Health Promotion (MA/PDip)

David Murphy Divya Ravikumar

Course Overview

The MA/Postgraduate Diploma programme is an internationally recognised qualification with the course content informed by the agreed competencies and professional standards for Health Promotion. The programme is an IUHPE (International Union of Health Promotion and Education) Accredited Health Promotion Course. This means that students who graduate from this course are automatically eligible to apply to become an IUHPE Registered Health Promotion Practitioner on the voluntary register. Graduates of the programme work in statutory services (e.g., Health Service Executive, local authorities), non-governmental organisations (e.g., Irish Heart Foundation, Dental Health Foundation, Irish Cancer Society), the private sector ( e.g., health insurance companies) and in the academic sector (e.g., University of Galway, Atlantic Technological University Sligo, University College Cork ), in a number of roles including dedicated Health Promotion Specialist posts. Past graduates are employed nationally and internationally, in posts in Ireland, UK, Australia, Canada and USA. Some graduates have gone onto further study in our doctoral programme (Further information on the PhD in Health Promotion is available by clicking here.)

About the programme

Download: BROCHURE MA PG Diploma in Health Promotion

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion offers a taught programme, delivered over two semesters. Full-time students undertake four core modules and choose two optional modules. The MA course incorporates the taught component of the Postgraduate Diploma programme together with a minor dissertation based on original research, which is undertaken over the summer months with a submission date in late August.

The MA in Health Promotion programme is an accredited International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) European Health Promotion Course (EuHP).

A range of teaching and assessment methods are used, including interactive lectures, work placements, small group teaching, skills development, and contributions from practitioners in the field, in a blended learning format with in person and online teaching.

Academics that teach on the programme are research active in the Health Promotion Research Centre, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research contributing to the WHO work programme.

Aims and objectives
The programme aims to provide students with professional education and training in the principles and practice of health promotion. Students will acquire knowledge and skills in the following:

• Theoretical background to the concepts and principles of health promotion and the application of theory to practice
• Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being.
• Key factors influencing the promotion of positive health.
• Application of a range of different health promotion approaches and strategies across diverse population groups, topics and settings.
• Critical role of the research process and its application in the development of knowledge and best practice in health promotion.

Scholarships available
Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships here.

If you would like to meet us:

• We participate in the University of Galway postgraduate open days which are run twice a year.
• We put on our own course-specific open evening in Spring where you can hear about the programme, meet staff and other potential students. 
• You can make an appointment by email to meet a member of staff at University of Galway

Details of open days/evenings will be posted on this website and here, or email hpinfo@universityofgalway.ie to be added to our mailing list.

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

Additional Requirements

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Course Outline

The content of the taught modular programme reflects the programmes aims and objectives. The programme comprises four core and six optional modules. Students must complete eight modules in total, four core and four optional, from a choice of six. As a student in Health Promotion you will have the opportunity to engage with international health promotion research projects and to pursue European based study as an optional module. The full-time taught programme is supported by a workplacement where you will experience Health Promotion in action.  

Programme delivery

The programme uses a wide variety of delivery approaches including: lectures, small group teaching, group work and enquiry based learning, together with a work placement for full time students. The programme is delivered through a blended learning format with face-to -face teaching and online learning.

MA students are supported through the minor dissertation by a named supervisor who is a member of academic staff.

MODULES INCLUDE:

Module details for MA full-time

Module details for Dip full-time

Further Education

Students can go on to earn the PhD, and MPhil degrees, through research work, with an optional minor taught element. Students can specialise in one of the disciplines various areas of research, working with a high degree of independence, and becoming experts on their chosen topic. This work is usually published in international conferences and journals.

Visit https://www.universityofgalway.ie/courses/research-postgraduate-programmes/phd-and-masters/health-sciences-health-promotion.html  for more details.

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Course Fees

Fees: EU

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Fees: Student levy

Fees: Non EU

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