Master of Community Health and Development (MCHD)

 

MASTER OF COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT (MCHD)

COURSE UNITS

 

Semester I( 16 Units, 640 Hrs)

CODE UNIT NAME THEORY( HRS ) PARTNERSHIP( HRS )
CHD 100 CONCEPTS IN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (4 units, 160hours) Hours Hours
CHD 101 Theory and practice of partnership 32 8
CHD 102 Concepts and trends in health and development 32 8
CHD 103 Primary Health Care/Community Based Health Care 32 8
CHD 104 Critical reading and scientific writing 32 8
TOTAL 128 32
MHE 200 HEALTH POLICY, PLANNING AND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (3 units, 120 hours) Hours Hours
MHD 201 Health policy analysis and development 32 8
MHD 202 Health planning 32 8
MHD 203 Health systems development (District Health System) 32 8
TOTAL 96 24
MHE 300 MANAGEMENT, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMICS IN HEALTH (4 units, 160 hours) Hours Hours
MHD 301 Financial resource management 32 8
MHD 302 Human Resource Management 32 8
MHD 303 Introduction to health economics and financing 32 8
MHD 304 Health Information System 32 8
TOTAL 128 32
MHD 400 MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (5 units, 200 hours) Hours Hours
MHE 401 Biostatistics 32 8
MHE 402 Demography and population studies 32 8
MHE 403 Principles of Epidemiology 32 8
MHE 404 Computing Essentials 32 8
TOTAL 160 40

Semester II(10 Units, 640 Hrs)

CODE UNIT NAME THEORY( HRS ) PARTNERSHIP( HRS )
BHC 500 BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (4 units, 160hours) Hours Hours
BHC 501 Health, healing and wholeness (spirituality and health) 32 8
BHC 502 Community Based Counselling 24 8
BHC 503 Communication and Advocacy (health promotion) 32 8
BHC 504 Community Based Education 40 8
TOTAL 128 32
RHD 600 RESEARCH METHODS (1) (4 unit, 160 hours) Hours Hours
RHD 601 Basics of Research 24 8
RHD 602 Quantitative Research Methods 60 16
RHD 603 Qualitative Research Methods 44 8
TOTAL 128 32
EHD 700a ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (8 units, 320 hours) Selective Module Hours Hours
EHD 701 Community water supply and Sanitation 32 8
EHD 702 Community Nutrition 64 16
EHD 703 Food security 64 16
EHD 704 Environment 32 8
EHD 705 Urbanisation and Health 32 8
TOTAL 256 64
HEF 700b HEALTH ECONOMICS AND FINANCING (8 units, 320 hours) Selective Module Hours Hours
HEF 701 Economic analysis of user and provider behaviour 64 16
HEF 702 Economic evaluation 64 16
HEF 703 Economic dimensions of terminal illness 64 16
HEF 704 Health sector financing 64 16
TOTAL 256 64
CIH 700c COMBATING ILL HEALTH (8 units, 320 hours) Selective Module Hours Hours
CIH 701 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) 64 16
CIH 702 Reproductive health 64 16
CIH 703 Disease Control 64 16
CIH 704 Health care in emergencies 32 8
CIH 705 Essential drugs management 32 8
TOTAL 256 64

Semester III( 2 Electives an Research Methods 2, 9 Units, 320 Hrs)

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
CIH 801 Essentials of Tropical Medicine 160 1
CIH 802 Health, Equity and Human rights 160 1
CIH 803 Health Economics and Financing 160 1
CIH 804 International Health 160 1
CIH 805 Health in Emergency 160 1
CIH 806 Communication and Technology 160 1
CIH 807 Advanced Research Methods (COMPULSORY) 160 1

Semester IV( 60 Units, 2,400 Hrs)

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
Field Research and Thesis writing 2,400 60