MSc

Public Health - Health Promotion

Teaching & Learning

Distance learning

We understand that full-time study does not suit everyone. That’s why we offer courses which give you the opportunity to decide where, when and how you can get involved in learning. Studying a distance learning course offers the convenience and flexibility to make education work for you. Whether you’d like to fit your studies around childcare, develop your skills while working or, quite simply, want to learn from the comfort of your own home, we can help you gain a qualification at a time and pace that suits your lifestyle.

Like our students on campus, you’ll have the same excellent teaching and learning resources, however you’ll find these online instead of a lecture theatre. Not only are all the modules taught online, but you’ll also have access to an online community and more than 140,000 books and journals in our online library.

Technical requirements for distance learning study are detailed in the full guide. Visit our distance learning website for more information.

Overall workload

Each module on our distance learning courses is individually designed to maximise your learning so study requirements will vary. If you choose to study this course by distance learning, as a general guideline, you’ll need to allocate around 10 hours per week to complete each module. You’ll also need a further five hours for additional reading and assignments. However, this may vary depending on the module. Teaching and learning will be delivered using a range of interactive resources. This typically includes audio and video content, group discussions, reflective exercises, quizzes, online reading and much more. All these resources are delivered through our Virtual Learning Environment and can be accessed at a time and place that suits you.

What you'll learn

Provides a basis for the study of public health and health promotion, with key principles and theory.
Examines how communities work and how they can be empowered to create their own health.
Gain the theoretical foundation and practical skills required to complete small-scale research. You'll focus on the theoretical and applied aspects of qualitative and quantitative data analysis related to public health and health promotion to support your research.
This module will focus on the policy process and key challenges for health and therefore policy makers. You’ll understand contemporary issues and topics as a mechanism to analyse various aspects of the policy process. Using case studies of current issues such as climate change, you’ll think critically about the policy-making process, and consider the challenges for health promoters working within a variety of policy contexts.
Investigates the psychology of behaviour change, how various media can be used and how people learn about health.
Provides the practical skills of planning health promotion and how theories can be put into practice.
Your opportunity to undertake a small scale piece of research and/or development that underpins your health-rated practice within nutrition, environmental health or health promotion.
Provides a basis for the study of public health and health promotion, with key principles and theory.
Examines how communities work and how they can be empowered to create their own health.
Gain the theoretical foundation and practical skills required to complete small-scale research. You'll focus on the theoretical and applied aspects of qualitative and quantitative data analysis related to public health and health promotion to support your research.
This module will focus on the policy process and key challenges for health and therefore policy makers. You’ll understand contemporary issues and topics as a mechanism to analyse various aspects of the policy process. Using case studies of current issues such as climate change, you’ll think critically about the policy-making process, and consider the challenges for health promoters working within a variety of policy contexts.
Investigates the psychology of behaviour change, how various media can be used and how people learn about health.
Provides the practical skills of planning health promotion and how theories can be put into practice.
Your opportunity to undertake a small scale piece of research and/or development that underpins your health-rated practice within nutrition, environmental health or health promotion.