Level 4 core modules

• Public Health In Communities

  (30 credits) The aim of this module is to gain an understanding of the principles of community participation and explore work that has been done with communities to improve health and reduce inequalities. We will explore case studies of community involvement in public health issues; and locate these within national and international policy frameworks that address health inequalities and social exclusion.

• Higher Education and Work Environment

  This module will develop understanding of the work sector and the role that individuals take in influencing its performance within the context and environment that influence the operation of organisations. Students will explore the impact of political, social and economic factors on the sector and consider the legal and ethical frameworks informing the sector.

• Valuing People and Fostering Dignity and respect

  The purpose of this module is to equip students with an informed and insightful understanding of the centrality of the individual in health and social care settings.

• Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology for Practice

  (30 credits) This module will introduce you to the fundamentals of how the human body functions in relation to patient assessment and monitoring of vital signs. This knowledge gained will enable the student to appreciate the uniqueness of the human body and how it functions, its relevance to care, and how essential basic knowledge can be further explored and developed in subsequent modules.

Level 5 core modules

• Contemporary Issues in Public Health

  (30 credits) This module introduces contemporary concepts and issues in public health, the primary factors influencing the formulation of policies for public health and the mechanisms of public health delivery ? both in the UK and under different public health systems across the world.

• Health Awareness

  (30 credits) This module integrates a new public health approach to enable students to understand how individuals' life contexts, and lifestyles, impact on health at a micro-level and at a population level. Factors influencing individuals' lifestyle choices will be explored and synthesized with social and biomedical determinants of health to enable students to appreciate the multifarious and complex interplay between individuals and communities which affect health at the population level.

• Research and Critical Thinking

  (15 credits) The module will develop your awareness of the need to underpin professional practice by the use of published research and up-to-date evidence. The understanding and interpretation of trends and frequencies in population data is a key requirement for all public health professionals.

• Community Health Development

  (45 credits) This module offers the opportunity for 'frontline' public health practitioners in the health sector, local government and the voluntary sector in both developed and developing Countries to develop skills for managing health projects within an interprofessional context in order to achieve public health improvement in Communities. The module is multi-disciplinary in content, drawing on sociological, behavioural, psychological and socioeconomic determinants of public health, with students from various disciplines sharing practical, applied experiences. This module enables students to have the opportunity to broaden their understanding of a given relevant public health topic through undertaking a project using self-directed learning.

This module enables students to have the opportunity to broaden or deepen their understanding of a given relevant community based topics such as social capital, community participation, empowerment, social inclusion and community development.

Level 6 core modules

• Public Health Policy and Strategies for health protection

  This module will allow you to consider how prevailing Social, Economic and Health Status of a population influence public health policies and practice. The module will examine how health determinants, population data and morbidity and mortality estimates affect decisions of where to target resources.

• Evidence based Public Health improvement

  This module will consider how good leadership requires skills in the analysis of public health data, and effective communication to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities.

• Research Methodology, Design and Process

  This module will revisit existing knowledge of the research process and assist the student in further developing skills of critical analysis. In addition, students will have the opportunity to appraise the ethical dimensions of research studies.

• Undergraduate Major project

  The Undergraduate Major Project module allows you to engage in a substantial piece of product/development work on a topic relevant to your specific discipline.