Health Promotion
- Epidemiology and Population
Health - Media and Health Technology
- Global Health in Context
- Leadership and Managing Services
- Public Health in Practice
- Public Health Major Project
Career Paths
There has never been a better time to pursue a career in public health, with a variety of options available that may require more education or training, such as:
- Public health practitioner
- Youth worker
- Drug and alcohol worker
- Public health information officer
or analyst - Health improvement practitioner
- Health protection practitioner
- Community development or
outreach worker - Health communications officer
