Areas of Emphasis:
- food safety
-
infectious disease+zoonoses:
- human nutrition
- physical activity
- h.n. + p.a. (combined)
Infectious Disease + Zoonoses:
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology (DMP) is one of a core group of departments that participate in the MPH degree program. Students entering the program are admitted into one of five areas of emphasis within the program. These areas of emphasis include Food Safety, Human Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Physical Activity, Physical Activity, and Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses.
The Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses area of emphasis requires 16 core credit hours, 20 area of emphasis credit hours, and a field experience or an MS thesis.
Core Program Courses (16 credit hours):
- STAT 703: Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3 hours)
- DMP 708: Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (2 hours)
- DMP 806: Environmental Toxicology (2 hours)
- DMP 854: Disease Epidemiology (3 hours)
- HRIMD 720: Administration of Health Care Organizations (3 hours)
- KIN 818: Social and Behavioral Basis of Public Health (3 hours)
Area of Emphasis (20 credit hours):
- Program For non-DVM* Students (*Doctory of Veterinary Medicine)
- Program For post-DVM Students
- Program For DVM-MPH Students (Combined)