Applicants who are under 23 years of age must satisfy the minimum entry requirements of the College of Medicine and Health as set out here.

Entry on the Grounds of Mature Years

Applicants who have not satisfied the minimum entry requirements may, on the recommendation of College, be considered for admission on the grounds of mature years (see under "Mature Students" in the Admission to Undergraduate Programmes section of the University Calendar).

Three Year Rule

Students must pass/progress within three academic years of first registration for each year of the programme. Students are permitted to repeat any academic year once only and may not repeat any more than two academic years in any one programme.

To be admitted to the First University Examination in Public Health a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

EH1004 Epidemiology I (10 credits)
EH1006 Perspectives on Public Health (5 credits)
EH1007 Introduction to Health Information Systems (HIS) (5 credits)
EH1008 Biology for Public Health (10 credits)
EH1009 Determinants of Health (5 credits)
EH1010 Introduction to Public Health (5 credits)
EV2002 The Environment and Human Health (5 credits)
SC1011 Sociology of Health, Public Health and Health Promotion (5 credits)
SS1302 Social Policy Analysis (5 credits)
ST1002 Introduction to Health Statistics (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

No student may register for the Second Year programme of study until the First University Examination has been passed. To be admitted to the Second University Examination in Public Health a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

EH2003 Principles of Social Research (5 credits)
EH2006 Epidemiology II (5 credits)
EH2007 Health Information Systems II (5 credits)
EH2008 Introduction to Theories and Practices of Health Promotion (5 credits)
EH2009 Public Health Issues (5 credits)
MB1901 Introduction to Food and Industrial Microbiology (5 credits)
MG2004 Management and Planning of Public Health Systems (5 credits)
NT2013 Fundamentals of Nutrition Part 1 (5 credits)
NT2014 Fundamentals of Nutrition Part 2 (5 credits)
SC2027 Sociology of Health, Illness and the Body (5 credits)
SS2021 Critical Perspectives on Irish Health Policy (5 credits)
ST2005 Social Research and Survey Methods (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

The Third Year Public Health programme consists of taught modules to the value of 50 credits and a Work Placement module to the value of 10 credits. No student may register for the Third Year programme of study until the Second University Examination has been passed. To be admitted to the Third University Examination in Public Health, a student must have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

EH3000 Epidemiology III (5 credits)
EH3004 Work Placement (10 credits)
EH3011 Public Health Practice (10 credits)
EH3012 Data Management for Public Health (10 credits)
MB3901 Medical Microbiology (5 credits)
MB3012 Transmission and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (5 credits)
NT2008 Nutrition in Growth, Development and Ageing (5 credits)
SC3025 Sociology of Health and Illness: New Directions and Current Debates (5 credits)
SS3024 The Politics of Health and Medicine (5 credits)

Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Note: The Third University Examination in Public Health will be undertaken in March/April.

Work Placement - EH3004 (10 credits)
Following the Third University Examinations in spring of the Third Year programme, students must also undertake a compulsory 12 week work placement (EH3004 - 10 credits). Students will be placed in an environment in which they can apply public health theory in practice. This will be with an appropriate organisation - a Health Services Executive area, a local authority, a development authority, or a national agency, such as the Food Safety Authority. The Placement module shall be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, and must be passed in order to graduate. (Full details of the placement are contained in 'Placement Policy and Procedures for the BSc (Hons) in Public Health' which is available on request, from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and/or the College of Medicine and Health Office).

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

No student may register for the Fourth Year programme of study until the Third University Examination has been passed and the Work Placement module (EH3004) has been undertaken. No student may graduate until the Work Placement module has been passed. To be admitted to the BSc (Hons) Public Health Degree Examination, a student must therefore have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:

Core Modules
Students take 50 credits as follows:
EC4302 Health Economics (5 credits)
EH4003 Health Protection (5 credits)
EH4005 Health Services (5 credits)
EH4007 Research Project (15 credits)
EH4008 Public Health Advocacy (5 credits)
GP4000 Primary Health Care (5 credits)
GV4000 The Politics of Public Health Management (5 credits)
SS4000 Science, Technology and Public Controversy (5 credits)

and modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:

Elective Modules
EH4000 Advanced Applied Epidemiology (5 credits)
EH4004 Introduction to Promoting Health with Communities (5 credits)
EH4009 Global Health and Development (5 credits)
NT4011 Nutrition and Public Health (5 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2016 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2015/2016.

Programme Learning Outcomes for BSc (Hons) Public Health (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the field of population health and its constituent disciplines including epidemiology, health promotion, health protection and public health advocacy.
• Demonstrate good knowledge of the biological basis of disease, the social influences on patterns of health and ill-health, as well as quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
• Investigate complex public health/health promotion problems including developing a research protocol; applying the relevant quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies.
• Critically appraise the quality of primary and secondary research.
• Discuss strategies to design, plan, implement and evaluate services, programmes and interventions to address public health issues.
• Analyse the relevance of national and international health related policy, at local, national and international levels.
• Work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multi-disciplinary settings together with the capacity to undertake lifelong learning.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues in public health, health promotion and the wider health system, and with society at large.