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Degree Programme Table: Data Science for Health and Social Care (Online Learning) (MSc) - 3 Years (Part-time) (PTMSCDSHSC1P)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Please note that the delivery of elective courses is subject to demand and availability.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to data science in health and social care
HEIN11037 20 credits

Course options

DSHSC course electives Y1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
GLHE11017 10 credits
Introduction to statistics in health and social care
HEIN11039 10 credits
Data visualisation: knowledge transfer
HEIN11040 10 credits
Health and social care delivery and organisation
HEIN11041 10 credits
Managing and leading data-driven innovation
HEIN11042 10 credits
Digital technologies in health and social care
HEIN11043 10 credits
Introduction to software development in health and social care
HEIN11045 10 credits
Data security and protection in health and social care
HEIN11047 10 credits
Working with data types and structures in Python and R
HEIN11050 10 credits
Managing and leading data-driven innovation (work based)
HEIN11058 10 credits
Data Ethics in Health and Social Care
HEIN11059 10 credits
Health Data Science
HEIN11060 10 credits
Statistical Modelling for Epidemiology
PUHR11064 10 credits
Intermediate Epidemiology
PUHR11067 10 credits
Data analysis with R
PUHR11103 10 credits
Principles of Epidemiology and Statistics
PUHR11105 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
This programme commenced 2021-22. Year 3 course information will be confirmed in April 2023.

Please note that the delivery of elective courses is subject to demand and availability.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research design in data science for health and social care
HEIN11057 20 credits

Course options

DSHSC course electives Y2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Managing and leading data-driven innovation
HEIN11042 10 credits
Data standards and core technologies in health and social care
HEIN11044 10 credits
User-driven service design in health and social care
HEIN11046 10 credits
Introduction to databases and information systems
HEIN11048 10 credits
Entrepreneurship and data-driven innovation
HEIN11049 10 credits
Systems thinking
HEIN11054 10 credits
Big data analytics
HEIN11055 10 credits
Implementation science: putting evidence-based interventions into practice
HEIN11056 10 credits
Research design in data science for health and social care
HEIN11057 20 credits
Managing and leading data-driven innovation (work based)
HEIN11058 10 credits
Health Data Science
HEIN11060 10 credits
Software Development
INFD11017 10 credits
The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools
PGSP11388 10 credits
Engaging with Digital Research
PGSP11401 10 credits
Systematic Reviews
PUHR11069 10 credits
Qualitative interviewing and data analysis for public health
PUHR11088 10 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
This programme commenced 2021-22. Year 3 course information will be confirmed by April 2023.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (Data science for health and social care)
HEIN11053 60 credits
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