Overview

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

(Online)

Exit Award only

A candidate who achieves a pass mark of 40% in 60 credits (including all core modules in Year 1 and elective modules to the value of 10 credits) may opt to exit the Master of Public Health (online) and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health. A student who subsequently applies to complete the Master of Public Health must do so within 5 years (60 months) from the date of award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health.

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 60 credits as follows:
Year 1
Students take 50 credits as follows - all listed core modules (50 credits) and up to 5 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
EH6088	Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (Online)	5
EH6094	Public Health Core Principles and Overview (Online)	10
EH6132	Health Economics for Public Health	5
EH6150	Introduction to Health Protection	5
EH6153	Quantitative Research and Epidemiology	10
EH6154	Contemporary Perspectives of Global Health	5
EH6157	Qualitative Research in Public Health	5
EH6158	Health Promotion I	5
Elective Modules
Students may take modules to the value of 5 credits from the following:		5-0
EH6063	Tobacco Control: National and International Approaches (online)
Year 2
Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following groups: 1, 2		5-10
Group A
EH6141	Psychosocial Epidemiology (online)
or EH6155	Migration and Public Health
Group B
EH6152	Principles and Practices of Screening
or EH6156	Public Health in Humanitarian Crises
Group C
EH6000	Introduction to Implementation Research and Practice in Public Health
or EH6130	Critical Appraisal of Publications for Research and Practice
Group D
EH6140	Environmental Health: Principal Aspects and Burden of Disease
or EH6151	Advanced Health Protection
or EH6159	Health Promotion II
Group E
EH6101	Microbiology, the Environment and Infectious Disease (Online)
or EH6133	Advanced Quantitative Research (Online)
Total Credits		60

¹

Students take only 5 credits if EH6063 was taken in Year 1.

²

A maximum of one module per group can be chosen.

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 Public Health (online) (NFQ Level 9, Major award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Critically analyse theories and issues related to public health;
  
• Construct arguments around the social, political and economic factors determining the health of populations;
  
• Demonstrate competence in the key underpinning disciplines and theories of public health including epidemiology, communicable diseases including health care associated infections, biostatistics, social and behavioural sciences and social policy;
  
• Analyse and synthesise evidence and apply it to public health.
  
• Demonstrate enhanced knowledge in specific Public Health areas e.g. Health Promotion, Health Protection, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.