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 |
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) | |||
|
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 |
4 each |
|
|
Methods in Biostatistics I Methods in Biostatistics II Methods in Biostatistics III Methods in Biostatistics IV |
1 2 3 4 |
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 |
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)