Master of Arts - Public Health

Nottingham Trent University's Public Health Masters degree has been designed in response to contemporary international debates about the changing nature and shifting boundaries of multidisciplinary public health. It will allow students to develop an extensive knowledge of public health with a critical awareness of the philosophical, theoretical and method logical aspects of the discipline and following graduation students will be enthused about the potential to act as change agents within multi-disciplinary public health settings. Students will also be able to adopt an independent and reflective approach to their learning and future careers. This contemporary course is informed by a social model of health crucial to understanding contemporary and global public health theory and practice. It focuses on the strategic and international elements of public health, environment and sustainable development that are critical to effective multidisciplinary practice in these fields. As a result, it reflects cutting-edge, current developments.

The course provides students with the opportunity to engage with a wide and diverse curricula including:

• sustainable development • social determinants of health • politics • ethics • international public health

This course is suitable for recently qualified graduates or those already in employment. Following graduation, students will: • be inspired about the potential to act as change agents within multi-disciplinary public health settings

• bring an extensive knowledge of public health with a critical awareness of the philosophical, theoretical and methodological issues to bear on the discipline • adopt an independent and reflective approach to their learning and future careers