An introduction to public health sciences
The course will offer a review of the history of the discipline and introduce its main areas of action with a focus on health research. The course will introduce key theoretical frameworks, empirical examples, as well as some controversial issues related to the discipline. Overall, this course features the social science profile of the discipline at the Department of Public Health Sciences.
Teaching Format
The teaching will be based on seminars.
Active participation in the seminars is mandatory. In case of absence from, or insufficient participation, in a seminar, the student will be given a compensatory assignment.
The course will be taught in English.
Course manager
Sol Juarez
Assessment
The course is examined through an invigilated on-campus exam.
The examinations will be in English.
Date for examination will be published no later than one month before the course starts in the schedule. More information on examination will be published at the start of the course in Athena for registered students.
Examiner
Sol Juarez
Reception by appointment.
Study Counsellor
Study counselling for all study levels.
Contact person for study support to students with long-term disabilities.
Education Administrator, Basic and Advanced Level
Coordinator, Master's Programme in Public Health Science
Sol Juarez
