Innovative use of technology to expand access of University facilities to busy professionals
An Online Masters in Public Health was officially launched on Thursday September 18th at Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork (UCC).
This new degree programme, hosted by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, is the first and only wholly online Masters in this discipline to be offered on the island of Ireland. The programme provides professionals, who already have an undergraduate degree with a flexible approach to learning.
Public Health skills are core to tackling the major challenges facing our planet in the 21st Century. These include the global obesity crisis, tobacco control, health effects of climate change, effects of social injustice on health and the control of infectious disease in both developed and developing countries.
Colette Cunningham, Online Education Co-ordinator commented:
“Our online MPH has already generated international interest. We have enrolled students who are based in Australia, Africa and Ireland, each with varying academic and professional backgrounds.”
Professor Ivan J Perry, Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC said:
“Public Health is an exciting discipline which operates at the intersection of biology, behaviour and the environment. UCC’s online MPH builds on a decade of experience of designing and delivering internationally competitive campus based programmes in public health at undergraduate and postgraduate level.”
In welcoming the launch of the online MPH, Professor John O’Halloran, Vice President for Teaching and Learning, UCC added:
“This is a great example of UCC ‘connecting our regions to the globe’: where we enable global learners engage in classes delivered by UCC staff.”
This programme is one of 14 online/blended programmes offered by UCC online, online.ucc.ie.
Upon completion of the online MPH programme individuals will be equipped with the skill-set to address many of today’s societal challenges. This programme can be completed either on a full-time or part-time basis.
Further information is available at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/epid/postgrad/mphonline/
About UCC
University College Cork (UCC) was founded in 1845 and is one of the oldest universities in Ireland. It combines a rich tradition of teaching, research and scholarship. Its degrees, conferred by the National University of Ireland, are internationally recognised. UCC is Ireland’s leading research university.
The University has four colleges – Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences: Business and Law; Science, Engineering and Food Science; and Medicine and Health. There are over 17,000 students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies. UCC is a highly internationalised university, with more than 2,400 students from 98 countries and all five continents currently registered.
University College Cork inspires creativity and independent thinking in a research-led teaching and learning environment. They say:
“Our students are our highest priority. Through our research excellence we create and communicate knowledge to engance the intellectual, cultural, social, and economic life regionally, nationally and internationally.”
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