Requirements - Quantitative Specialization
2022-23 Matriculation
The M.S in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases degree requires a total of 10 course units. The Quantitative Specialization requires the student to complete or acquire an exemption or waiver from the courses listed below. Full time students must carry a minimum of 4 course units each semester.
MS Required Courses for Quantitative Specialization (10 course units)
- EMD 525 Seminar in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases - 0 units
- EMD 526 Seminar in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases - 0 units
- BIS 623 Advanced Regression Models - 1 unit
- BIS 630 Applied Survival Analysis - 1 unit
- EMD 517 Principles of Infectious Disease I - 1 unit
- EMD 518 Principles of Infectious Disease II - 1 unit
- EMD 553 Transmission Dynamic Models or EMD 539 Introduction to Public Health Surveillance - 1 unit
- EMD 538 Quantitative Methods for Infectious Disease Epidemiology - 1 unit
- EPH 508 Foundations of Epidemiology and Public Health - 1 unit
- EPH 600 Research Ethics and Responsibility - 0 units
- EPH 608 Frontiers of Public Health* - 1 unit
- EMD 625 How to Develop, Write, and Evaluate an NIH Proposal or EMD563 Laboratory and Field Studies in Infectious Diseases - 1 unit
MS Electives in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
1 course unit
* Students entering the program with an MPH or relevant graduate degree may be exempt from this requirement.
rev. 09.08.2022
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