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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

The undergraduate programme within the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health is the BSc in Public Health and Health Promotion and for students entering in September 2012 - BSc in Public Health. This undergradute programme provides a broadly based training, reflecting the range of skills that are involved in keeping people healthy and preventing disease. 

In the course of this degree, you will study the cause of disease; the biological basis of disease; the social and political influences on patterns of health and healthcare; applied public health/health promotion and appropraite methods of of both quantitative and qualitative research.

The graduates from the BSc programme will be equipped to become effective Public Health and Health Promotion practitioners and this is reflected in their career choices.

 

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