Master of Public Health Program

DVM-MPH (Combined)

Core Program Courses (16 credit hours):

  • STAT 703: Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3 hours)
  • * DMP 708: Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (2 hours)
  • DMP 806: Environmental Toxicology (2 hours)
  • DMP 854: Disease Epidemiology (3 hours)
  • HRIMD 720: Administration of Health Care Organizations (3 hours)
  • KIN 818: Social and Behavioral Basis of Public Health (3 hours)
  • * May be transferred from DVM curriculum

Area of Emphasis (20 credit hours):

Ten credit hours from the College of Veterinary Medicine DVM curriculum can be applied to the MPH degree requirements. DVM curriculum courses appropriate for credit are:

  • DMP 705: Principles of Veterinary Immunology (3 hours)
  • DMP 708: Principle and Methods of Epidemiology (2 hours)
  • DMP 712: Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (4 hours)
  • DMP 718: Veterinary Parasitology (5 hours)
  • DMP 722: Veterinary Virology (3 hours)
  • DMP 753: Zoonoses and Preventative Medicine (3 hours)
  • DMP 801: Toxicology (3 hours)

10 credit hours can come from the following courses:

Additional DMP Courses:

  • DMP 770: Fundamental Concepts in Emerging Pathogenic Diseases (3 hours)
  • DMP 809: Problems in Toxicology (1-3 hours)
  • DMP 815: Multidisciplinary Thought and Writing (3 hours)
  • DMP 816: Trade & Agricultural Health (2 hours)
  • DMP 830: Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)
  • DMP 850: Domestic Animal Immunology (3 hours)
  • DMP 860: Pathogenic Mechanisms (3 hours)
  • DMP 870: Seminar in Pathobiology (MS) (1 hour)
  • DMP 871: Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases
  • DMP 880: Problems in Pathobiology (MS) (1-3 hours)

Potentially applicable courses in other departments:

  • ASI 503: Topics in Comparative Pathology (1-3 hours)
  • ASI 540: Principles of Animal Disease Control(3 hours)
  • BIOL 529: Fundamentals of Ecology (3 hours)
  • BIOL 545: Human Parasitology (3 hours)
  • BIOL 546: Human Parasitology Laboratory (1 hour)
  • BIOL 609: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Human Diseases (3 hours)
  • BIOL 625: Animal Parasitology (4 hours)
  • BIOL 670: Immunology (4 hours)
  • BIOL 671: Immunology Laboratory (2 hours)
  • BIOL 687: Microbial Ecology (3 hours)
  • BIOL 730: General Virology (3 hours)
  • BIOL 731: Virology Laboratory (2 hours)
  • BIOL 805: Advanced Mycology (3 hours)
  • FDSCI 690: Prinicples of HACCP (2 hours)
  • FDSCI 730: Overview of Food Safety and Security (2 hours)
  • FDSCI 915: Food Toxicology (2 hours)
  • GEOG 508: Geographic Information Systems I (3 hours)
  • GEOG 708: Geographic Information Systems II (3 hours)
  • STAT 704: Analysis of Variance (2 hours)
  • STAT 705: Regression and Correlation Analysis (2 hours)
  • STAT 710: Sample Survey Methods (2 hours)
  • STAT 720: Design of Experiments (3 hours)
  • STAT 730: Multivariate Statistical Methods (3 hours)

Field experience or masters thesis (6 hours).
Students will complete 6 credit hours appropriate for either an MS thesis or field experience.

  • DMP 840: Public Health Field Experience (3-6 hours)
  • DMP 898: MS Research (Microbiology) (1-6 hours)
  • DMP 899: MS Research (Pathobiology) (1-6 hours)