In the Master of Science of Public Health programme, you can choose between different options in the third semester:
- Electives within the Public Health programme
- Project oriented work (internship) – 15 ECTS
- Individual Study Activity (max. 5 ECTS)
- Electives in other programmes at SDU or other Danish universities
- Study abroad
Important: you must obtain exactly 30 ECTS in the third semester - not more nor less. This is especially important to keep in mind if you decide to look for electives in other programmes than your own.
Electives within the Public Health programme
A number of electives are offered within the programme. In order to obtain 30 ECTS, you must choose 4 courses. You may choose freely between the courses, independently of your specialisation.
Link to course descriptions.
Project oriented work (internship)
An internship cannot comprise more than 15 ECTS and must thus be combined with electives. See the guidelines for project oriented work here.
Internship in your own company
From autumn 2021 it is possible for students to engage in an internship in their own ‘company’ as an alternative to an internship in a host organization. Find more information in the general internship guidelines.
Individual Study Activity
An Individual Study Activity consists of individual project work based on a general public health problem of your own own choice. The ECTS-value can be of maximum 5 ECTS. Read more about the criteria in the course description.
Electives in other programmes at SDU or other Danish Universities
If you wish to take electives at other universities (i.e. the University of Copenhagen) or other programmes at SDU, it is up to you to find the courses, apply for pre-approval and enroll in the courses. When you apply for enrollment at another university, you must attach a letter of pre-approval of the specific courses that you are interested in from the Academic Study Board of Public Health.
The application for pre-approval has to be sent to the Academic Study Board via SPOC. It is important that you include the course descriptions in the application.
Meeting schedule for the Academic Study Board as well as a list of examples of pre-approved courses can be found here.
The electives must be relevant for the programme and must not overlap with the content of courses the students has already taken in the programme (compulsory courses and specialisation courses).
When the Study Board gives pre-approval for courses at other universities, Educational Law and Registration will register the ECTS that are pre-approved and you will not need to register for teaching at SDU's student self-service. If the pre-approved courses are part of other master programmes at SDU, you must register for teaching through spoc.sdu.dk.
Study abroad
Study abroad is arranged through SDU International. The courses that you wish to take abroad must be pre-approved as described above.
Read more about your options as a Public Health student here.