MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing
Programme Code: TIHPPF
Department: Health Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme taught jointly with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Students must take courses to the value of five units as shown below, and undertake a 10,000 word dissertation. It is highly recommended that students select courses which spread the workload over the course of the year. The dissertation will be completed during the summer.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
HP400 Financing Health Care (0.5) | |
Paper 2 A |
(LSHTM) 1107 Health Services (0.5) or (LSHTM) 1117 Health, Policy Process and Power (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Obligation for all students to take one additional course to the value of 0.5 units at LSE from the following: | |
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HP420 Health Economics (0.5) | |
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HP424 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (0.5) | |
Paper 4 C |
Obligation for all students to take one additional course to the value of 0.5 units at LSHTM from the following: | |
Papers 5 & 6 |
Two LSE courses from the following: | |
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HP402 Measuring Health System Performance (0.5) | |
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HP403 Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (0.5) | |
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HP422 Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5) | |
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HP425 Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5) # | |
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SA4D3 Behavioural Economics and the Valuation of Health Outcomes (0.5) | |
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SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5) | |
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Another LSE course (not listed above) with permission. | |
Papers 7 & 8 |
Two LSHTM courses from the following: | |
Paper 9 |
HP409 Dissertation for MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing (1.0) | |
Footnotes
A : HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) and LSHTM 1117 Health Policy, Process and Power (0.5) cannot both be taken.
B : HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) and LSHTM 1117 Health Policy, Process and Power (0.5) cannot both be taken.
C : HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) and LSHTM 1117 Health Policy, Process and Power (0.5) cannot both be taken.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
At the discretion of the Programme Directors, students may be given the flexibility to choose an additional course from one institution, up to a total of four courses between both institutions under Papers 5, 6, 7 & 8. For example, three courses from LSE under Papers 5 & 6 and one course from LSHTM under Papers 7 & 8, or vice versa.
It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Health Policy (i.e. not prefixed with 'HP').
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
