This unique programme focuses on the global role of Environmental Health in protecting communities and delivering a healthy sustainable future.
The MSc Global Strategy in Environmental Health and Sustainability is a perfect choice if you are passionate about the future health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants.
The programme embeds the core principles of environmental health throughout the programme directly linked to the attainment of UN Sustainability Goals. It will equip you with the critical thinking skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to become an environmental health professional. Throughout each element it links the cross-cutting themes of strategy, policy and intervention. You will be equally at home in a strategic or operational role, in a local or global setting.
You will be taught by skilled academics and experts in their field and study a range of modules aligned to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Professional Standards Framework.
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Here is a guide to the subjects studied on this course.
Courses are continually reviewed to take advantage of new teaching approaches and developments in research, industry and the professions. Please be aware that modules may change for your year of entry. The exact modules available and their order may vary depending on course updates, staff availability, timetabling and student demand. Please contact the course team for the most up to date module list.
In this section
Year one
Year one
Sustainable Development - Strategy for a Secure Future
Year: 1
This module introduces the student to the concept of sustainable development, how it has evolved and how it can be delivered and measured. It explores a range of economic, environmental and social challenges to determine how these overlap with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It provides for an appreciation of the policy and actions needed to stimulate government, corporate and individual change to help deliver the wide-ranging SDGs.
Law and Sustainability in a Global Context
Year: 1
Students will study law set in a global context, the legal and constitutional foundations that exist within it, and how this impacts on environmental health practice. On completion they should be able to critically appraise how law and regulation is implemented, the links to human health and well-being, the protection of the environment, and understand this in the broader context of its key contribution to sustainable development.
Research Methods and Project
Year: 1
This module provides students with a broad understanding of research methods and techniques, and how these can be used to investigate a research problem in any context. Students will be provided with the necessary theoretical foundations in statistical research, including the ability to plan research ethically and conduct a literature review. Students will also be able to record, analyse, interpret and present qualitative and quantitative data appropriately.
Food Safety, Security and Nutrition
Year: 1
This module is optional
This module examines the supply of sustainable, safe, nutritious food in a global context. It explores the threats and impacts on public health of the current food environment. It equips students with knowledge, understanding and critical reflection on the role of global food policies, of governments and other stakeholders (food production, processing, marketing) in the delivery of sustainable, future food systems so that consumers can access safe, healthy, low-impact food.
Occupational Health and Safety in an International Context
Year: 1
This module is optional
This module provides an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the purpose, processes, principles and skills required in the practice of occupational health and safety within the context of the international sustainable development agenda.
Students will have competency in recognising relevant information to identify hazards, evaluate risks and deliver intervention strategies to solve organisational, cultural and physical threats to the health and safety of people at work.
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Technologies
Year: 1
This module is optional
Students completing this module will have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the purpose, processes, principles and skills in the practice of environmental protection and sustainable technologies within the context of the sustainable development agenda. This includes protecting life on land and in water, taking action on climate change, and promoting responsible consumption and production. Students will develop critical skills in strategic planning, policy and intervention to achieve this.
Sustainable Housing and Communities
Year: 1
This module is optional
The United Nations decrees that adequate housing is a basic human right. Healthy, sustainable housing includes the physical structure and how it is influenced by the surrounding physical, social and economic environment and it is directly related to public health and well-being. This module includes the study and critique of issues linking housing and communities to public health and wellbeing, and in determining what is required to ensure adequate housing.
Emergency Planning, Response and Resilience
Year: 1
This module is optional
Students completing this module will understand the strategic, moral and humanitarian motivation for emergency planning. They will understand the complexities, core principles, mechanisms and partnerships involved and the essential role of crisis communication. Students will develop key skills in strategic planning and policy to deliver interventions successfully that deal with emergencies which threaten the lives, livelihoods or well-being of citizens across the world.
Effective Communication for Health and Sustainability
Year: 1
This module is optional
Effective communication is an essential skill for all practitioners to advocate for their profession and influence sustainable change. This will be key to deliver the environmental health and sustainable goals that are needed to overcome current and future environmental challenges
