In this BSc (Hons) Public Health degree program, you’ll follow the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework and gain the skills and knowledge you need to excel in your career.
This course will help you gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of how society affects individual and community health. You’ll learn about factors that influence health while exploring local, national, and global approaches to improving general population health.
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop important knowledge and skills that enable effectiveness in a health-promoting role. We cover topics like public health and promotion theory, ethical decision-making, health education, and motivational interviewing skills.
We’ll encourage you to debate, contribute to your lessons, and share your thoughts. You’ll be able to discuss these with your classmates and learn with people who are passionate about the same things you are.
We’ll study societies, cultures, and communities closely, as well as topics focusing on epidemiology, safeguarding, patterns and trends, global public health, research methods, and at-risk populations. In your final year, you will also work on a dissertation project in an area of your choice. This is the perfect way to focus your attention on an area of public health that you feel truly passionate about, with the support of your tutor.