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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) IN GLOBAL DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL

Required and Elective Courses, 2022-2023

Required Courses

All students in the PhD in the Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program must take the required courses listed below. All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered for pass/fail grading. 

The courses represent the minimum common core courses for GDEC students. Depending on a student's interest and background, it may be advisable to attain further expertise in an area. 

Required Courses 2022-23
Course No. Course Title Term Credits
General Degree Requirements 
220.605 Doctoral Seminar in International Health I 1 3
220.842 Doctoral Independent Goals Analysis 1 1
552.609 Psychological and Behavioral Factors that Affect a Population's Health 1,2,3 0.5
220.600 International Travel Preparation, Safety, & Wellness (take only once) 2,3,4 1
220.606 Doctoral Seminar in International Health II 2 3
550.604 Qualitative Reasoning in Public Health  2 2
223.861 GDEC Program Seminar  3 2
223.861 GDEC Program Seminar  4 2
Ethics 
550.860 Academic and Research Ethics 1 0

550.600 or

306.665

Living Science Ethics Responsible Conduct of Research or

Research Ethics & Integrity: US & Int'l Issues

1,4

3

2

3

  CITI Training    
International Health
223.663 Infectious Disease and Child Survival 3 3
223.680  Global Disease Control Programs and Policies  4 4
Biostatistics (choose one of the following series for a total of 16 credits)

140.621

140.622

140.623

140.624

Statistical Methods in Public Health I

Statistical Methods in Public Health II

Statistical Methods in Public Health III

Statistical Methods in Public Health IV

1

2

3

4

 

each

140.651

140.652

140.653

140.654

Methods in Biostatistics I

Methods in Biostatistics II

Methods in Biostatistics III

Methods in Biostatistics IV

1

2

3

4

 

each

Epidemiology 
340.751 Epidemiologic Methods I 1 5
340.752 Epidemiologic Methods II 2 5
340.753 Epidemiologic Methods III 3 5

223.664 or 

223.705

Design and Conduct of Community Trials or

Clinical Vaccine Trials and Good Clinical Practice

3

4

4

4

Environmental Health (choose one of the following)
180.602 Environment and Health in LMICs 3 2
180.611 The Global Environment, Climate Change, and Public Health 1 4
182.626 Issues for Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health  2 2
Social and Behavioral Sciences (choose one of the following)
224.689 Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels* 2 4
410.620 Program Planning for Health Behavior Change 1,4 3
410.630 Implementation and Sustainability of Community Based Health Programs 4 3
410.650 Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice  2 4
410.651  Health Literacy: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Communication  2 3
Nutrition (choose one of the following)
222.642 Assessment of Nutritional Status 2 3
222.647 Nutritional Epidemiology 3 3
222.649 International Nutrition  4 3
222.655 Nutrition and Life Stages  3 3
Vaccines (choose one of the following)
223.662 Vaccine Development and Application  2 4
223.687 Vaccine Policy Issues  3 3
223.689 Biological Basis of Vaccine Development  4 3
Population/Family Planning 
380.600 Principles of Population Change 2 4
380.603 Demographic Methods for Public Health 3 4

*This course can be taken as a substitution for the general requirement of 552.609 (Psychological Behavioral Factors that Affect a Population's Health)