LoadingLoadingLoadingLoadingDual Master's Degree (2 Diplomas) — Conferred jointly with African Future University (AFU) & University of Cape Town Academic Alliance (UCT)
Université du Cap (Afrique du Sud)
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Equipping healthcare leaders to design resilient continental epidemiology response systems, mobile health architectures, and disease surveillance models. Students earn 2 independent accredited diplomas with a 60% / 40% international credit split. Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Health systems through Health systems; Quality and safety; Information in care; Health project; Health systems (MAS-605); Quality and safety (MAS-606), and finish on Quality and safety (MAS-606). Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm. Reading is a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. The artefact a marker expects is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Two official Master's diplomas conferred upon completion Field epidemiology datasets and mobile health tele-surveillance projects Mentorship from leading African public health researchers and WHO advisors Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
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| MAS-601 | Health systems Health systems (MAS-601) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health systems as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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| MAS-602 | Quality and safety Quality and safety (MAS-602) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Quality and safety as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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| MAS-603 | Information in care Information in care (MAS-603) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Information in care as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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| MAS-604 | Health project Health project (MAS-604) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health project as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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| MAS-606 | Quality and safety (MAS-606) Quality and safety (MAS-606) (MAS-606) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Quality and safety (MAS-606) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English / French. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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| MAS-605 | Health systems (MAS-605) Health systems (MAS-605) (MAS-605) is a 6-credit course on Master of Public Health & Digital Epidemiology (Dual Award), with 60 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health systems (MAS-605) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.
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