MSc in Global Health
Programme code: TMGLHE
Department: Health Policy
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full year programme. Students take five compulsory half unit courses, options to the value of 1.0 units, and a dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Global Health: Policymaking and Policy Change (H) | |
2 |
Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (H) | |
3 |
Financing Health Care: Comparative Perspectives (H) | |
4 |
Economic Analysis for Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (H) | |
5 |
One of the following half-unit courses: | |
|
Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (H) or | |
|
Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (H) | |
6 |
Optional courses to the value of 1.0 units from the following list: | |
Global Health and Development (H) | ||
Planning for Population and Development (H) | ||
Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (H) | ||
Foundations of Health Policy (H) | ||
Measuring Health System Performance (H) | ||
Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (H) | ||
Principles of Modern Epidemiology (H) | ||
Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (H) | ||
Health Care Economic Evaluation (H) | ||
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (H) | ||
Applied Health Econometrics (H) | ||
US Health Policy (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Research Methods for Evaluation in Health, Development and Public Policy (H) | ||
Global Social Policy and International Organisations (H) | ||
Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (H) | ||
Key Population Health Issues in Low and Medium-income countries (H) | ||
Behavioural Economics and the Valuation of Health Outcomes (H) | ||
Or another LSE course subject to the approval of the course tutor. | ||
Or selected linear and study units at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine subject to the approval of the course tutor. | ||
7 |
Dissertation in Global Health (H) | |
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
