MPH

MSc Degree Programme in Public Health

Curriculum of the MSc Degree Programme in Public Health (MPH) 2010-2012

MSc Degree Programme in Public Health (MPH) 47 ECTS compulsory courses 30 ECTS MPH thesis 43 ECTS elective courses total: 120 ECTS COMPULSORY COURSES, MPH MPH INTRODUCTORY Orientation to International Students Orientation to MPH studies PUBLIC HEALTH Introduction to Public Health Public Health Issues Public Health Journal Club HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTH POLICY Introduction to Health Promotion Health Policy EPIDEMIOLOGY Introduction to Epidemiology Evidence Based Health Care Nutritional Epidemiology Social Epidemiology Infectious Disease Epidemiology Genetic Epidemiology 47 ECTS 2 1 1 12 4 6 2 9 4 5 14 2 2 3 2 3 2

RESEARCH AND STATISTICS Information Retrieval and Library Skills for International Students Research in Public Health Basic Biostatistics MASTERS THESIS, PUBLIC HEALTH Maturity test, public health

10 1 6 3 30 0

ELECTIVE COURSES, MPH ORIENTATION TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES University Study Skills University Computing Skills MPH -Culture Club RESEARCH AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT Introduction to Academic Writing and Oral Skills Ethics in Health Research Biostatistics II MPH-Portfolio Framework and Concepts for Intercultural Professional Development INTERNATIONAL HEALTH Health Care Systems Public Health in Humanitarian Crises Health and Disease in Baltic Region Globalization and Global Ethics (UNIPID) Perspectives to Global Social Development UNIPID) Human Rights and Development (UNIPID) International Development Cooperation (UNIPID) Introduction to the United Nations (UNIPID) Concepts of Sustainability (UNIPID) Solving Local Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNIPID) PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Strategic Management Theories in Social and Health Care Organisations Leadership and Management Theories in Health Care Organizations Project Planning and Management Project Cycle Management (UNIPID) The Applications of Economics to Health Care HEALTH PROMOTION Results and Experiences of Community Intervention Programmes Community Based Practice in Health Promotion Health Impact Assessment Tobacco Control Substance Abuse Workplace Health Promotion in Ergonomics PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION Principles of Nutrition Nutrition in the Life Cycle Public Health Nutrition European Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Policy Food and Culture EPIDEMIOLOGY Applied Epidemiology Occupational Epidemiology, literature exam Environmental Epidemiology Clinical Epidemiology, literature exam Epidemiology II, literature exam Drug Utilization and Pharmacoepidemiology Advanced Topics in Epidemiology

43 ECTS

1 1 1

2 2 4 2 5

2 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

5 5 4 5 6

2 4 4 1 2 4

3-6 5 6 3 3 2

3 3 3 3 4 8 1-4

CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN PUBLIC HEALTH Introduction to Medical Anthropology Culture, Health and Illness, literature exam Medical Sociology, literature exam Health Psychology, literature exam Gender in Public Health LANGUAGE STUDIES Finnish 1 Survival Finnish

2 3 3 4 1

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