Postgraduate

MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology: Principles and Practice

Structure and Syllabus

MSc: 10 modules plus additional paper and project report

Postgraduate Diploma: 4 modules (the four compulsory core modules)

Four compulsory core modules:

Fundamentals of epidemiology [670E101]

Statistics with computing [670E102]

Practical epidemiology [670E103]

Writing and reviewing scientific papers [670E105]

Two compulsory advanced modules:

Study design: writing a grant application [670E201]

Statistical methods in epidemiology [670E202]

Four advanced modules:

Four advanced modules selected from the list of options below. At least one module from EP3 must be offered.

AND a compulsory additional paper [670E400] and project report [670E500]

Advanced modules from group CT2

Trial designs [9160CT202]

Project management and research co-ordination [9160CT203]

Regulatory affairs, good clinical practice and ethics [9160CT204]

Further statistical methods in clinical trials [9160CT208]

Cluster randomised trials [9160CT209]

Advanced modules from group EP3:

Epidemiology of communicable diseases [670E301]

Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases [670E303]

Advanced statistical methods in epidemiology [670E304]

Molecular and genetic epidemiology [670E305]

Advanced modules from group HS3:

Introduction to public health and control of infectious diseases [951H307]

Advanced modules from group ID2:

Bacterial infections [952I201]

Nutrition and infection [952I202]

Parasitology [952I203]

Hospital Infection [952I205]

Food microbiology [952I209]

Water and sanitation [952I210]

Advanced module from group ID3:

Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases in developing countries [952I301]

Advanced modules from group ID5:

AIDS [952I501]

Tuberculosis [952I502]

Malaria [952I503]

Advanced modules from group PH2:

Analytical models for decision making [953P201]

Communicable disease control [953P202]

Economic analysis for management and policy [953P203]

Economic evaluation [953P204]

Environmental epidemiology [953P205]

Environmental health policy [953P206]

Health care evaluation [953P207]

Financial management [953P208]

Globalisation and health [953P209]

Managing health services [953P210]

Medical anthropology in public health [953P211]

Organisational management [953P212]

Principles and practice of health promotion [953P213]

Note: The Course Organiser retains the right to consider the appropriateness of a student's selection of the advanced modules for the MSc degree and, with good reason, may restrict the options chosen by any student.

Short courses

If you wish to take an individual module or modules, perhaps for professional updating or special interest, or you would like to ‘sample' the programme, you may take modules as a short course student.

Before applying for MSc or Diploma registration, applicants who do not have the usual academic qualifications may be required to take one module as a short course student in order to qualify for consideration for entry to the Diploma.