Introduction to Public Health Science

The course covers health and public health in a historical, cultural, and global perspective, including the national public health objectives and the determinant factors of public health, theories and models used in public health science, and how ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic aspects may influence publich health. The course also includes the unequal distribution of health, a holistic view of human beings, ethics and morals, and the concepts of health and disease. How health developments at the population level can be measured and followed up is a central point.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.