Graduate Minor in Infectious Disease and Population Health
About the Graduate Minor
The graduate minor in Infectious Disease and Population Health trains students in population-based approaches to infectious disease control. The minor prepares students to work in health care settings, public health agencies, the pharmaceutical sector, and other organizations engaged in work related to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Required courses in microbiology and infection prevention and control are supplemented by electives in infectious disease epidemiology, health-care associated infections, health surveillance, epidemiology, health communication, management and leadership, and patient safety. The courses in this minor provide a bridge to the student’s discipline-specific major and opportunities to acquire skills needed in the workplace.
For students interested in pursuing a career in infectious disease in either the health care or public health sector, it is recommended that students complete an applied experience through an internship or a research project in an appropriate workplace setting.
Admission Requirements
Graduate minors are designed to complement students' training by providing basic knowledge in topics outside their primary discipline. All matriculated graduate students in quarter programs, except for students pursuing the MS in Infection Prevention and Control, are eligible to enroll. It is highly recommended that students have taken college-level biology and immunology classes.
Students must receive approval from their home program and the Dornsife School of Public Health and complete the necessary paperwork with the DSPH Academic Advising Team.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| EOH 650 | Microbes in Public Health Practice I: Overview of Bacterial Pathogens | 3.0 |
| EOH 651 | Microbes in Public Health Practice II: Overview of Viral and Other Pathogens | 3.0 |
| EOH 655 | Infection Prevention and Control in the Healthcare Environment | 3.0 |
| Elective* | 3.0 | |
| Choose one: | ||
| Overview of Issues in Global Health | ||
| Outcomes and Impact Evaluation | ||
or CHP 805 | Outcomes and Impact Evaluation | |
| Public Health Ethics | ||
or CHP 807 | Public Health Ethics | |
| Theory and Practice of Health Communication | ||
| Process Monitoring and Outcomes Evaluation for Community Health Programs | ||
| Injury Prevention and Control | ||
| Safety in Healthcare | ||
| Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Toxicology | ||
| Environmental Exposure Science | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health Policy | ||
| Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology | ||
| Public Health and Disaster Preparedness | ||
| Environment of Care | ||
| Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections | ||
| Public Health Impacts of Global Climate Change | ||
| Crisis and Risk Communication in Public Health | ||
| Quantitative Risk Analysis for Environmental Health | ||
| Epidemiology for Public Health Practice | ||
| Infectious Disease Epidemiology | ||
| Intermediate Epidemiology | ||
| Pathophysiologic Basis of Epidemiologic Research | ||
| Disease Outbreak Investigations | ||
| Public Health Surveillance | ||
| Healthcare Planning Principles and Practice | ||
| Health Organizational Leadership | ||
| Health Care Organizations and Management | ||
| Health Systems Policy Analysis | ||
| Management of Healthcare Outcomes | ||
| Health Care Strategy and Operations: Creating Change | ||
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
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Additional courses may count towards the elective requirement with program approval.
Additional Information
For more information about this graduate minor, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Dornsife School of Public Health website.