Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Society
Overview
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
Exit Award only
Students on the MA (Health and Society) who pass taught modules to the value of 60 credits may exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Society.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Students take 60 credits. | ||
| Core Modules | ||
| EC6049 | Healthcare Economics | 10 |
| EH6025 | Principles and Practice of Public Health | 10 |
| PH6047 | Philosophy and Health | 10 |
| Mandatory Pathway Modules | ||
| Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following: | 10 | |
| Philosophy Pathway | ||
| Students with a background in philosophy select one of the following: | ||
| Professional Ethics: Advanced | ||
| Measuring Society: Growth, Poverty, Inequality, and Human Capital | ||
| Philosophy and the Biological Health Sciences | ||
| Students with no background in philosophy: | ||
| Reasoning and Argument | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
or PH2028 | Applied Ethics | |
| Public Health Pathway | ||
| Applied Research for Public Health | ||
| Economics Pathway | ||
| Students with a background in econometrics: | ||
| Microeconomics: Behaviour and Organisations plus Quantitative Finance I | ||
| Students with no background in econometrics: | ||
| Microeconomics: Behaviour and Organisations plus Quantitative Methods: Empirical Econometrics | ||
| Elective Modules | ||
| Students take modules to the value of 20 credits from the following: 1 | 20 | |
| Postgraduate Modules | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Economic Decision Making in Health Care | ||
| Advanced Quantitative Techniques for Business Research | ||
| Applied Research for Public Health | ||
| International Youth Justice | ||
| Contemporary Issues in Children's Rights | ||
| Foundations of International Children's Rights | ||
| Mental Capacity Law | ||
| Mental Health Law | ||
| Human Rights | ||
| The Philosophy of Death and Dying | ||
| Advanced Moral Psychology | ||
| Professional Ethics: Advanced | ||
| Measuring Society: Growth, Poverty, Inequality, and Human Capital | ||
| Philosophy and the Biological Health Sciences | ||
| Undergraduate Modules | ||
| Health Psychology: Models and Applications | ||
| Microeconomics: Behavioural Economics | ||
| Public Finance Projects | ||
| Health Services | ||
| Reasoning and Argument | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Applied Ethics | ||
| Sociology of Health, Public Health and Health Promotion | ||
| Health and Scientific Deviance | ||
| Social Perspectives in Mental Health | ||
| Social Movements and Health | ||
| Science, Technology and Public Controversy | ||
| Total Credits | 60 | |
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Students can take a maximum of 10 credits of undergraduate modules, including mandatory pathway 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 Diploma in Health and Society (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Identify major philosophical theories and paradigms and define key concepts and ideas in the field of health and illness;
- Describe and critically evaluate the major determinants of the health of population, including biological, behavioural, social, economic, political and environmental factors;
- Demonstrate critical awareness of the nature and limitations of scientific research, modelling, and theorising;
- Understand how public health policy decisions and assessment are embedded in a disciplinary foundation (either Philosophy of Health Science and Ethics, or Public Health, or Health Economics);
- Critically examine public health (including health services) particularly in respect of health equity, access to health care and Public Health Ethics;
- Demonstrate the following cognitive competencies: Knowledge; Comprehension; Application; Analysis; Synthesis; Evaluation;
- Apply the concepts of logical validity and soundness;
- Apply key elements of economic theory to health and society.