Communication, Health and Life Sciences (MCH) / MSc

MSc Common part


Common Part

RO1-RO2: Select 1 RO-cluster in consultation and agreement with your study adviser. When choosing RO1, select in addition either RO1A or RO1B.
RO1A: Note that YMC-60300 is an 'umbrella' code. Instead, choose and register for 3 credits worth of modular skills (MOS) courses. For an overview of MOS courses, please check the study handbook under YMC-60300.
RO1B: Note that this course is taught in the evening of period 5+6.
RO2: Note that your MSc thesis has to be completed before starting the Research Master Cluster.
Note: You can opt for the selective Graduate Programme of the Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS); ask your study adviser for information.


CourseEctsCS/ROPhasePeriod
CPT-36312Interdisciplinary Approaches in Communication, Health and Life Sciences12.00CSM11WD
YSS-34803Seminar Social Sciences3.00CSM21WD+2WD+3WD+4WD+5WD+6WD
CPT-39303Science Communication 2.03.00RO1BM16AF
YMC-60809Academic Consultancy Training9.00RO1M1/21WD, 2WD, 3MO+4WD, 5WD, 6WD
YMC-60300Modular Skills Training3.00RO1AM1/21AF, 2AF, 3AF, 5AF, 6AF
YEI-60312Research Master Cluster: Proposal Writing12.00RO2M23WD+4WD, 6WD





A - Communication and Innovation



Limited choice:

RO0: Choose 0 - 3 courses depending on prior training and in consultation and agreement with the study adviser.
RO1: Choose 2 courses.
RO2: Choose 1 thesis. The thesis should be done under co-guidance of a chair group from your domain of choice in the life sciences.
RO3: Choose in consultation and agreement with the study adviser 1 internship. The internship should be done with an organsiation active in your domain of choice in the life sciences. In certain cases the internship may be replaced by a second thesis.

CourseEctsCS/ROPhasePeriod
CPT-33806Advanced Communication Science6.00CSM12AF
CPT-22806Innovation Management and Transdisciplinary Design6.00CSM12MO
MCB-10806Social Psychology6.00RO0M11AF
YRM-20806Research Design & Research Methods6.00RO0M11AF, 2MO
CPT-12806Communication Theory6.00RO0M12AF
CPT-23306Communication & Persuasion6.00RO0M12MO
CPT-60306Facilitating Interactive Processes6.00RO1M13WD
CPT-35806Intercultural Communication6.00RO1M14WD
CPT-32806Change, Inter-human Processes and Communication6.00RO1M15AF
CPT-33306Communication Strategies in Everyday Life6.00RO1M15AF
CPT-80833MSc Thesis Knowledge, Technology and Innovation33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-81333MSc Thesis Strategic Communication33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-70824MSc Internship Knowledge, Technology and Innovation24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-71324MSc Internship Strategic Communication24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6





B - Health and Society



Limited choice:

RO0: Choose 0 - 4 courses depending on prior training and in consultation and agreement with the study adviser.
RO1: Choose 2 courses.
RO2: Choose 1 thesis.
RO3: Choose in consultation and agreement with the study adviser 1 internship; in certain cases the internship may be replaced by a second thesis.

CourseEctsCS/ROPhasePeriod
HSO-31806Advances in Health and Society6.00CSM12AF
YRM-30306Research Methods in Public Health and Society6.00CSM12MO
HNE-24806Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health6.00RO0M11AF
MAT-14303Basic Statistics3.00RO0M11MO
YRM-20806Research Design & Research Methods6.00RO0M12MO
MAT-22306Quantitative Research Methodology and Statistics6.00RO0M13WD
MST-32806Management and Economics of Health Care and Public Health6.00RO1M13WD
RSO-33306Food, Health and Society: An Integrated Socio-Political Perspective6.00RO1M13WD
RSO-33806Advanced Sociology of Body and Health6.00RO1M14WD
CPT-32806Change, Inter-human Processes and Communication6.00RO1M15AF
HSO-30806Settings for Health Promotion6.00RO1M15AF
SCH-32306Comparative Health Problems and Policies6.00RO1M15MO
CPT-80833MSc Thesis Knowledge, Technology and Innovation33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-81333MSc Thesis Strategic Communication33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
HSO-80333MSc Thesis Health and Society33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
RSO-80433MSc Thesis Rural Sociology33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
SCH-80433MSc Thesis Sociology of Consumption and Households33.00RO2M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-70824MSc Internship Knowledge, Technology and Innovation24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-71324MSc Internship Strategic Communication24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-80824MSc Thesis Knowledge, Technology and Innovation24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
CPT-81324MSc Thesis Strategic Communication24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
HSO-70324MSc Internship Health and Society24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
HSO-80324MSc Thesis Health and Society24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
RSO-70424MSc Internship Rural Sociology24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
RSO-80424MSc Thesis Rural Sociology24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
SCH-70424MSc Internship Sociology of Consumption and Households24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6
SCH-80424MSc Thesis Sociology of Consumption and Households24.00RO3M1/21,2,3,4,5,6