Degree: Master of Public Health
Program (Major/College): M.P.H./P.H.
Concentration: Epidemiology & Global Communicable Diseases (Code: EGD)
COPH Department: Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Global Health
Minimum Credit Hours: 75
M.P.H. with a Dual Concentration in Epidemiology and Global Communicable Diseases
In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases dual concentration graduates will be able to meet the competencies from both the Epidemiology M.P.H. and the Global Health Communicable Diseases M.P.H..
Concentration Details
Curriculum Information
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Emphasis Area Support Courses
Students are required to take 6 credits of global support courses and 9 credits of epidemiology support courses, as described below.
- Global Health support 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.
- Epidemiology support courses
- 1 course in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- 1 course in Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- 1 additional Departmental course from the following areas:
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Epidemiology Methods or Biostatistics
Program Notes
- Students in this program require 2 advisors; One Epi., One Global Health.
- Field Experience must address both Epidemiologic and global issues Or Peace Corp Experience.
- Special Project must be epidemiological and global. There will be two readers (one from each department).
Program Coursework
College Core Courses | CH* | Pre-reqs* | |
PHC 6000 | Epidemiology | 3 |
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PHC 6050 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
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PHC 6102 | Principles of Health Policy and Management | 3 |
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PHC 6357 | Environmental and Occupational Health | 3 |
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PHC 6410 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health | 3 |
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Core Total Hours | 15 |
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Required Global Comm. Diseases Courses |
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Students graduating from the program will receive training within five core domains which are central to the study of global communicable disease: 1) Tropical and Emerging Infections, 2) Microbiology, 3) Immunology and Genetics and 4) Public Health Interventions and Disease Control and 5) Applied Global Communicable Disease. Students must take a minimum of 3 credits from within each domain. Course selection will be determined by the student and their advisor based on student interests 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) |
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| PHC 6037 | Public Health Virology | 3 | |
| PHC 6562 | Microbiology for Healthcare Workers | 3 | BSC2010, BSC2011, CHM2046 |
| 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 | PHC6000 |
| 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 | 3 | |
| Global Comm. Diseases Total Hours | 15 | ||
Required Epidemiology Courses |
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PHC 6051 | Biostatistics II | 3 | PHC 6000, 6050 or CI. |
PHC 6010 | Epidemiology Methods I | 3 | PHC 6000 or CI. |
PHC 6011 | Epidemiology Methods II | 3 | PHC 6000, 6010 or CI. |
PHC 6701 | Computer Applications for Public Health Researchers | 3 | CI. |
PHC 6190 | Public Health Database Management | 3 | PHC 6701 |
PHC 6053 | Categorical Data Analysis | 3 | PHC 6051 or CI. |
| Epidemiology Total Hours | 18 |
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Elective Courses (Advisor Approval) – Epidemiology |
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| Elective Total Hours - Epidemiology | 9 |
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Elective Courses (Advisor Approval) – Global Health |
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Elective Total Hours – Global Comm. Diseases | 9 |
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Culminating Experience |
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PHC 6945 | Supervised Field Experience | 3 | See Note #1 |
PHC 6977 | Special Project | 3 |
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PHC 6936 | Public Health Capstone Course | 3 | All Core completed + 75% of Concentration |
| Culminating Experience minimum Hours | 9 |
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* CH=Credit Hours; 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.