Teaching & modules
Modules
Course structure
Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course normally take modules totaling 180 credits.
Required modules
You are required to take the following modules:
- Dissertation in Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy (60 credits)
- Critical Global Health (30 credits)
- Global Health Ethics (15 credits)
You are also required to take one of the following modules:
- The Politics of Health and Medicine (30 credits)
- Critical Bioethics (30 credits)
You are also required to take two of the following methods modules:
- Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)
- Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)
- Critical Policy Research for Health & Medicine (15 credits)
- Quantitative Data Analysis (15 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 15 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
- Data Manipulation & Management (15 credits)
- Pharmaceuticals & Society (15 credits)
- Ageing, Health & Society (15 credits)
- Internship (15 credits)
- Decolonising Research Methods for Global Health (15 credits)
- Any Level 7 module offered by King’s. All externally offered modules are subject to approval by the programme director, and there are limited places available, these places are allocated subject to availability.
Part-time students will be expected to take Critical Global Health, Global Health Ethics and one research methods module in Year 1, with the remaining required and optional modules taken in Year 2. Part-time students attend the dissertation workshops and submit a dissertation proposal in Year 1 with the dissertation being submitted at the end of Year 2.
Teaching methods - what to expect
The following table will give you an idea of what a typical academic workload might look like as you progress through your studies:
| Year or module | Lectures, seminar and feedback | Self-study (hours) |
| Per 15-credit module | 15 hours (usually 1.5 hours of lectures/seminars per week over a 10 week term) | 135 |
| Per 30-credit module | 30 hours (usually 3 hours of lectures/seminars per week over a 10 week term) | 270 |
| Dissertation module | 6 x 2 hours workshops 2 hour staff consultations on proposal 3 hours of supervision |
283 |
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/practical examinations
- Essays
- Written examinations
- Presentations
- Dissertation
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may include essays, written examinations, oral presentations and the dissertation. The nature of assessment varies by module.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, two years part-time
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026