Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses
Emphasis in Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses
The curriculum prepares professionals to strengthen zoonoses prevention and control programs, investigate emerging infectious diseases, enhance the public’s ability to respond to bioterrorism and biosecurity emergencies, and coordinate rapid response activities among government, agriculture industries, nonprofit organizations, and academia.
“Core” requirements (15 hours)
Each student in the MPH Program must complete these required public health core courses:
- Biostatistics: MPH 701 Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics (3 hrs)
- Environmental health sciences: MPH 802 Environmental Health (3 hrs)
- Epidemiology: MPH 754 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 hrs)
- Health services administration: MPH 720 Administration of Health Care Organizations (3 hrs)
- Social and behavioral sciences: MPH 818 Social and Behavioral Bases of Public Health (3 hrs)
Specific Emphasis Area Requirements
Required courses = 11 or 12 hours
Some courses listed may require prerequisites before being allowed to enroll in the course.
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BIOL 530 OR DMP 814 OR AAI 852 |
Pathogenic Microbiology (3 hrs) OR Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (3 hrs) OR Vaccinology (3 hrs) (choose one course) |
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DMP 710 |
Introduction to One Health (2 hrs) |
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DMP 815 |
Multidisciplinary Thought and Presentation (3 hrs) |
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DMP 817 OR DMP 850 |
Principles of Veterinary Immunology (3 hrs) OR Domestic Animal Immunology (3 hrs) |
Elective courses = 9 or 10 hours (list of courses)
Culminating experience - MPH 840 (6 credit hours)
Total hrs required for MPH Degree (42 hours)
All MPH graduate students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above in ALL graduate course work to remain in good standing in the program and to graduate with an MPH degree. Detailed information concerning this requirement may be found on the Graduate School website: http://www.k-state.edu/grad/
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IDZ Emphasis Area Competency |
Description of Competency |
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1 |
Pathogens/pathogenic mechanisms |
Evaluate modes of disease causation of infectious agents. |
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2 |
Host response to pathogens/immunology |
Investigate the host immune response to infection. |
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Environmental/ecological influences |
Examine the influence of environmental and ecological forces on infectious diseases. |
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4 |
Disease surveillance |
Analyze disease risk factors and select appropriate surveillance. |
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5 |
Disease vectors |
Investigate the role of vectors, toxic plants and other toxins in infectious diseases. |