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Global Health & Anthropology – (M.Sc.)
The University of Edinburgh
College of Humanities & Social Science
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,482 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This programme enables students to analyse and evaluate the globalisation of public health policy and its impact on societal and cultural health policy and practice. It will provide students, through an anthropological perspective, with an understanding of the challenges of implementing policy effectively in local contexts and the tensions globalisation may bring in different cultural situations. It examines how the impact of global health practices be studied from a cross-cultural point of view, analyses health interventions in the context of complex social, political, and religious forces, and assesses the impact of global health practices on popular understandings of health and medicine.
Anthropologists working in applied contexts aim to translate public health knowledge and policy into effective action. Simultaneously, many anthropologists reflect critically on how governmental health initiatives are ever more central to everyday life. This programme introduces students to the key issues in medical anthropology, engaging with the field's distinctive perspective on global health.
Learning Outcomes On completion of this programme you will be able to understand, critically appraise and apply key concepts and theories within anthropology, policy studies, international political economy and public health science, with specific reference to the globalisation of health and health policy, public health policy norms, concepts of anthropological and epidemiological research methods, and processes and institutions of public policy making.
You will also develop the skills to:
* apply social-science perspectives to public health questions;
* assess the changing context of public health policy formulation;
* analyse diverse source materials and apply to public health questions; evaluate public health and health services policies from an anthropological perspective; articulate your own conception of core challenges confronting public health;
* engage in public health advocacy;
* work across disciplinary boundaries.
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On completion of this programme you will be able to understand, critically appraise and apply key concepts and theories within anthropology, policy studies, international political economy and public health science, with specific reference to the globalisation of health and health policy, public health policy norms, concepts of anthropological and epidemiological research methods, and processes and institutions of public policy-making.
You will also develop the skills to:
* apply social-science perspectives to public health questions;
* assess the changing context of public health policy formulation;
* analyse diverse source materials and apply to public health questions; evaluate public health and health services policies from an anthropological perspective; articulate your own conception of core challenges confronting public health;
* engage in public health advocacy;
* work across disciplinary boundaries.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
No specific academic or professional background is required but applicants should have at least a second-class honours degree or equivalent in social science, science, medicine, nursing or other related discipline. Eligibility from beyond the UK will be based on the National Academic Recognition Information Centre scheme.
Applications are also welcomed on the basis of appropriate professional experience or technical qualifications. Applicants who are non-graduates will be required to write an essay and to demonstrate recent professional study or research involvement or publications.
English Language Requirements
* IELTS 6.5 (with 6.0 in each section)
* TOEFL 580 (with 55 in each section and 4.0 in TWE)
* TOEFL 237 in CBT (with 21 in each section)
* TOEFL-iBT 92 (with at least 20 in each section)
* CPE Grade B or higher
* CAE Grade A
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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