Overview

NFQ Level 9, Minor Award

Exit Award only

Students on the MA (Health and Society) (prior to 2022/23 entry) who pass taught modules to the value of at least 30 credits (but less than 60 credits) may exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Society.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Students take modules to the value of at least 30 credits (but less than 60 credits) from the following:
Core Modules
EH6025	Principles and Practice of Public Health	10
PH6047	Philosophy and Health	10
SS6019	Critical Public Health 1	10
Elective Modules
Students take modules to the value of 30 credits from the following: 2		30
Postgraduate Modules
AP6129	Health Psychology
EH6026	Applied Research for Public Health
LW6658	International Youth Justice
LW6656	Contemporary Issues in Children's Rights
LW6655	Foundations of International Children's Rights
LW6592	Mental Capacity Law
LW6609	Mental Health Law
PH6012	Human Rights
PH6048	The Philosophy of Death and Dying
PH6052	Advanced Moral Psychology
PH6053	Professional Ethics: Advanced
PH6054	Measuring Society: Growth, Poverty, Inequality, and Human Capital
PH6057	Philosophy and the Biological Health Sciences
Undergraduate Modules
AP3126	Health Psychology: Models and Applications
EH4005	Health Services (5)
PH2002	Reasoning and Argument
PH2019	Philosophy of Science
PH2028	Applied Ethics
SC1011	Sociology of Health, Public Health and Health Promotion
SC3025	Health and Scientific Deviance
SS3016	Social Perspectives in Mental Health
SS3024	Social Movements and Health
SS4000	Science, Technology and Public Controversy

¹

Module not on offer in 2023/24.

²

Students can take a maximum of 10 credits of undergraduate modules.

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Society (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate some familiarity with major sociological and philosophical theories and paradigms and define key concepts and ideas in the field of health and illness;
  
• Recognize the major determinants of the health of population, including biological, behavioural, social, economic, political and environmental factors;
  
• Interact and communicate with other students in an inter-disciplinary setting;
  
• Write short critical essays to a professional standard;
  
• Demonstrate critical awareness of the nature and limitations of the scientific method;
  
• Critically examine public health (including health services) particularly in respect of health equity, access to health care and Public Health Ethics.