Our Public Health course focuses on creating a healthy and happy society by tackling the underlying causes of ill health, to prevent health problems and promote health and wellbeing.

Why choose this course?
Public health focuses on creating a healthy and happy society by tackling the underlying causes of ill health, to prevent health problems and promote health and wellbeing.

Increasing government attention is focused on improving population health, and many agencies now have public health responsibilities. This is opening up new opportunities for innovative approaches and also brings with it the need for a well-prepared public health workforce, able to work flexibly across many disciplines and demonstrate a wide range of abilities. Our BSc Public Health course is specifically designed to fulfil this need through the educational aim of developing the specific knowledge and skills you will need for effective public health practice.

The BSc (Hons) Public Health programme at the University of Wolverhampton will enable you to gain an understanding of the multi-disciplinary approaches to public health. You will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively prepare for and establish a career in a wide range of public health-related areas.

What happens on the course?
Full-time students take three modules per semester, which in most cases are delivered over two days a week at the city campus in Wolverhampton. The format of delivery has been designed to fit in with people who work or have other commitments. You will study 6 modules per year, over 3 years.

You will learn and be assessed through a variety of activities including discussion, debate, presentations, posters, videos, quizzes and more. These activities will take place in-class, with some online activities.

You will study a range of modules. Some are studied alongside other health and social care students, which will provide you with opportunities for inter-disciplinary learning and broaden your understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of public health.

Potential Career Paths
This course will prepare you to move into the field of public health employment, as a public health practitioner, with the possibility of moving on to become a public health specialist. Several agencies offer opportunities, with the public, private or voluntary sector, and within the health and social care arena. The variety of occupational roles include:

Health promoter / Health advisor
Public health practitioner
Health protection practitioner
Health inequalities worker
Health trainer
Housing services officer
Sexual health advisor
Smoking cessation counsellor
Community development worker
Health information officer
Health researcher
Health management
Wellbeing advisor
Community support worker
School health advisor
Health educator