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| Application Deadline: | February: November 1; September: June 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,713 ≈ € 7,250 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Zwolle / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | February, September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 240 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
The world faces many health challenges such as HIV/Aids, obesity and malnutrition. Managing health is an essential part of sustainable development. The Public Health specialization focuses on the analysis of public health and social issues affecting populations at local, national and global levels.
You learn to develop, implement and evaluate effective disease prevention strategies, advise on current health and social issues and to fully understand the impact globalization has on health related issues.
Key issues
Public health at WHC is multi-disciplinary, it looks at public health in a multi-level way. The key issues are topics such as HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and diabetes. Issues affecting many people all around the world. You learn how to critically assess these issues , how to prevent them or how to create effective interventions.
Career opportunities with a BBA in Public Health
When you graduate you start working as a junior project manager in a market that has a growing need for project managers who are ready to tackle a task with knowledge and practical experience, have worked in an international atmosphere and are open-minded and ambitiously achieve their goals.
Contents
Your future international career lies at the heart of our programme in international change and project management. You are equipped with the knowledge and skills to take with you as you start your international career.
You combine a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) with a specialization, which will be your future work field: Public Health or Communication & Media.
Courses and projects
During the programme you learn to manage a project from A to Z. You learn to translate theory into practice during through interactive ways of teaching. This includes guest lecturers from non- governmental organizations like Butterfly Works or an inspirational talk about leadership from ex-CEO of WWF in South Africa, Tony Frost. In different courses you pay visits to organizations and events relevant to the subject of the course. For example; the first year students of 2011 produced the daily conference newspaper at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH) in Amsterdam.
Year 1
Each semester ends with a project based on real-life situations. The project ‘Orientation on the Profession’ is part of year 1. In this project you get to know your future work field interviewing people with a career in Public Health or Communication & Media. The other project of the first year is the Visual Problem Appraisal (VPA) training in which you work to develop strategies to improve the livelihoods of communities in India.
Year 2
In year 2 we’ll take you one step further. You delve deeper into the subject matters of Public Health and Communication & Media, further improve you project management and research skills and work on your development towards a sustainable leader. As part of the project International Sustainable Business students spent three weeks working with agricultural communities in Kenya.
Year 3 and 4
In year 3 and 4 you choose electives and complete two internships. The electives help to broaden your horizon as well as prepare you for a masters if you wish to study further. The two internships of half a year each will provide you with invaluable work experience.
Throughout the four years at Windesheim Honours College you develop a personal portfolio that underlines your unique selling points in order to plan for your internships and future employment.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
In order to be eligible for admission, students must meet the minimum entry requirements with regards to:
- Previous education
- Level of mathematics
- English-language proficiency
Previous education
Students with the following diplomas are eligible for admission to the WHC degree programme:
- Dutch diplomas
- Dutch vwo secondary school diploma
- Dutch havo secondary school diploma
- Dutch mbo level 4 diploma with a pass for English and mathematics - International or European Baccalaureate/Diplomas obtained outside the Netherlands
- Upon receipt of your complete application, Windesheim Honours College will arrange an equivalency evaluation of diplomas obtained outside The Netherlands in order to assess whether you satisfy the minimum entry requirements.
Level of mathematics
The following satisfy the minimum entry requirements for mathematics:
- A pass for Dutch vwo mathematics
- A pass for Dutch havo level A1 mathematics
- A pass for Dutch mbo level 4 mathematics
English-language proficiency
The following satisfy the minimum entry requirements for English language proficiency:
- Native speaker of English
- Previous education completely taught in English
- A pass for Dutch vwo English
- A pass for Dutch havo English
- A pass for Dutch mbo level 4 English
- IELTS 6.0
- TOEFL Paper-based test, result 550
- TOEFL Computer-based test, result 213
- TOEFL Internet-based test, result 80
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency, grade C
- Cambridge Certificate in Advance English, grade C
- Cambridge First Certificate in English, grade A
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
Accredited by the NVAO, 9 May 2009 (www.nvao.nl)
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