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Degree: Master of Public Health
Program (Major/College): M.P.H./P.H.
Concentration: Global Communicable Diseases (Code: TCD)
COPH Department: Global Health
Minimum Credit Hours: 46
M.P.H. with a Concentration in Global Communicable Diseases
In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Global Communicable Diseases graduates will be able to:
- Interpret the natural history of disease-causing parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other organisms of major public health concern, as well as the disease processes and clinical manifestations caused by those infectious organisms;
- Identify the appropriate diagnosis, epidemiology, surveillance, control, treatment and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Describe the natural human defenses, the appropriate use of diagnostic techniques and serological surveillance, and the role of preventive interventions and treatments such as vaccines and antibiotics against communicable diseases;
- Identify the cultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to the incidence and prevalence, as well as the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Identify the public health conditions and problems related to the surveillance and control of communicable diseases in developing countries;
- Design programs for the surveillance and control of communicable diseases;
- Apply principles of immunology, molecular biology and other essential biological sciences disciplines in the laboratory settings for research and the diagnosis, surveillance, control, treatment, and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Prepare and present information about communicable diseases to other members of health-related professions and to members of the public in a professional and effective manner;
- Explain factors such as biology, ecology and dynamics of arthropod vector populations that affect transmission of specific communicable diseases such as malaria and dengue; and
- Recognize the roles of the laboratory in the Public Health system and have a thorough understanding of the complexity and inter-connectivity of all levels of laboratory services.
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In addition to meeting the admission requirements for the Master of Public Health degree, applicants should also meet these concentration prerequisites: - Public health course prerequisite:
- HSC 4551 Survey of Human Diseases (3) OR
- Equivalent education or work experience.
- Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: Biology, Zoology, Microbiology, Immunology
- Prerequisite undergraduate courses: None. Suggested undergraduate courses include general chemistry with laboratory, biology or zoology with laboratory, microbiology with laboratory, biochemistry with laboratory, immunology
- Work experience: None
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Curriculum Information  Image Added Download the 2015/2016 Program Check Sheet
Program CourseworkCollege Core Courses | CH* | Pre-reqs* | PHC 6000 | Epidemiology | 3 | | PHC 6050 | Biostatistics I | 3 | | PHC 6102 | Principles of Health Policy and Management | 3 | | PHC 6357 | Environmental and Occupational Health | 3 | | PHC 6410 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health | 3 | | Core Total Hours | 15 | | Required Concentration Courses | | | | Students must take a minimum of 3 credit hours from within each domain. Course selection will be determined by the student and their advisor based on student interest and career goals. | | | | Tropical & Emerging Infections (minimum of 3 hours required) | | | PHC 6510 | Exotic & Emerging infectious Diseases | 3 | CI. | PHC 6512 | Vectors of Human Diseases | 3 | CI. | PHC 6513 | Public Health Parasitology | 3 | CI. | | PHC 6516 | Tropical Diseases | 3 | | Microbiology (minimum of 3 hours required) | | | | PHC 6037 | Public Health Virology | 3 | | | PHC 6562 | Microbiology for Healthcare Workers | 3 | BSC 2010, 2011, CHM 2046, or CI. | | PHC 7935 | Vaccinology | 3 | CI. | | Public Health Interventions & Disease Control (minimum of 3 hours required) | | | | PHC 6314 | Infection Control Program Design | 3 | | | PHC 6514 | Infectious Disease Control in Developing Countries | 3 | PHC 6000 or Eqiv. and CI. | | PHC 6517 | Infectious Disease Prevention Strategies | 3 | | | PHC 6251 | Disease Surveillance & Monitoring | 3 | | | PHC 5933 | Introduction to GIS | 3 | | | Immunology & Genetics (minimum of 3 hours required) | | | PHC 6511 | Public Health Immunology | 3 | | PHC 6121 | Vaccines | 3 | | PHC 6934 | Human Genomics in Public Health and Personalized Medicine | 3 | | Applied Global Communicable Disease (minimum of 3 hours required) | | | | PHC 6561 | Lab Techniques in Public Health | 3 | | | PHC 6560 | The Public Health Lab System | 3 | | | PHC 6934 | Public Health GIS | | | | Required Course Total Hours | 15 | | Approved Electives (Selected examples of courses) | | | | Students will fulfill their Global Health elective credits in consultation with their advisor. It is recommended students focus on one of the five domains (i.e. Tropical and Emerging Infections, Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Public Health Interventions and Disease Control or Applied Global Communicable Disease), taking all courses within that domain. | | | Electives Total Hours | 9 | | MPH Requirements
| 6 | | PHC 6945 | Supervised Field Experience | 3 | See Note #1 | PHC 6977 | Special Project | 3 | |
* CH=Credit Hours; Seq= Term Sequence; Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite) - During 2nd semester meet with advisor and begin planning field experience. See http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/fe/. May be met through the Peace Corps Master’s International option.
- Any grade below a C (C- to F) is required to be retaken. The grade will be included in the student's GPA.
- The College Reserves All Rights to Repeal And/or Modify.
- Term sequence assumes Fall starting term.
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