Flowchart of academic activities for the Masters
programmes of the Uniport School of Public Health
Date Course
Foundation courses
3rd to 7th June, 2024 SPH 800: Foundation to Graduate Studies
10th to 23rd June, 2024 SPH 801: Public Health History, ethics and legislations
24th June to 14th July, 2024 SPH 802: Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
15th to 19th July, 2024 Revision lectures for
SPH 801: Public Health History, ethics and legislations
SPH 802: Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
22nd to 26th July, 2024 Examinations for
SPH 801: Public Health History, ethics and legislations
SPH 802: Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
29th July to 18th August, SPH 803: Biostatistics & Data Sciences
2024 SPH 808: Environmental and Occupational Health (for MSc Health Promotion
and Communication, MSc Public Health Nutrition and MSc Community
Health
19th August to 1st SPH 804: Health Promotion & Social Medicine
September, 2024 HIM 801: Principles of Health Information Management (For MSc HIM)
2nd to 6th September, 2024 Revision lectures for
SPH 803: Biostatistics & Data Sciences
SPH 808: Environmental and Occupational Health
SPH 804: Health Promotion & Social Medicine
HIM 801: Principles of Health Information Management (For MSc HIM)
9th to 13th September, 2024 Examinations for
SPH 803: Biostatistics & Data Sciences
SPH 808: Environmental and Occupational Health
SPH 804: Health Promotion & Social Medicine
HIM 801: Principles of Health Information Management (For MSc HIM)
Specialist courses
16th September to 6th Fundamentals of the respective programmes (Specialist Course I)
October, 2024 HSM 801: Health Systems (MSc HSM and eMPH)
7th to 27th October, 2024 Principles of the respective programmes (Specialist Course II)
HSM 802: Health Policy, Management and Leadership (MSc HSM and
eMPH)
28th October to 17th Practice of the respective programmes (Specialist Course III)
November, 2024 PRH 845: Population, family and reproductive health (MSc PRH and eMPH)
18th to 24th November, 2024 Revision lectures for
Fundamentals of the respective programmes (Specialist Course I)
HSM 801: Health Systems (MSc HSM and eMPH)
Principles of the respective programmes (Specialist Course II)
HSM 802: Health Policy, Management and Leadership (MSc HSM and
eMPH)
Practice of the respective programmes (Specialist Course III)
PRH 845: Population, family and reproductive health (MSc PRH and eMPH)
25th to 29th November, 2024 Examinations for
Fundamentals of the respective programmes (Specialist Course I)
HSM 801: Health Systems (MSc HSM and eMPH)
Principles of the respective programmes (Specialist Course II)
HSM 802: Health Policy, Management and Leadership (MSc HSM and
eMPH)
Practice of the respective programmes (Specialist Course III)
PRH 845: Population, family and reproductive health (MSc PRH and eMPH)
Research project/ entrepreneurship
2nd to 15th December, 2024 SGS 801: ICT/Research Methods
Approval of Research topics
6th to 19th January, 2025 SGS 802: Management and Entrepreneurship
20th to 26th January, 2025 Revision lectures for
SGS 801: ICT/Research Methods
SGS 802: Management and Entrepreneurship
27th to 31st January, 2025 Examinations for
SGS 801: ICT/Research Methods
SGS 802: Management and Entrepreneurship
3rd to 14th February, 2025 Presentation of Research Proposal
17th February to 9th March, Internship/ Clinical Posting
2025 SPH 808: Environmental and Occupational Health (for Executive MPH)
10th to 14th March, 2025 Revision and Examination for
SPH 808: Environmental and Occupational Health (for Executive MPH)
April, 2025 Research Seminar presentation (MPH)
Presentation of report of Internship/ Clinical Posting (other programmes)
June to July, 2025 Short Courses
August, 2025 Mock Dissertation Defense
October, 2025 Final Dissertation Defense
Short courses available in the School of Public Health
This can be reviewed and more can be added by sub-specialty experts, especially short courses that can sell
1. Environmental Health
a. Climate Change and Health
b. Health Impact Assessment
c. Sustainable water and sanitation projects for small communities
2. Occupational Medicine
a. Quantification and management of occupational hazards
b. Health assessments in occupational health
3. Public Health Nutrition
a. Household nutrition
b. Food safety
c. Dietary management of diabetes mellitus
4. Health Promotion and Communication
a. Behavioural change communication projects
b. Social marketing
c. Risk management
d. Diabetes self-management education
5. Community Health
a. Community dental health
b. Community mental health
c. Management of Primary Health Care
6. Health Systems Management
a. Health personnel management
b. Health commodities management
c. Health services management
7. Epidemiology
a. Clinical epidemiology
b. Field epidemiology
c. Public Health Laboratory
8. Health Information Management
a. Electronic health records
b. Coding, indexing and notification of diseases, injuries and disabilities
9. Population and Reproductive Health
a. Family planning
b. Adolescent health
c. Healthy aging
Flowchart of academic activities in the PhD programme
Date Course
June 2024 to January Foundation Courses
2025 SPH 903: Research Methods (4 credit units)
SPH 904: Advanced Biostatistics (3 credit units)
SPH 902: ICT, Technical Writing & Presentation Skills (2 credit units)
Submission of research topics
Assigning of Research Supervisors
February, 2025 SPH 901: Entrepreneurship and Grantsmanship (2 credit units)
March, 2025 Writing up research proposal
Presentation of Research Proposal
April to June, 2025 Core Course I:
PhD Epidemiology, PhD Public Health: SPH 937: Advanced Epidemiology
PhD HSM: HSM 901: Principles and practice of health systems Management
PhD PRH: PRH 901: Adolescent sexual health
DrPH: DPS 903: Public health leadership, management and system thinking
July to September, 2025 Core Course II:
PhD Epidemiology: EPI 903: Demography
PhD HSM: HSM 902: Management of health services and Programmes
PhD PRH: PRH 902: Maternal and child health
PhD Public Health and DrPH: PUH 901: Public health policies, programmes and
legislations
October to December, Core Course III:
2025 PhD Epidemiology: EPI 901: Epidemiology of Communicable Disease and EPI 902:
Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease
DrPH: DPS 902: Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases
PhD HSM: HSM 903: Health policy, management and leadership
PhD PRH: PRH 903: Family planning
Subspecialty courses in PhD Public Health
ENH 902: Current Advances in Environmental Health
OHS 902: Current Advances in Occupational Health
CHS 902: Current Advances in Community Health
HIM 902: Current Advances in Health Information Management
PHN 902: Current Advances in Public Health Nutrition
HPC 902: Current Advances in Health Promotion and Communication
HCF 902: Current Advances in Healthcare financing
January, 2026 Presentation of second seminar on current trend
February to March, 2026 DrPH: DPS 904: Health economics and health systems financing
April to May, 2026 DrPH: DPS 905: Evidence-based public health practice
June to July, 2026 DrPH: DPS 906: Social Marketing
August to September, DrPH: DPS 907: Community mobilization, advocacy and health communication
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