Postgraduate Certificate in Health Protection

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Minor Award
Duration Part Time: 6 Month(s)
Total Credits: 30
Delivery Method: Online

Connected Curriculum:
  • Employability
  • Global Reach
  • Inter-and Transdisciplinary
  • Research Based Teaching
  • Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • No Poverty
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • Reduced Inequality
  • Partnerships to Achieve SDGs

Graduate Attributes:
  • Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
  • Digitally Fluent
  • Effective global citizen
  • Independent and creative thinker
  • Socially Responsible

Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement):
No

This Postgraduate Certificate in Health Protection is a part-time programme, delivered online, running from September to March. The programme is designed on a module basis to meet the needs of working professionals. A student who subsequently applies and is admitted to continue to Master's level (Master of Public Health) will hold exemptions in passed modules taken in the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Protection if she/he applies for the Master of Public Health within 5 years from the date of successful completion of the Certificate Examinations.

Programme Requirements

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