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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

Gender, Health and Development

Psychosocial Interventions with War-affected Populations

Health Economics

Psychosocial Interventions with War-affected Populations (distance)

HIV and Development

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Policy and Practice in Complex Emergencies

Social Development Policy and Practice

Project Design and Management

Social Justice

Leading Change

Strategic Human Resources for Health

Workforce Planning

Participatory Appraisal and Evaluation

Workforce Management

Independent Study


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