Overview
Public health focuses on supporting people to live healthy lives, improving and protecting health in public and private sectors, and reducing health inequalities through coordinated action between multiple actors.
Why study BSc Public Health at Middlesex University?
This course will provide you with the skills to tackle effectively major health problems at global, national, and community level. You will gain the advanced skills to work within key health related organisations and have the knowledge and ability to creatively analyse information to develop population level interventions.
This course is ideal for those with an interest in health, science, who want to make an impact in public health, and who wish to work, or are working in the public (hospitals, research institutes, PH teams within local authorities, international organisations) or private sector (NGOs, insurance companies).
Course highlights
Unique opportunity to develop core skills needed to identify the health priorities of the population, the existing gaps and the necessary solution to improve the health of the population
Exciting opportunity to work placements in relevant organisations or research project
Provide a multi-disciplinary understanding of public health practice required to support role of the professional at interface of multiple disciplines
Up-to-date computational and analytical skills to be used in a variety of jobs
Communication, team-work skills
Course Details - Modules
Year 1:
Public Health Science and Skills (30 credits) - Compulsory
Physiology and Anatomy (15 credits) - Compulsory
Public Health, Health Promotion and Health Protection (30 credits) - Compulsory
Principles of Health Stressors (30 credits) - Compulsory
Introduction to Health Economics (15 credits) - Compulsory
Year 2:
Research Methods (30 credits) - Compulsory
Surveillance and Assessment Methods (15 credits) - Compulsory
Leadership in Public Health (15 credits) - Compulsory
Health Policies and Interventions (30 credits) - Compulsory
Health and Society (15 credits) - Compulsory
Housing in Public Health (15 credits) - Compulsory
Year 3:
Epidemiology (30 credits) - Compulsory
Communication, Society, Ethics and Law in Public Health (15 credits) - Compulsory
Introduction in Global Health (15 credits) - Compulsory
Placement (30 credits) - Compulsory
Dissertation (30 credits) - Compulsory
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
B929
Institution code:
M80
Campus Name:
Hendon Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
including a C or above in a Science subject
including 32 points in a Science subject
in a relevant subject
in a science subject
We have a personalised admissions approach in which we make fair, but aspirational offers to our applicants. We feel it’s important that you continue to aim high and achieve great results. If you don’t quite make the grades you hoped to, we’ll look at more than your qualifications when making our final decision. We’ll take into consideration any barriers you may have faced in your learning, especially with potential disruption due to the coronavirus, your achievements in other areas and your personal statement. At Middlesex, we’ll always aim to be as flexible as possible. We pride ourselves on how we recognise potential in our applicants, and support them to succeed in the future.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
