1. Programme title and designation MSc/Master of Public Health. 2. Final award Award Title Credit. ECTS Any special criteria.

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1 PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM SECTION 1 THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION 1. Programme title and designation MSc/Master of Public Health 2. Final award Award Title Credit value MPH Master of Public Health 3. Nested award Award Title Credit value MSc Master of Public Health ECTS Any special criteria equivalent The Master of Public Health will be awarded to students undertaking the Research Module and submitting a satisfactory investigative dissertation that normally will use data collected in a workbased or field-based study in a topic directed towards the improvement of public health or primary care, to be agreed by the module leader. Students who successfully complete modules Clinical Reasoning and medical decision making and Developing and Delivering Primary Care and a dissertation orientated to primary care will be awarded the MPH (Primary Care). For the award of MPH (Health Protection) students must include passes in those modules so prescribed by the Division and the Health Protection Agency. ECTS Any special criteria equivalent The MSc in Public Health will be awarded to students undertaking the Research Module and submitting a satisfactory dissertation relating to public health to be agreed by the module leader. 4. Exit award Award Title Credit ECTS Any special criteria value equivalent PGCert Master of Public Students must pass modules

2 Health totalling 60 credits. PGDip Master of Public Health Students must pass modules totalling 120 credits. 5. Level in the qualifications framework M 6. Attendance Full-time Part-time Distance learning Mode of attendance Yes Yes N/A Minimum length of programme 1 year 2 years Maximum length of programme 2 years* 4 years* *Excluding approved periods of interruption 7. Awarding institution/body King s College London 8. Teaching institution King s College London 9. Proposing department Public Health Sciences, Division of Health & Social Care Research 10. Programme organiser and contact Professor Martin Gulliford, Department of Public Details Health Sciences, School of Medicine, King's College London, 7th Floor, Capital House, 42 Weston St, London SE1 3QD Tel: martin.gulliford@kcl.ac.uk 11. UCAS code (if appropriate) N/A 12. Relevant QAA subject benchmark/ N/A professional and statutory body guidelines 13. Date of production of specification ; revised 2010/ Date of programme review 2013/ Educational aims of the programme To give individuals the academic foundation for leadership roles and research in public health or primary care. The programme is deliberately aimed at both medical and non-medical health practitioners, and is intended to be inclusive and integrative, responding to NHS documents and identified national skill shortages. It will recognise and build upon the wide range of professions and skills that contribute to public health.

3 17. Educational objectives of the programme/programme outcomes The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding and skills in the following areas: Knowledge and understanding The programme provides a knowledge and understanding of the following: The social, economic, environmental and genetic influences on health; The sources of information relating to population and health and how data is collected analysed and published; The principles of disease prevention and health promotion; Risk assessment, risk perception, risk management and risk communication; Theories of organisational behaviour and management and their application to the improvement of public health services The development and implementation of health policy in public health/primary care The professional, ethical and legal responsibilities of a leader in public health/primary care. These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures Seminars/tutorials Directed reading Self-directed learning Assessment: Written examinations Assignments Oral presentation Skills and other attributes Intellectual skills: Identify areas within public health or primary care that would benefit from further research. Draw on appropriate social and methodological theory to formulate a research question. Design a research project using an appropriate methodology. Critical appraisal of existing research and official reports and other publications. Ethical reasoning skills Synthesise and evaluate primary and secondary data Analysis and evaluation of public health/primary care policies Planning and evaluation of a public health intervention or response Plan, conduct and report an individual research project These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures Seminars/tutorials Directed reading Self-directed learning Research project Assessment: Written examination Assignments Submission of a project report

4 To be able to recognise personal learning needs and plan for educational and career development Problem-solving skills and ability to investigate and design an appropriate response to a public health/primary care problem Practical skills: Participate in all stages of a group research project. Carry out an advanced literature search. Critically appraise research and official publications. Design, use and analyse various research/study techniques, e.g. questionnaires, interviews. Design an epidemiological study, and plan a public health intervention OR design an empirical study and plan primary care intervention Be able to prepare papers for publication These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures Seminars/tutorials Directed reading Self-directed learning Research project Assessment: Assignments Submission of a project report Generic/transferable skills: Organise workload in order to meet competing deadlines. Work with others in a team Communicate ideas, research findings, principles and theories effectively by oral, written and visual means. Integrate knowledge and skills from the broad spectrum of the public health/primary care fields Apply basic statistical skills to public health/primary care issues Use information technology, i.e. databases, word processing, statistical and qualitative data packages These are achieved through the following teaching/learning methods and strategies: Lectures Seminars/tutorials Directed reading Self-directed learning Research project Assessment: Assignments Submission of a project report and oral presentations 18. Statement of how the programme has been informed by the relevant subject benchmark statement(s)/professional, regulatory and statutory body guidelines N/A (postgraduate programme) 19. Programme structure and award requirements (where relevant the information should also differentiate the particular requirements of pathways within a programme or nested/exit awards) (a) numbers of introductory, core, compulsory and optional modules to be taken in each year of

5 the programme with related credit values MPH & MSc: 2 core taught modules worth 15 credits each, the core research project module worth 60 credits, plus optional modules worth a total of 90 credits. Full-time students take all the modules over one year, whilst part-time students will take the 2 core taught modules in the first year, the core research project module in the second year, with the timing of the remaining optional modules in either first or second year. Students who successfully complete modules Clinical Reasoning and medical decision making and Developing and Delivering Primary Care and a dissertation orientated to primary care will be awarded the MPH (Primary Care). For the award of MPH (Health Protection) students must include passes in those modules so prescribed by the Division and the Health Protection Agency. (b) range of credit levels permitted within the programme Level 7 only (c) maximum number of credits permitted at the lowest level 180 (d) minimum number of credits required at the highest level 180 (e) progression and award requirements (if different from the standard) Students must pass all modules with an overall mark of 50% in each in order to be awarded the MPH or the MSc. Compensation will be permitted within the taught modules, but not between modules, provided that the mark of an individual element of assessment does not fall below 40%. The percentage weighting for the calculation of merit and distinction will directly reflect the proportion of credits allocated to each module in relation to the overall credit taken within each programme/award, with classification thresholds set according to the core scheme as set out in the Credit Framework Regulations of King s College London. Part-time students must normally satisfy the examiners in all first year modules before they may be permitted to proceed to the second year of the programme. To obtain the exit award of Postgraduate Diploma, students must pass modules totalling 120 credits. To obtain the award of Postgraduate Certificate, students must pass modules totalling 60 credits. (f) maximum number of credits permitted with a condoned fail (core modules excluded) None (g) are students permitted to take a substitute module, as per regulation A3, 20.7? No (h) other relevant information to explain the programme structure The Master of Public Health will be awarded to students undertaking the Research Module and submitting an investigative dissertation that will normally use data collected in a work-based or fieldbased study directed towards the improvement of public health or primary care, to be agreed by the module leader. The MSc in Public Health will be awarded to students undertaking the Research Module and submitting a satisfactory dissertation relating to public health to be agreed by the module leader.

6 Programme Structure Title Credit level Credit value Status (I, Cr, Cp, O) for each type of programme MPH / MSC PG Dip PG Cert Progression MP H / PG MSC Dip PG Cert Assessment Basic Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health 7 15 Cr Cr O Yes* Yes No Examination; Coursework Prevention and Control of Disease 7 15 Cr Cr O Yes Yes No Examination; Coursework Public Health and Primary Care Dissertation 7 60 Cr O O Yes No No Coursework The Sociology of Health and Illness 7 15 O O O No No No Examination Further Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Management in Organisations 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Health Economics and Health Policy 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Essentials of Toxicology for Public Health Protection 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Environmental Epidemiology for Public Health Protection 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Nutrition (for Public Health), and Principles & Practice of Health Promotion 7 15 O O O No No No Coursework Fundamentals of Environmental Health Practice 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Integrative Studies 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Housing & Health 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Environmental Protection 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Food Safety & Control 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework

7 Health & Safety at Work 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Integrative Studies for Environmental Health Practice 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Essential Health Protection Science 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Health Psychology Applied to Public Health 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Anthropology of Health and Illness (Goldsmiths College) 7 20 O O O No No No Coursework Key Issues in Health Policy 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Leadership & Innovation in the Public Services: Theory and Practice 7 15 O O O No No No Examination; Coursework Professionalism, Law and Ethics 7 15 O O O No No No Coursework Facilitating Learning in Primary Health Care 7 15 O O O No No No Coursework Social Research Methods for Public Health 7 15 O O O No No No Examination, coursework Global Public Health 7 15 O O O No No No Examination, coursework Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Research 7 15 O O O No No No Coursework Developing & Delivering Primary Care 7 15 O O O No No No Coursework, oral exam Clinical Reasoning & Decision Making: Why House is just a TV show 7 15 O O O No No No Examination, coursework * Further Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health is an acceptable alternative, in lieu of Basic Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health, as a core course. 20. Marking criteria Assessment criteria are in line with new marking criteria produced by the School Board of Examiners and agreed by KCL.

8 PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM SECTION 2 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 1. Programme name Master of Public Health 2. If the programme is a joint award with an institution outwith the University of London has the necessary approval been sought from Academic Board? Yes No Not applicable X Please attach a copy of the request to Academic Board 3. In cases of joint honours programmes please provide a rationale for the particular subject combination, either educational or academic Not applicable 4. If the programme involves time outside the College longer than a term, please indicate how the time will be spent, the length of time out and whether it is a compulsory or optional part of the programme Year abroad Year in employment Placement Other (please specify) Time spent.. Compulsory/optional. 5. Please provide a rationale for any such time outside the College, other than that which is a requirement of a professional, regulatory or statutory body Not applicable 6. Please give details if the programme requires validation or accreditation by a professional, regulatory or statutory body Not applicable

9 7. In cases where parts or all of the programme (other than those in box 4 above) are delivered either away from one of the College campuses and/or by a body or bodies external to the College please provide the following details Name and address of the off-campus location and/or external body: Various public health agencies or organisations during the dissertation period. This may be in the UK or, by special arrangement, overseas. Percentage/amount of the programme delivered off-campus or by external body Up to 25% Nature of the involvement of external body Supervision of research project Description of the learning resources available at the off-campus location Facilities for data collection plus varying degrees of supervision and access to academic resources. What mechanisms will be put in place to ensure the ongoing monitoring of the delivery of the programme, to include monitoring of learning resources off-site or by the external body? All topics for research projects are approved in advance by the module organiser. The module organiser or college based supervisor will visit the external location to monitor the conduct of the research project, as and when necessary. Please attach the report of the visit to the off-campus location Not applicable