Study programme

Undergraduate  program

The curriculum of the B.Sc. in Health Promotion is comprised by wide range of courses which ensure the skills and capabilities of graduates who are able to work in different disciplines in their future career.

Entrance to the undergraduate Program

Entrance to the BSc Health Promotion program is through the University grant Commission (UGC) based on the Z-score of GCE A/L examination.

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Lateral Entry to BSc Health Promotion Program

There is an opportunity for Ministry of Health employed public health care workers with minimum five years’ experience to apply for a lateral entry to this degree program. The potential candidates must have passed GCE A/L and selection is done based on a competitive aptitude test an interview.

Undergraduates of the BSc Health Promotion (General Degree) will complete the following courses

Year	Course Code	Course Title
1	HPT 1201	Basic Physiology
1	HPT 1202	Introduction to Human Diseases & Health
1	HPT 1103	Concepts Of Health
1	HPT 1104	History and Evolution of Health Promotion
1	HPT 1105	Introduction to Mass Communication
1	BIO 1201	Cell Biology & Biochemistry
1	HPT 1206	Nutrition and Metabolism
1	HPT 1107	Reproductive Physiology & Developmental Biology
1	HPT 1208	Principles, Strategies and Practices in Health Promotion
1	HPT 1209	Measures of Health
1	HPT 1210	Research Methods
1	HPT 1213	Statistical Methods in Health Research
1	HPF 1101	Devising Applicable Measures of Individual and Group Health
1	HPF 1102	Measuring Health Status of a Student Group
1	HPF 1203	Activities to Improve Health of a Student Group
2	HPT 2301	Psychology and Human Behavior
2	HPT 2202	Working with Communities
2	HPT 2103	Principles Of Evaluation
2	HPT 2104	Introduction to Epidemiology
2	HPT 2208	Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)& Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
2	HPF 2201	Applying measures to Improve Health Status of Student Groups
2	HPF 2102	Introduction to Field Settings
2	HPF 2103	Engagement of Communities
2	HPF 2204	Clarifying Health Issues with Assigned Communities
2	HPF 2105	Devising Measures of Health in Partnerships with Communities
2	HPT 2205	Structural Determinants of Health
2	HPT 2206	Indicators and Measurement of Community Health
2	HPT 2207	Health Improvement
2	BIO 2204	Ecology
2	HPF 2106	Assessing Changes in Health Status of Student Groups
2	HPF 2207	Clarifying Structural Determinants of Health with Communities
2	HPF 2208	Engaging Structural Determinants of Health of Communities
2	HPF 2109	Monitoring Progress of Communities
2	HPF 2110	Clarifying Obstacles to Progress with Communities
3	HPT 3301	Family and Community Health Promotion
3	HPT 3202	Commercial Influences on Health
3	HPT 3203	Social Structure and Social Influence
3	HPT 3306	Report writing ,Assessing and Scientific Communication
3	BIO 3203	Environmental pollution
3	HPF 3101	Reporting Health Changes in Student Groups
3	HPF 3302	Addressing Obstacles to Progress with Communities
3	HPF 3103	Reviewing Progress with Communities and Redirecting Efforts
3	HPF 3204	Evalution of progress
3	HPT 3104	Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Health Education and promotion
3	HPT 3205	Healthy Public Policy & Legislation
3	HPT 3107	Future Direction
3	HPT 3108	Leadership
3	HPT 3309	The Sri Lankan Setting
3	HPF 3205	Final Evalution of Field Settings
3	HPF 3206	Report Writing
3	HPF 3207	Follow Up and Continuing Contact with Communities

Undergraduates of BSc Health Promotion (Special Degree) complete following courses during their fourth year of the program

Year	Course Code	Course Title
4	HPT 4501	Child Well –being and Development
4	HPT 4503	Reduction of Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Related Harm
4	HPP 4801	Project (Part I)
4	HPT 4202	Reduction of Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
4	HPT 4204	Reduction of Suicide
4	HPP 4802	Project (Part II)

Guidelines of the Study Programme

Postgraduate  program

• Health Promotion Masters Degrees (MSc)
• MPhil in Health Promotion/ Health Sciences
• PhD in Health Promotion / Health Sciences
• Post Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion

Short Courses

NO	COURSE NAME	DURATION	COURSE CONTENT
1	Foundation in Heath Promotion	1 week (Full Time)	✔ Understand the concept of health promotion. ✔ Identify the characteristics of community-based health promotion approach. ✔Improve skills to analyze common health issues and to identify determinants leading to health problems.  ✔Learn from successful health promotion interventions that used community based approaches to address selected health issues in different communities.
2	Principles, strategies and application of Health Promotion	2 week (Full Time)	✔Understand the principles and strategies of health promotion  learn the characteristics of a community-based health promotion approach. ✔Improve skills to analyze common public health issues and to identify determinants leading.  ✔Learn from health promotion interventions which applied community-based approaches to address selected public health issues in different communities.  ✔Understand the community empowerment in addressing health issues in different communities.
3	Practical Health Promotion	1 month (Full Time)	✔Understand the concept of health promotion and identify and analyze the characteristics of a community-based health promotion approach. ✔Improve skills to analyze common health issues and to identify determinants leading to health problems.  ✔Learn from health promotion interventions which applied community-based approaches to address the identified health issues in different communities.  ✔Design health promotion interventions to promote wellbeing of people in different communities.