Postgraduate

MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health

How you Study

This programme is self-taught using the fully comprehensive study materials provided. Students receive support in several ways including:

• Structured tutorial feedback and advice on set assignments submitted for assessment.

• Students also have access to a student-to student network (WebBoard) - this allows registered students to communicate with each other and to provide mutual support and to receive input from tutors.

After you register you will also receive your study materials. The Public Health units each have a printed text of 80,000 words per unit.  You will also receive:

• past examination papers and examiners' reports
• regulations
• handbooks
• a copy of the Manager's Good Study Guide

For some units you will also receive:

• subject guides
• CD-ROMs (for two modules)

You will need access to a calculator and for two modules a computer with CDRom drive, as these items are not provided.

Time commitment

Because individuals differ in how many hours per week they need to devote to study, and how quickly they wish to complete the programme, it is difficult to be precise about how many hours you will require for your study. A rough guide, however, is that to complete in the minimum period (one year for the Postgraduate Diploma, two years for the MSc) you should be prepared for between 15 and 25 hours of study per week during the annual study calendar of 36 weeks.

Short courses

If you wish to take an individual unit or units, perhaps for professional updating or special interest, or you would like to ‘sample' the programme, you may take units 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 unit as a short course student in order to qualify for consideration for entry to the Diploma.

Flexible period of study

The University know that if you have a full-time job, family or other commitments, and wish to study at a distance, you will have many calls on your time. University of London therefore allow you between one and five years in which to complete the Postgraduate Diploma and between two and five years in which to complete the MSc.

The MSc/Postgraduate Diploma has been designed to offer you the flexibility to plan your studies as you wish, and to enter the examinations when you feel you are ready.