Requirements
Students must complete all 3 core courses and 2 elective courses with a grade of 'B' or better in each course to receive the certificate.
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Core Courses
All 3 core courses are required for the CHIP:
- EPID680 Hospital Epidemiology I (Winter)
- EPID681 Hospital Epidemiology II (Fall)
- EPID525 Clinical and Diagnostic Microbiology (Winter)
Electives
Any 2 of the following elective courses are required for the CHIP:
- EHS570 Water Quality Management (Fall)
- EHS572 Environmental Impact Assessment (Fall)
- EHS576 Biological Agents (Winter) (Not offered 2024-2025)
- EHS592 Infectious Disease and Emergency Response in Communities (Fall)
- EHS593 Risk Assessment for Decisionmaking (online only) (Fall)
- EHS651 Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Program Mgmt (Winter) (Not offered 2024-2025)
- EHS653 Environmental Sampling and Analysis (Winter)
- EHS654 Control of Exposures to Airborne Contaminants (Winter)
- EHS655 Human Exposure Analysis (Winter)
- EPID504 Polymicrobial Communities Laboratory (Fall)
- EPID505 Polymicrobial Communities in Human Health and Disease (Fall) (Not offered 2024-2025)
- EPID507 Microbial Control: Sterilization, Disinfection and Manipulation (Winter)
- EPID543 Epidemiology Of Viral Diseases (Fall)
- EPID560 Mechanisms Of Bacterial Pathogenesis (Winter)
- EPID582 Molecular Epidemiology And Pathogen Genomics (Winter)
- EPID605 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Fall)
- EPID633 Introduction To Mathematical Modeling In Epidemiology And Public Health (Fall)
- EPID634 Foundations in Infectious Disease Transmission Modeling (Winter)
- HBEHEQ610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Fall) (Not offered 2024-2025)
- HBEHEQ622 Program Evaluation in Health Education (Fall)
- HBEHEQ624 Needs Assessment Methods for Public Health (Winter)
- HBEHEQ641 Materials and Methods in Health Education Programs (Winter)
- HBEHEQ651 Program Development in Health Education (Winter)
- HBEHEQ662 Risk Communication: Theory, Techniques, and Applications in Health (Winter)
- HMP600 The Health Services System I (Fall)
- HMP601 Healthcare Quality, Performance Measurement And Improvement (Winter)
- HMP603 Organization And Management Of Healthcare Systems (Fall, Winter)