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titleGlobal Communicable Diseases Competencies

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Global Communicable Diseases graduates will be able to:

  1. 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;
  2. Identify the appropriate diagnosis, epidemiology, surveillance, control, treatment and prevention of communicable diseases;
  3. 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;
  4. 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;
  5. Identify the public health conditions and problems related to the surveillance and control of communicable diseases in developing countries;
  6. Design programs for the surveillance and control of communicable diseases;
  7. 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;
  8. 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;
  9. 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
  10. 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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titleCurriculum

Program Coursework

RequirementHoursPre-reqs*

College Core and Foundation Courses

 

16

 

Required Concentration  Courses

15

 

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 6516Tropical Diseases 3  

 Microbiology (minimum of 3 hours required)

 

 

 PHC 6037Public Health Virology 3  
 PHC 6562Microbiology for Healthcare Workers 3  BSC 2010, 2011, CHM 2046, or CI.
 PHC 7935Vaccinology 3  CI.
  Public Health Interventions & Disease Control (minimum of 3 hours required)   
 PHC 6314Infection Control Program Design 3  
 PHC 6514Infectious Disease Control in Developing Countries 3  PHC 6000 or Eqiv. and CI.
 PHC 6517Infectious Disease Prevention Strategies 3  
 PHC 6251Disease Surveillance & Monitoring 3  
 PHC 5933Introduction 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 6561Lab Techniques in Public Health 3 
 PHC 6560The Public Health Lab System 3  
 PHC 6934Public Health GIS   

Approved Electives (Selected examples of courses)

9

 

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.  

MPH Requirements

 6

 

PHC 6945

Supervised Field Experience 

3

See Note #1

PHC 6977

Special Project

3

 

Total Minimum Credit Hours46 

* CH=Credit Hours; Seq= Term Sequence; Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite)

  1. 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.
  2. Any grade below a C (C- to F) is required to be retaken.  The grade will be included in the student's GPA.
  3. The College Reserves All Rights to Repeal And/or Modify.
  4. Term sequence assumes Fall starting term.

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