Public Health
The Public Health program is designed for students exploring career opportunities in public health, either from a policy, sociology, or pre-med background. The core course and study tours offer you a Northern European perspective on salient aspects of public health, e.g. prevention, health promotion and quality improvement, an understanding of the challenges of health policy making, prioritization, and health economics, and the ability to derive comparative insight from analysis of different national health care systems.
Core Course
A study of the organization and provision of public health in Northern Europe, and of the historical, social, economic and political background for the present health care systems.
Study Tours
- A short study tour in Denmark
- A longer European study tour to Helsinki-Tallinn
The study tours, which are covered by the DIS tuition, form an integral part of the core course. You will explore and compare public health systems in a Scandinavian and a former Communist country, and look at the very different challenges Europe will be facing due to rising costs, aging populations, immigration, etc.
Elective Courses
In addition to the required core course, you are free to select any combination of courses from the DIS curriculum. Please click here for a full course overview. If you want to take some of your electives in the field of public health and health care, check out courses listed under Public Health, Pre-Medicine, Biology, and Biotechnology.
