MSc in Global Population Health

Programme Code: TMGLPOPHE

Department: Social Policy

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, options to the value of two full units and a dissertation or research report and research design/analyses as shown below.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

1

SA4DA

Global Population Health

2

Two courses from the following:

 

SA4N6

Principles of Modern Epidemiology (H)

SA481

Population Analysis: Methods and Models (H) 

SA485

Planning for Population and Development (H)

Or any MY MSc-level course with the approval of the Programme Director

3

One course from the following:

 

SA492

Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (H)

SA4F1

Migration: Population Trends and Policies (H)

SA4N5

Global Ageing (H)

Any course not taken under Paper 2

4

One course from the following:

 

GI417

Gender, Population and Policy (H)

 

DV411

Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (H)

 

SA4K1

Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (H)

 

PS418

Health Communication (H)

 

SA447

Foundations of Health Policy (H)

 

Any course not taken in Papers 2 and 3 or any other course where the student meets pre-requisites with approval from the Programme Director

5

SA4B3

MSc Health, Population and Society Dissertation *

 

 

OR

 

SA4BA

Global Population Health Research Report (H) AND SA4P2 Global Population Health: Research Design and Analyses (H)

Notes

* For students who can demonstrate thorough prior training and advanced knowledge of research design and analysis.

 

It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (ie not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses.