Overview

Our Global Health & Social Justice course is a unique study pathway that combines anthropology, philosophy, sociology and science technology studies. Covering topics such as inequalities in preventable mortality, disability, climate change, reproductive rights, pandemic preparedness and access to health care across countries, it will help you to develop advanced skills in the critical analysis and possible solutions for global health inequalities.

Course detail

The Global Health & Social Justice course will provide you with a demanding study pathway covering dynamic topics within global health. You will explore major issues and debates, as well as develop the capacity for critically assessing the scientific research and practices aiming to address global health inequalities. You with also cover the fundamental aspects relating to philosophical debates about social justice and health equity. The course offers you flexibility with the choice to study either full or part-time.

Teaching and assessment

We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment. The department assesses students on a combination of essays, written examinations, oral presentations and the dissertation. The nature of assessment varies by module.

Career prospects

Graduates from this course have gone on to the following destinations: National and International NGOs (community outreach and engagement officer e.g. MSF, Peace Corps Senior health support agent, country director); Policy work (public health policy analyst World Health Organization, national Ministries of health, charity sector); Academia (doctoral researcher, editorial work for journals such as the Lancet); Private sector and public private partnerships (e.g. Gates Foundation, Pharmaceutical Research and Development); Health Care (general practitioner, psychiatrist, hospital administration).