Short Courses
The BSc in Public Health is a School of Social Sciences, is a programme in the Department of Community Development, Psycho-social and Behavioral Sciences intended to produce multidisciplinary professionals who are capable of designing and implementing disease prevention, health promotion, and environmental hazards prevention programmes that address complex public health care issues, in their countries. This programme aims to provide those registered in it with an opportunity to develop relevant competencies that will enable them to work in the field of public health as public health practitioners, researchers, health policy developers, and educators in an effort to protect and improve the health of individuals, families and communities locally and internationally. The program intends to produce practitioners with capacity to engage in the three core functions of public health, and to demonstrate an understanding, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation capacity on the 10 essential health services of public health for populations in the local, regional and international contexts.
Programme Structure
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Year |
Semester |
Programme codes |
Title of course |
Theory Credits |
Practice Credits |
Total Credits |
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Year 1 |
Semester 1 |
SC0711 |
· Communication and Study skills |
15 |
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15 |
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SPS711 |
· Introduction to psychology |
15 |
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15 |
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SMi711 |
· Foundations of Microbiology |
15 |
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15 |
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SHB711
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· Health and Biologic Basis diseases |
15 |
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15 |
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60 |
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Semester 2 |
SCP712 |
· Introduction to computers and Public Health Informatics |
10 |
5 |
15 |
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SHC712 |
· Health Communication and community assessment |
15 |
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15 |
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SS0712 |
· Introduction to Sociology |
15 |
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15 |
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SBI712 |
· Introduction to Biostatistics |
15 |
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15 |
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60 |
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YEAR 1 TOTAL CREDITS |
120 |
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Year 2 |
Semester 1 |
SEP721 |
· Introduction to Epidemiology |
15 |
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15 |
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SPH721 |
· Introduction to Public Health and Ethics |
15 |
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15 |
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SNU721 |
· Community and public Health Nutrition |
15 |
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15 |
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SSR721 |
· Introduction to sexual and reproductive health |
15 |
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15 |
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60 |
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Semester 2 |
SGL722 |
· Global and Indigenous Health |
15 |
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15 |
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SEN722 |
· Foundations of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety |
15 |
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15 |
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SHP722 |
· Introduction to Health Promotion and Health Behaviour |
15 |
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15 |
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SHS722 |
· Foundations of healthcare system management and policy |
15 |
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15 |
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60 |
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Year 2 Total Credits |
120 |
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Year 3 |
Semester 1 |
SHE731 |
· Fundamentals of health economics / principles of economics |
15 |
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15 |
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SPM731 |
· Project management and entrepreneurship |
15 |
|
15 |
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SDP731 |
· Disaster preparedness and management/ |
15 |
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15 |
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SCA731 |
· Children and Adolescent health |
10 |
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10 |
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55 |
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Semester 2 |
SRS732 |
· Public Health Research 1 (Introduction) |
20 |
|
20 |
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PH –Optional courses |
Level 1 Optional (Areas of concentration) |
20 |
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20 |
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· SPP732 or |
Program planning and management in Health Education |
20 |
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· SOR732 or |
Occupational Risk assessment and Health safety Management |
20 |
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· SQS732 |
Quality and Safety in Health care systems |
20 |
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· SRD732 |
· Role Development in Public Health Practice |
10 |
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10 |
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· SPR732 |
· Public Health Practice 1 · (Community assessment, diagnosis and planning) |
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15 |
15 |
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65 |
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Year 3 Total credits |
115 |
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Year 4 |
Semester 1 |
PH –Optional courses |
Level 2 Optional (Areas of concentration) |
20 |
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20 |
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SHP741 or |
Health promotion material development and coaching/teaching approaches |
20 |
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· SOH741 or |
Occupational Health and safety Interventions: Policy and Practice |
20 |
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· SLM741 |
Leadership, Management and Governance in health care practice |
20 |
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· SPR741 |
Public Health Practice 2 |
|
20 |
20 |
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· SRS740 |
· Public Health Research 2 (Project) |
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40 |
40 |
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80 |
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Semester 2 |
· SRS740 |
· Public Health Research 2 (Project) |
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· SPR742 |
Public Health Practice 3 (Internship) |
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30 |
40 |
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40 |
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Year 4 Total credits |
120 |
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Total Programme credits |
375 |
105 |
480 |
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The qualification is worth a total of 480 Credits (minimum) and it comprises of the following: Fundamental components: 120 credits (Year one modules) Core component (Theory): 195 Credits Core component (Practicum): 85 Credits Core component (Research): 60 Credits Elective (Optional) Component: 20 credits x 3 courses
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For further information contact:
Montlenyane Madisa (Ms)
Lecturer and Programme Coordinator
Department of Community Development, Psycho -social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Social Sciences,
Botswana Open University, Private Bag BO 187,
Gaborone, Botswana
Phone: +267 3646145
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