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Overview of programmes structure, portico codes, and credit weightings
Global Health and Development
Master of Science MSc (Programme Code: TMSICHSGHD01)
4 Core modules + 4 optional modules + 60 credits dissertation = 180 credits
Postgraduate Certificate (Programme Code: TCPICHSGHD01)
4 Core modules x 15 credits = 60 credits
Module Code
Module Title
Credit
s
Departm
ent/
Unit
CORE MODULES
CIHDG034
CIHDG042
CIHDG036
Concepts and
controversies in global
health
Research methods and
evidence for global
health
Health Systems in a
Global Context
Power and politics in
global health
Contact days
Dates
Method of assessment and
weightings of components
Full day; (all
week) Mon - Fri
28th September – 2nd October, 2015
TERM 1
INDUCTION WEEK
CIHDG033
Duration
Postgraduate Diploma (Programme Code: TPPICHSGHD01)
4 Core modules and 4 optional modules = 120 credits
IGH
1 week
15
IGH
5 weeks
Mon (full day),
Tues (1/2 day
AM)
October 5th –
November 3rd, 2015
15
IGH
5 weeks
Thursday and
Friday full days
October 8th –
November 6rd, 2015
15
IGH
5 weeks
15
IGH
5 weeks
Monday and
Tuesday
Thursday and
Friday
November 16th –
December 15th, 2015
November 19th –
December 18th, 2015
*No classes during reading week 9-13 November
 Summative assessment
Group debate (individually
marked) 100% ) on 2nd and
3rd November
 Formative Essay (1000
words)
 Exam critical appraisal (2.5
hours) 100% on November
6th 2015
 Unseen exam (2 hours) 100
on December 15th
 Essay (3000 words) 100%
due on January 11th 2016
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OPTIONAL MODULES
TERM 2
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
11th-29th Jan 2016
 Protocol (2000 words)
60%
 In-class group project and
presentation 40%
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
11th-29th Jan 2016
 Essay (2000 words) 100%
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
11th-29th Jan 2016
 Portfolio 100%
15
EPID
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
11th-29th Jan 2016
 Group Presentation 30%
 Essay 70%
15
IGH
Long thin
Wed; 9.30am –
12.30pm
13th Jan – 23rd
March 2016
 Essay (2500 words) 90%
 Oral presentation 10%
15
IGH
Long thin
Thurs; 9.30am –
12.30pm
 Essay (2500 words) 100%
15
IGH
Long thin
Thurs; 2pm-6 pm
14th Jan – 17th
March 2016
14th Jan – 17th
March 2016
15
EPID
Long thin
Wed; 9.30am –
12.30pm.
13th Jan – 23rd
March 2016
CIHDG020
Research in action; the
qualitative approach
15
IGH
CIHDG005
Essentials of International
Child Health
15
CIHDG007
Key principles of health
economics
EPIDGS41
CIHDG040
CIHDG047
CIHDG038
EPIDGS43
Social determinants of health
Anthropological perspectives
on global health
Corruption and Global
Health
Conflict, Humanitarianism,
and Health
Regression modelling
LAWSG142
Law and Governance of
Global Health
15
LAW
Long thin
Wed 4pm-6pm
13th Jan – 23rd
March 2016
CIHDG011
Disability and development
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
1st Feb – 19th Feb
2016
CIHDG019
Collecting and Using Data:
Essentials of Quantitative
Survey Research
Short
Full day: Mon,
Tues, Fri
1st Feb – 19th Feb
2016
15
IGH
 Oral exam (30 minutes)
100%
 Unseen exam (1 hour)
50%
 Data analysis exercise (1
hour) 50%
 2-hour unseen written
examination
 Essay (3000 words) 100%
 Oral presentation on
group project 50%
 Individual scenario-based
written exercise (2000
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words) 50%
CIHDG037
Climate change and health
15
IGH,
GEOG,
MED
STDSG009
Clinical Aspects of HIV
15
POPUL
Short
CIHDG008
Perinatal epidemiology and
newborn care
15
IGH
Short
CIHDG041
Economic evaluation in
health care **
CIHDG045
Infectious diseases
epidemiology and global
health policy
15
IGH
CHMEGH17
Using Information in
Healthcare Management
15
CHIME
CIHDG044
Global Health Promotion
15
IGH
CIHDG016
Nutrition and public health
15
CIHDG048
Evaluating Interventions
CIHDG049
Global Health Metrics and
Informatics
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
1st Feb – 19th Feb
2016
 Essay (2000 words) 100%
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
1st – 19th Feb 2016
 Unseen exam (1 hour)
100%
22nd Feb-11th
March 2016
 Essay (2000 words) 100%
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
22nd Feb-11th
March 2016
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
22nd Feb-11th
March 2016
 Group presentation 45%
 Individual short poster
45%
 Student peer review 10%
Face to face
6th-8th April, 2016
22nd February-29th
April
 Essay (2,500 words)
100%
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
4th April-22nd April
2016
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
4th April-22nd April
2016
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
4th April-22nd April
2016
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
4th April-22nd April
2016
15
IGH
Short
Short
Short
9 weeks
 Portfolio (Max 3,000
words) 100%









Group presentation 80%
Student peer review 20%
Essay (2000 words) 80%
Unseen multiple choice
exam (1.5 hours) 20%
Group work 40%
Individual critique 60%
Group
project/presentation 50%
Essay (1000 words) 50%
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OPTIONAL
EPIDGS42
TERM 3
Health inequalities over the
life course
15
EPID
Short
Monday, Tuesday
and Friday
25th April-13th May
2016
 Unseen exam (1 hour)
50%
 1 essay (2000 words) 50%
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
25th April-13th May
2016

Essay (3000 words)
100%
2000 word essay 100%
CIHDG010
Child development; inclusive
approaches in global contexts
15
IGH
Short
CIHDG046
Urban Health
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
25th April-13th May
2016

CIHDG014
Health management;
planning and programme
design
15
IGH
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
25th April-13th May
2016
 Oral presentation (30
minutes) 100%
CIHDG050
Maternal Health in a Global
Context
Short
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
25th April-13th May
2016
 Essay (3000 words) 100%
STDSG016
Sexual Health: Designing
sexual and reproductive
health programmes in low
and middle income countries
EPIDGS21
Ethnicity migration and
health
CHMEGH28
Clinical Knowledge and
Decision Making
CIHDG099
MSc Dissertation
15
15
15
15
60
IGH
POPUL
EPID
CHIME
IGH
Short
Short
9 weeks
Monday, Tuesday
and Friday
TBA
Full day;
Mon, Tues, Fri
16th -27th May 2016
Face-to-Face
25th-27th May
2016
3rd May-1st July,
2016
Long
** Students must take Key Principles of Health Economics as a pre-requisite
Term 3, 2016
(submission in early
September 2016)
 written group project
proposal (50%)
 group proposal
presentation (50%).
 Essay (2500 words) 50%
 Oral presentation (15
minutes) 50%
 One piece of coursework
(2,500 words) 100%
 Presentation (15 minutes)
10% in May 26th and 27th
 Dissertation (10,000
words) 90%