Programme Organisation and Structure Part 2


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3. Programme Organisation and Structure (Continued)

3.2 Semester-wise Distribution
The distribution of the core and elective courses in the three semesters is given in the following tables.

Semester I: Credits 18 (All Core Courses)

Courses	Credits
Foundations of Public Health	1
Basic Epidemiology	3
Basic Biostatistics	3
Introduction to Population Dynamics	1
Computer Applications in Public Health	1
Foundations of Qualitative Research	3
Introduction to Environmental Health	3
Aspects of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Public Health	1
Health Systems Analysis	2

Semester II: Credits 20 (All Core Courses)

Courses	Credits
Research Process Part I	2
Reproductive Health	2
Child Health Programmes and Interventions	2
Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3
Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control	2
Health Promotion	3
Health Systems Management	3
Health Planning	3

Semester III: Credits 20 (Core [c] as well as Elective [e]* Courses)

Courses	Credits
Research Process Part II [c]	1
Community Based Reproductive Health Interventions [e]*	3
Health Care Financing [e]*	3
Applied Nutrition [e]*	3
Hospital Management [e]*	3
Occupational Health [e]*	3
Health Policy [e]*	3
Research Project and Dissertation [c]*	10

* Three out of six elective courses need to be taken.

Semester IV: Credits 2 (Practicum)

Courses	Credits
Practicum (On-the-job assignment)	2

Each semester is of 22 weeks duration with an additional 4 weeks' break. The credits per semester differ as the division of time for lectures and practical work for different courses varies. However, the maximum number of lectures/contact hours and practical work is constant per semester (approximately 500 hours).

The sequencing of all the courses are given in Annex I in the PDF file available for download.