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 |
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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)