HOW TO APPLYApplications are accepted online from early November to the end of January

For more information about APPLICATIONSvisit: globalhealth.mcmaster.ca/program-overview/how-apply

For more information about our OPEN HOUSES visit:

globalhealth.mcmaster.ca

GRADUATE EDUCATION

WHY GLOBAL HEALTH AT McMASTER? CONTACT:

Dr. Andrea Baumann,Associate Vice-President, Global Health

Email: globhth@mcmaster.ca

Recruitment and Admissions Offi ceFaculty of Health Sciences,

Master of Science in Global Health

Phone: 905-525-9140, Ext. 22835Phone: 905-525-9140, Ext. 22045

For more information about alumni, the advisory board, and faculty members, visit: globalhealth.mcmaster.ca/people

�� CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING with partner universities in the Netherlands, Norway, India, and Thailand

�� OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCHANGE to Maastricht University, the Netherlands and HSN University College of Southeast Norway

�� INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM in Manipal, India, with students from McMaster, Manipal, and Maastricht University

�� GLOBAL HEALTH PRACTICUM for course-based students, which can be completed locally, nationally, or internationally

�� BLENDED LEARNING through online technologies used regularly by global health professionals

�� BE PART of a growing network of McMaster MSc Global Health alumni

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PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Bringing together fields of economics, policy, business and health, and linking with partner universities in the Netherlands, India and Thailand, the program offers a truly international experience. This FULL-TIME, 12 MONTH program is held over three terms.

THESIS STUDENTS take SIX core graduate half courses and ONE elective related to their research.

COURSE-BASED STUDENTS take EIGHT core graduate half courses and THREE elective courses from their selected concentration.

CONCENTRATIONS IN WINTER TERM

During the winter term, students can specialize in their selected concentration. Students remaining at McMaster can choose from the three concentrations available.

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

1. GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT�� Global Social Policy�� Development Theory and Administration�� Refugee Health Policies and Practice�� Global Governance

2. GLOBAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT�� Health Economics and Evaluation�� Health Care Funding & Resource Allocation�� Management of Population Health�� Health Care Marketing

3. GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCES�� Global Burden of Disease�� Vaccines & Vaccine Immunology�� Refugee Health: Policies and Practice�� Medical Microbiology

EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES IN WINTER TERM

Course-based students can apply for exchange and select one of the two concentrations (tracks) at Maastricht or the concentration available at HSN University College of Southeast Norway

MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS

4. IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS ON A GLOBAL SCALE

5. GLOBAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND ORIGANIZATION

HSN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTHEAST NORWAY

6. GLOBAL TRANSITIONS WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. SMALL PLACES, BIG CHANGES

INDIA LEARNING SYMPOSIUM

250 GLOBAL & PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS COME TOGETHER

14 DAYS OF NETWORKING, CONFERENCES, AND FIELD VISITS

3 UNIVERSITIES FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

The reach of our alumni spans locally, nationally, and internationally

�� FURTHER EDUCATION PhD, MD, RN, PT, and OT

�� HOSPITAL & HEALTH CARE Clinical Trials Coordinator at Genetics Clinic Case Manager at Refugee Health Clinic

�� GOVERNMENT Health Promotion Specialist at Municipal Government Policy Analyst at Provincial Government

�� PROPRIETARY ORGANIZATIONS Product Researcher at Philips Avent Reimbursement Analyst for Pharmaceutical Company

�� NON-PROFIT Program Coordinator at Free the Children Research Officer at Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research

FALL TERM – ALL STUDENTS�9 GLOB HTH 701: Global Health Foundations I�9 GLOBALST 710: Globalization: An Introduction�9 NURSING 715: Quantitative Research Methods�9 BUSADMIN C721: Health Policy Analysis

WINTER TERM�9 GLOB HTH 702: Global Health Foundations II�9 ONE ADDITIONAL GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE decided by the student with their supervisor

WINTER TERM�9 GLOB HTH 702: Global Health Foundations II�9 TWO COURSES FROM THE SELECTED CONCENTRATION �9 ONE ADDITIONAL GRADUATE COURSE

THESIS COURSE-BASED

SPRING TERM – ALL STUDENTS�9 GLOBHTH 710: Learning Symposium and Field Orientation

SPRING & SUMMER TERM�9 Data collection and analysis, thesis preparation and preparation for defense *Students can extend into the fall term

SPRING & SUMMER TERM�9 GLOBHTH 711: Scholarly Paper*�9 GLOBHTH 712: Field Practicum*

*can be completed remotely from anywhere

PEARL VYAS, MSC 15’Product Researcher, Philips Avent

“The work I do is UNBELIEVABLE. I get to sit in a room with marketing, engineers, designers, consumer specialists and give my input on any and all products. We BUILD TOGETHER and I get to use my medical knowledge as well as my innovations perspective”

FEATURED ALUMNI