Courses and programmes

At the Department of Public Health Sciences, we offer an international master's programme as well as doctoral level education. We also offer a bachelor's programme in public health sciences, as well as basic level courses which are part of a bachelor's programme given in collaboration with the Department of Education.

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What is public health?

For many, the term 'public health' primarily brings to mind the practice of public health, which has the overall purpose of preventing disease and promoting health. This ambition was also behind the establishment of public health as an academic discipline. For public health practice and public health research alike, there are tensions between a medical model that focuses on individual risk factors for disease as well as medical treatments, and a social model that emphasises the role of societal structures and living conditions.

At the Department of Public Health Sciences, we jointly consider these models in our multidisciplinary approach to public health. Our research - and education - is nevertheless firmly rooted in the social sciences and insights from, for example, sociology and psychology regarding the complex interplay between social structures and individuals.

 

Master's programme in public health sciences: Societal and individual perspectives (PHSAN)

This multidisciplinary programme provides a broad overview of the field of public health research, both in the past and the present. As a student, you will gain a deeper understanding of individual health outcomes and the distribution of health at the population level, determinants of health across the life course, as well as public health-related policy and practice. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be utilized and practiced throughout the programme.

Our "Master's programme in public health sciences: Societal and individual perspectives" (PHSAN) offers two tracks; Societal perspectives on public health (PSOC) and Individual perspectives on public health (PIND). The courses within blocks A-D and F are the same for both tracks, whereas block E differs depending on the track.

You choose your track when you apply for the programme:

Societal perspectives on public health (PSOC)

Individual perspectives on public health (PIND)

 

 

 
 

Our freestanding, advanced level courses, are also given at the third term of our Master's programme. Courses on the advanced level requires a degree comprising at least 180 credits, as well as English proficiency equivalent to English 6.

Freestanding courses, Autumn 2024

Health and policy in the welfare state (PH14A1)

Global health in a changing world (PH15A1)

Psychological perspectives on health (PH16A1)

Stress, recovery, and health (PH17A1)

Prevention, intervention and health promotion (PH18A1)

 

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