Public Health, Master's Level

15 credits

Syllabus, Master's level, 3FV156

Code
3FV156
Education cycle
Second cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
Public Health A1N
Grading system
Pass (G), Fail (U)
Finalised by
The Educational Board of Medicine, 12 December 2017
Responsible department
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences

Entry requirements

180 credits

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should

Understand and account for:

  • central public health areas
  • different levels in public health
  • different methods and strategies in public health
  • how the relationship between social progress and national diseases looks

Show skills and abilities to

  • apply and analyse public health political aims
  • independent identify target groups for public health
  • identify different actors' role in public health
  • apply research-ethical principles within public health

Content

  • national, international and historical public health
  • concepts within public health
  • public health political aims and health theories
  • the determinants of the health
  • different levels in the public health: individual, group, organisation- and community level
  • target groups for public health
  • different actors' role in public health
  • strategies and research methods within public health
  • research-ethical principles within the public health

Instruction

Lectures and seminars. Some teaching are mandatory.

Assessment

Passing the course requires actively participating in seminars and passed results of written and oral examinations. All included course elements must be passed to obtain a passing grade.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.