Hi all,
Im about to start an MSc in Public Health and wonder if anyone has any advice about how to get ahead? Is anyone else studying this currently and how are you finding things? I'm apprehensive about the workload compared with my BSc and am keen to find out how you all cope? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also is anyone else studying in the North East UK e.g Durham or Newcastle?
x emma

Hi Emma

I did mine at Oxford so I can help you out. When are you starting and what would you like to know?

Im doing mine part time over two years, and am wanting to find out about the workload/pace in general. I also work part time and have One year old twin girls, so this will be an interesting challenge. Im also keen to get a good grade and am keen to know if you found you had to work much harder than you did for your first degree? How does an MSc compare to a BSc? Thanks:-)

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Is your course nutrition based or epidemiology?



MSc is harder than BSc because at Masters level you are expected to comprehend twice as much material compared to your BSc. The assignments and exams are harder but if your up to it then you will be able to do it.

Your project is an example because undergrad students sometimes get too much supervision for their dissertations but at masters levels, you will not get as much as you did for your BSc. Research methods module is critical for masters, there will be more presentations, more groupwork, more assignments depending on how many modules there are and how they are split into exams and coursework. You would need to be up-to-date with the material in your field.

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its a broad programme, more epidemiological. There isnt a nutrition component. My background is mental health and there is an opportunity to tailor modules to suit this area of public health via attachment to the Public Health Observatory in the North East. Ive been brushing up on my statistics (dreading this). Did your course have a high statistical component, or was it just in the quantitative research methods module? (up)

PS. I start in October this year.

You will need higher level of statistics for your MSc, but you will have research methods to learn more and they offer statistics courses at the university. For public health, the research is both qualitative and quantitative depending on the topic you choose for your thesis and on the assignments.

I am a student for Public Health. This is a great programme. My interest is ecotherapy and mental health. Recommend a website to you.

http://www.whatispublichealth.org/