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Institute for International Health and Development - IIHD

IIHD PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

*SCOTCAT: Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme, used by many universities in the United Kingdom to record passage through a course and facilitate between courses and institutions.

**Note that 15 SCOTCAT credits are equivalent to 5 ECTS.  

MSc International Health (180 SCOTCAT** CREDITS*)

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

CORE : International Health & Social Policy (15 credits)

CORE : Health-Related Research (15 credits)

CORE : Health Systems Development (15 credits)

CORE : Select one from

1) International Public Health (15 credits)

2) Social Development Policy and Practice (15 credits)

3) Health Economics (15 credits)

CORE : Research Design and Planning (15 credits)

 

Choose 3 ELECTIVES (15 credits each)

Dissertation (60 credits)

 

MSc Sexual and Reproductive Health (180 SCOTCAT CREDITS*)

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

CORE : International Health & Social Policy (15 credits)

CORE: Health-Related Research (15 credits)

CORE: Health Systems (15 credits)

CORE : Select one from

1) International Public Health (15 credits)

2) Social Development Policy and Practice (15 credits)

3) Health Economics (15 credits)

CORE : Research Design and Planning (15 credits)

CORE : Gender, Health and Development (15 credits)

CORE : Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 credits)

 

Choose 1 ELECTIVE (15 credits)

Dissertation (60 credits)

 

MSc Social Justice, Development and Health (180 SCOTCAT CREDITS*)

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

CORE : International Health & Social Policy (15 credits)

CORE : Health-Related Research (15 credits)

CORE : Social Development Policy and Practice (15 credits)

CORE : Choose one module from

1) International Public Health (15 credits) or

2) Health Systems (15 credits)

CORE : Research Design and Planning (15 credits)

CORE : Social Justice (15 credits)

 

Choose 2 ELECTIVES (15 credits each)

 

Dissertation (60 credits)



MSc Health Systems (180 SCOTCAT CREDITS*)

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

CORE : International Health & Social Policy (15 credits)

CORE : Health-Related Research (15 credits)

CORE : Health Systems (15 credits)

CORE : Health economics (15 credits)

CORE : Research Design and Planning (15 credits)

 

Choose 3 ELECTIVES

Dissertation (60 credits)




MSc Human Resources for Health (180 SCOTCAT CREDITS*)

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

CORE : Health Systems (15 credits)

CORE: Health-Related Research (15 credits)

CORE : Strategic Human Resources for Health (15 credits)

CORE : Health Economics (15 credits)

CORE : Research Design and Planning (15 credits)

CORE : Workforce Planning (15 credits)

CORE : Workforce Management (15 credits)

Choose from 1 ELECTIVE

Dissertation (60 credits)

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Social Development (60 SCOTCAT credits)

 

Semester 2

 

 

CORE : Gender, Health and Development (15 credits)

CORE : Project Design and Management (15 credits)

Choose from 2 ELECTIVES

 

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Conflict and Social Development (60 SCOTCAT credits)

 

Semester 2

 

 

CORE: Policy and Practice in Complex Emergencies (15 credits)

CORE : Psychosocial Interventions with War-Affected Populations ((15 credits)

Choose from 2 ELECTIVES

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resources for Health (60 SCOTCAT credits) Choose 3 specialist HRH modules plus 1 elective

Semester 1

Semester 2

 

CORE: Stratetic Human Resources for Health

CORE: Workforce Planning (15 credits)

CORE : Workforce Management((15 credits)

CORE: Leading change (15 credits)

Choose 1 ELECTIVE (which could also be a 4th HRH module)

 

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health(60 SCOTCAT credits)

 

Semester 2

 

 

CORE : Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 credits)

CORE : Gender, Health and Development (15 credits)

CORE : HIV in Development (15 credits)

Choose 1 ELECTIVE

 



IIHD ELECTIVE MODULES - 15 SCOTCAT CREDITS / 5 ECTS

Semester 1 (September - December)  
Health Economics Social Development Policy and Practice
Strategic Human Resources for Health  
   
Semester 2 (January - April)  

Gender, Health and Development

Psychosocial Interventions with War-affected Populations

HIV and Development

Psychosocial Interventions with War-affected Populations (distance learning May/June)

Policy and Practice in Complex Emergencies

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Project Design and Management

Social Justice

Leading Change

Participatory Appraisal and Evaluation (not offered in year 2011-2012)

Workforce Planning

Independent Study

Workforce Management

 


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