Diploma Courses in Public Health

London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine

• The goal of the London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine's Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health is to teach students to apply their knowledge of the public health field to everyday problems. Coursework includes public health and policy statistics, epidemiology, social research standards and health economics. Students will also have to take two additional electives, and they can choose from courses like public health problems, theories of health promotion, health services and health policy. Students will also have to specialize in one of the following areas: environment and health; health promotion; or health services management. Students must either have a degree in a related field or public health experience. This is an online class.

  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

  Keppel Street

  London WC1E 7HT UK

  44 -0-20-7636-8636

  lshtm.ac.uk

University of London External System

• The University of London External System's Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health program requires between one and five years of study, and students must study six modules. Students may take the classes all at once or take the classes as individual short courses. Coursework includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, care and public health environmental threats. Students must specialize in one of three areas: health and the environment; health promotion; and health services management. This is a long-distance course, and students will receive a CD of the materials, required paper readings, homework materials and access to email and online support. This course starts every October, and students must be registered by the end of August.

  University of London

  Stewart House/32 Russell Square

  London WC1B 5DN

  44-0-20-7862-8360

  londonexternal.ac.uk

University of Otago

• The University of Otago's Postgraduate Diploma program requires students to have a degree related to this field or previous public health experience in order to take this course. The program will last a year for full-time students. Students will be required to write two main papers and several smaller papers, and students must receive a passing grade on these papers in order to graduate. Coursework focuses on all aspects of public health.

  University of Otago

  364 Leith Walk

  Dunedin 9016

  64-3-479-1100

  otago.ac.nz