Emphasis in Food Safety and Biosecurity
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The curriculum prepares professionals to identify and categorize risks, challenges, and solutions in the food system for food safety, biosecurity, and defense issues in the food production continuum. Courses emphasize the multidisciplinary and complex nature of food safety and biosecurity policies, globalization, and international trade – and their influence on public health.
Note: All students admitted Fall 2012 and beyond MUST follow the course list below.
“Core” requirements (14 or 16 credit hours)
Each student in the MPH Program must complete these required public health core courses:
- Biostatistics: MPH 701 Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics (3 hrs)
- Environmental health sciences: MPH 806 Environmental Toxicology (2 hrs)
- Epidemiology: 2 options:
- MPH 754 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 hrs) OR
- MPH 708 Veterinary Epidemiology (2 hrs) and MPH 854 Intermediate Epidemiology (3 hrs) (TOTAL of 5 credit hours)
- Health services administration: MPH 720 Administration of Health Care Organizations (3 hrs)
- Social and behavioral sciences: MPH 818 Social and Behavioral Bases of Public Health (3 hrs)
| Required Courses and Credit Hours Needed | |
| Required courses: 4 hours | |
| FDSCI 730 | Multidisciplinary Overview of Food Safety and Security (2 hrs) |
| FDSCI 731 | Food Protection and Defense – Essential Concepts (2 hrs) |
| Select 1 Course: 2-4 hours | |
| FDSCI 600 | Microbiology of Food (2 hrs) (online version of FDSCI 607) |
| OR FDSCI 607 | Food Microbiology (4 hrs) |
| FDSCI 750 | Food Toxicants (2 hrs) (online) |
| OR FDSCI 915 | Food Toxicology (2 hrs) (odd years) |
| Select 1 Course: 2 hours | |
| FDSCI 690 | Principles of HACCP (2 hrs) (online + in class) |
| FDSCI 791 | Advanced Applications of HACCP Principles (2 hrs) (odd years) |
| Select 1 Course: 3 hours | |
| DMP 845 | Food Safety Risk Analysis (3 hrs) (online) |
| DMP 855 | Disease Detection, Surveillance, and Risk Assessment (3 hrs) |
| Select 1 to 3 Courses: 3-6 hours | |
| DMP 816 | Trade and Agricultural Health (2 hrs) (online) |
| DMP 835 | Food Safety Policy and Politics (3 hrs) |
| DMP 844 | Global Health Issues (3 hrs) (online + May Intersession) |
| DMP 875 | Food Safety, Trade, Law, and Regulation (3 hrs) |
| DMP 888 | Globalization, Cooperation, and Food Trade (1) (online) |
| Select 1 Course: 3 hours | |
| DMP 815 | Multidisciplinary Thought and Presentation (3 hrs) |
| DMP 858 | Food Safety Culture and Communication (2 hrs) (online) |
| MC 750 | Strategic Health Communication (3 hrs) (alternate years) |
| MC 760 | Communication and Risk (3 hrs) (alternate years) |
| Elective Courses – Select any remaining hours needed from above or the following list – 0-4 hours | |
| AGEC 710 | Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems (3 hrs) (online) |
| AGEC 805 | Agricultural Marketing (3 hrs) (online + in class) |
| AGEC 810 | Price, Income, and Trade Policies in Agriculture (3 hrs) |
| DMP 880 | Problems in Pathobiology Seminar: Scholarship in a Busy Age (2 hrs) (online) |
| FDSCI 501 | Food Chemistry (3 hrs) (online + in class) |
| FDSCI 695 | Quality Assurance of Food Products (3 hrs) (online + in class) |
| FDSCI 727 | Chemical Methods of Food Analysis (2 hrs) |
| FDSCI 728 | Physical Methods of Food Analysis (2 hrs) |
| FDSCI 751 | Food Laws and the Regulatory Process (2 hrs) |
| FDSCI 753 | Risk Assessment for Food, Ag & Vet Med (3 hrs) |
| FDSCI 810 | Fermented Foods (2 hrs) (online) |
| FDSCI 815 | Advanced Food Chemistry (3 hrs) (online) |
| FDSCI 820 | Advanced Food Microbiology & Biotechnology (2 hrs) (online summer odd yrs) |
| STAT 704 | Analysis of Variance (2 hrs) (online + in class) |
| STAT 705 | Regression and Correlation Analysis (2 hrs) (online + in class) |
Capstone/culminating experience (6 credit hours)
Total hrs required for MPH Degree (42 hours)
All students admitted BEFORE Fall 2012 may follow the old requirements or the new requirements (above).