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Masters in Public Health (MPH)

College of Medicine and Health
PAC Course Code: CKX11
Qualification: MPH
Duration: 12 Months full-time; up to 60 Months part-time
EU Fees: The 1 year full-time EU fee for this programme in 2012/2013 is €5,850.00
Non-EU Fees: €11,620 for 2011/2012. Fees for 2012/2013 will be set in March 2012.
Closing Date - EU Applicants: Fri, 01 June 12
Closing Date - Non-EU Applicants: Fri, 01 June 12

Overview of Public Health (MPH) (MPH)

The aim of this programme is to provide students, from a range of different professional backgrounds, academic and experiential development in the theory and practice of Public Health. It allows students, if they wish, to focus on a selection of sub-specialties of Public Health.

MPH- HEALTH PROMOTION
MPH - HEALTH PROTECTION
MPH - EPIDEMIOLOGY

As part of this programme students who complete the required modules can now also exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health with Specialism in Health Protection (Infection Control) This Postgraduate Diploma has received An Bord Altranais approval.

What will I be Studying?

In Part Ia students take core modules to the value of 30 credits. In Part Ib students choose one of the Pathways and undertake modules to the value of 30 credits (Pathways 1 and 2) or 20 credits (Pathway 3). In Part II students research and write a dissertation to the value of 30 credits (Pathways 1 and 2) or 40 credits (Pathway 3).

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part Ia
Core Modules - All Pathways
Students take 30 credits as follows:
EH6025 Principles and Practice of Public Health (10 credits)
EH6026 Applied Research for Public Health (10 credits)
EH6027 Public Health Informatics (5 credits)
EH6028 Leadership in Public Health (5 credits)

Part Ib
Pathway 1: Health Promotion
Students take 30 credits as follows:
AP6039 Public Health Psychology (5 credits)
EH6029 Health Promotions: Concepts, Principles and Practice (10 credits)
EH6032 Environment and Health (5 credits)
EH6035 Practice Portfolio (5 credits)
SS6017 Critical Social Science Perspectives on Public Health (5 credits)

Pathway 2: Health Protection
Students take 30 credits as follows:
EH6019 The Principles and Practices of Multi-disciplinary Health Protection (10 credits)
EH6035 Practice Portfolio (5 credits)
MB6000 Microbiology for Health Protection (5 credits)
plus
10 credits from the following:
EH6020 The Global Burden of Communicable Diseases (5 credits)
EH6032 Environment and Health (5 credits)
NU6003 Infection Control: Theories, Modules and Management (5 credits)

Pathway 3: Epidemiology
Students take 20 credits as follows:
EH6031 Advanced Epidemiology (10 credits)
ST6011 Advanced Biostatistics (5 credits)
ST6012 Survival Analysis (5 credits)

Part II
Pathways 1 and 2
EH6040 Minor Thesis in Public Health and Epidemiology (30 credits).

Pathway 3 :
EH6050 Minor Thesis in Epidemiology (40 credits).

Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules 2010/2011.

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health
Upon successful completion and passing of core modules to the value of 30 credits, students may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health. A student who subsequently applies to continue to Master's level must do so within 5 years from the date of successful completion of the Certificate Examinations and must have obtained a grade of 50% or higher in the core modules in term 1.

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health
Upon successful completion and passing of core modules to the value of 30 credits and modules in the chosen pathway to the value of 30 credits, students may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health. A student who subsequently applies to continue to Master's level must do so within 5 years from the date of successful completion of the Certificate Examination.
Note: For students not wishing to proceed to the thesis and opting to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health - Epidemiology Pathway - i.e. students not completing the Minor Thesis in Epidemiology (EH6050) must complete an alternative module to the value of 10 credits from one of the other pathways.

Individual Modules
As part of UCC's commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD), healthcare professionals may take a one-off module and be provided with a relevant transcript of marks.

Entry Requirements

Prospective students must satisfy the following:

Students accepted on the course would normally be expected to hold an Honours primary degree in a relevant subject (minimum Second Class Honours) or an Honours primary degree in any discipline (minimum Second Class Honours) and either possess a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or show evidence of at least two years work experience in a relevant field;
include with application form a sample of their own written work;
satisfy an interview board.

Applicants should indicate on their application form their reasons for wishing to enter this programme and will be required to discuss these at interview.

Note: In exceptional circumstances, applicants without a primary degree may be recommended for entry to the programme following a review of their individual qualifications and experience by the course committee. Admission of such applicants will be subject to the approval of the College of Medicine and Health Executive Committee.

This programme will commence on the 1st September 2011. There will also be a welcome meeting on the evening of August 31st 2011.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL equivalent

Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Programmes

Please note that non-EU applicants are not eligible to study part-time programmes

Application Procedure

Application for this programme is on-line at www.pac.ie/ucc. For full details of the application procedure click here Please note that you will be asked to fill in a supplementary information form as part of the applications process for this programme. This form is available to view here SupplementaryFormCKX11 (51kB)

All required documentation must be either uploaded to your application or sent in hard copy to The Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1, Courthouse Square, Galway.

Find out More

Number of Places: Maximum 50

Linda O Connor

Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex
University College Cork.
Telephone : 0214205522E:mail: linda.oconnor@ucc.ie

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