Candidates for the MSc are required to successfully complete either of the following programmes of study:

N.B. Once a Master’s student registers to complete the Dissertation or Professional Project as the final module of the course, the ‘expected end date’ of the course will be set to the end of the academic year.

Modules

All modules will be assessed in accordance with the University’s Regulations Governing the Constitution and Duties of Boards of Examiners for Masters Degrees by Examination and Dissertation.

Not all modules listed are necessarily available in any one academic year, and modules not listed here may be available, subject to entry requirements and approval from the Course Director.

Taught Core Module List:

• Understanding Childhood [MD924-20]
• Leadership in Child Health Services [MH932-20]

Taught Optional Core Module List:

• Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care [MH923-20]
• Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care (D/L) [MD915-20]
• Dissertation [ME914-60]
• Professional Project [PC950-40]

Taught Optional Module List:

• International Child Health [ME937-20]
• Child Development and Disability [MH924-20]
• Infant and Family Wellbeing [ME955-20]
• Communicable Diseases and Immunisation [MH926-20]
• International Health Policy [MH910-20]
• Perinatal and Infant Mental Health [MD963-20]
• Patient and Public Involvement in Health Care [PC930-20]
• Type 1 Diabetes in Children [MH904-20]
• Other Forms of Diabetes (from Genetics to Obesity) [MH906-20]
• Management of Diabetes in Adolescence [MH905-20]
• Health Care and Environmental Sustainability [MH935-20]
• Safeguarding Children [ME939-20]
• Epidemiology and Statistics [MH900-20]
• Qualitative and Comparative Research Methods in Health [MH930-20]
• Design, Analysis and Interpretation of Epidemiological Research [MD913-20]