University of West Indies School of Nursing, Mona - Jamaica
Located in Kingston, Jamaica, the University of West Indies School of Nursing, Mona offers quality nursing education programs that demonstrate commitment to excellence in health care and nursing practices. As a leading institution of higher education in the Caribbean, the university engages in research and development designed to support the social and economic growth of the local region and to strengthen community health care services.

In the final 10 days of your study abroad term, you participate in a course-related trip to Kingston, Jamaica, hosted by the University of West Indies School of Nursing, Mona. While there, you learn about health care in a developing economy, attend lectures at the University, and finish the Social Welfare Policy in the United Kingdom and Jamaica: A Service Learning Perspective & Practicum course. The goals of this portion of the program are to demonstrate the different perspectives, challenges, and needs represented by different patient populations in terms of their interactions with mainstream health care systems; examine the roles of various stakeholders in the delivery of health care; and facilitate your engagement with public health at the community level, particularly for socially and economically vulnerable populations.

School of Health Sciences - City, University of London
As a large, urban university with a strong international community, City University is a part of the University of London, which includes several other institutions with which IES Abroad is partnered. City’s academic roots in industry and technology reflect its contemporary commitment to such disciplines as Health Sciences, Business, and Engineering. City enrolls approximately 18,000 students, and its large international student body (more than 50%) makes it reflective of London’s incredibly multicultural population.

Courses available to IES Abroad students in the School of Health Sciences at City include:

• PH3001 Health Policy and Politics (4 credits, Fall & Spring Semesters) - Only course available for Spring Students
• PH3002 Exploring Public Health (4 credits, Fall Semester Only)

Typically you will need 2-3 classes in a specific subject area in order to enroll in a 200-level class, and 4-5 in order to enroll in a 300-level class.

Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
Located in the diverse East End, QMUL maintains its own identity and community, and yet you are never more than a convenient Tube ride to the center of London. As a large institution with more than 25,000 students, QMUL offers an extensive range of challenging academic options. In addition, the college has a long history of internationalism: 30% of the student body comes from outside the United Kingdom, with more than 160 countries represented in the international student population.

The following courses in QMUL’s School of Global Health are available to IES Abroad students:

• ICM5000 Communicable Diseases (4 credits, Fall Semester Only)
• ICM6077 Migrants, Inequality and the Cultural Politics of Health (4 credits, Fall Semester Only)
• ICM5005 Advanced Epidemiology and Statistics (4 credits, Spring Semester Only)*
• ICM6046 Migration, Culture and Health (4 credits, Spring Semester Only)
• ICM6072 Gender, Sexuality and Health (4 credits, Spring Semester Only)
• ICM6107 Planetary Health and International Health Policy (4 credits, Spring Semester Only)

*Enrollment in ICM5005 requires that students have previously taken an introductory course in epidemiology and statistics.

Level 6 modules are taken by final year degree students in the UK, who will have spent the preceding years specialising in the subject area.  Therefore, the expectation of seminar discussion, written work, and outside reading undertaken will be high, and there will be a significant time commitment required of students.  Level 5 modules are taken by 2nd year university students.  Level 4 modules are taken by 1st year students.