Areas of Emphasis:
Post-DVM Students:
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)
- * May be transferred from an AVMA-Accredited DVM curriculum.
Area of Emphasis (20 credit hours):
Program for post-DVM Students
The transfer of credit hours from an AVMA accredited DVM curriculum can be applied for up to ten credit hours. The total credit that can be used from infectious disease and related courses taken during a veterinary curriculum will be determined by the student's advisory committee on a case-by-case basis. Equivalent veterinary courses from other AVMA recognized veterinary colleges can be substituted as appropriate.
Additional credit hours needed to reach a total of 10 credits are chosen from the following:
Approved DMP courses:
- DMP 770: Fundamental Concepts in Emerging Pathogenic Diseases (1 hour)
- DMP 809: Problems in Toxicology (1-3 hours)
- DMP 815: Multidisciplinary Thought and Writing (3 hours)
- DMP 816: Trade & Agricultural Health (2 hours)
- DMP 830: Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)
- DMP 849: Pathologic Technique and Diagnosis (1-3 hours)
- DMP 850: Domestic Animal Immunology (3 hours)
- DMP 860: Pathogenic Mechanisms (3 hours)
- DMP 870: Seminar in Pathobiology (MS) (1 hour)
- DMP 871: Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases (3 hours)
- DMP 880: Problems in Pathobiology (MS) (1-3 hours)
Potentially Applicable Courses in other Departments:
- ASI 503: Topics in Comparative Pathology (1-3 hours)
- ASI 540: Principles of Animal Disease Control (3 hours)
- BIOL 529: Fundamentals of Ecology (3 hours)
- BIOL 545: Human Parasitology (3 hours)
- BIOL 546: Human Parasitology Laboratory (1 hour)
- BIOL 609: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Human Diseases (3 hours)
- BIOL 625: Animal Parasitology (4 hours)
- BIOL 670: Immunology (4 hours)
- BIOL 671: Immunology Laboratory (2 hours)
- BIOL 687: Microbial Ecology (3 hours)
- BIOL 730: General Virology (3 hours)
- BIOL 731: Virology Laboratory (2 hours)
- BIOL 805: Advanced Mycology (3 hours)
- FDSCI 690: Principles of HACCP (2 hours)
- FDSCI 730: Overview of Food Safety and Security (2 hours)
- FDSCI 915: Food Toxicology (2 hours)
- GEOG 508: Geographic Information Systems I (3 hours)
- GEOG 708: Geographic Information Systems II (3 hours)
- STAT 704: Analysis of Variance (2 hours)
- STAT 705: Regression and Correlation Analysis (2 hours)
- STAT 710: Sample Survey Methods (2 hours)
- STAT 716: Non-parametric Statistics (2 hours)
- STAT 720: Design of Experiments (3 hours)
- STAT 730: Multivariate Statistical Methods (3 hours)
Field experience or masters thesis (6 hours).
Students will complete 6 credit hours appropriate for either an MS thesis or field experience.
- DMP 840: Public Health Field Experience (3-6 hours)
- DMP 898: MS Research (Microbiology) (1-6 hours)
- DMP 899: MS Research (Pathobiology) (1-6 hours)