BSc (Honours) in Public Health and Health Promotion (Add-On)
Course Description:
This innovative and practically driven degree aims to equip you with a variety of skills to improve your knowledge and competencies in promoting health amongst specialised and applied health areas and populations. Students are also supported in developing their understanding of health and it’s determinants and how to promote and protect population health.
Perhaps you are already working in the health, education or community sector and wish to develop key competencies that will enhance your career and employment opportunities. Developing your learning and understanding of this broad field is achieved by you the student through completion of practical and creative tasks with the support of lecturing and technical staff.
The degree contains a variety of modules run over 2 semesters each year including:
- Settings in Health Promotion
- Topics in Health Promotion
- Promoting Health in Specialist Populations
- Advanced Facilitation Skills & Group-work
- Applied Research Methods
- Applied Statistics and Computing
- Applied Epidemiology
- Current Issues in Health & Public Health
- Professional Development
- Workplacement Studies
Key Skills:
This exciting programme aims to equip students with a wide variety of core competencies necessary for working in health related positions including skills to:
- Facilitate groups appropriately and effectively
- Plan, implement and evaluate health campaigns and health promotion programmes
- Communicate clear health messages to a variety of audiences
- Perform statistical analysis on health related data
- Engage in innovative practical projects in the community
- Work with a variety of population groups in a number of key settings
- Critically appraise literature and research
- Critically reflect on your practice and devise strategies for professional development
- Develop health resources for various target populations
- Appraise public policy and develop policies to promote population health
- Develop links with potential employers
Career Opportunities:
Past graduates have progressed to work with a variety of organisations, including statutory, voluntary and community bodies. Job titles have included the following:
- Youth Health Promotion Officer
- Sports Development Co-ordinator
- Drug & Alcohol Education Worker
- Schools Health Promotion Officer
- Community Development Worker
- Health Promotion Officer for People with Disabilities
- College Health Promotion Officer
- Health Promotion Officer in Voluntary and Community Organisations
- Research Officer
2010 Points:
Entrance is via a cognate level 7 qualification.
Duration:
One year.
Course places: 24
For further information, contact:
Ms Máire McCallion
T: 071 915 5222 Extension 7247
E: mccallion.maire@itsligo.ie
Ms Deirdre Collery
T: 071 915 5342
E: collery.deirdre@itsligo.ie
