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:
- EPID 505 Polymicrobial Communities in Human Health and Disease (Not offered 2021-2022)
- EPID507 Microbial Control: Sterilization, Disinfection and Manipulation (Winter)
- EPID512 Biologic Basis of Disease (Fall)
- EPID605 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Fall)
- EPID607 Communicable Diseases in Public Health Practice (Not offered 2021-2022)
- EPID634 Foundations in Infectious Disease Transmission Modeling (Winter)
- EPID 664 Field Methods In Epidemiology for Developing Countries (Winter)
- HBEHED610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Not offered 2021-2022)
- HBEHED622 Program Evaluation in Health Education (Fall)
- HBEHED624 Needs Assessment Methods for Public Health (Not offered 2021-2022)
- HBEHED641 Materials and Methods in Health Education Programs (Not offered 2021-2022)
- HBEHED651 Program Development in Health Education (Winter)
- HBEHED662 Risk Communication: Theory, Techniques, and Applications in Health (Fall)
- HMP600 The Health Services System I (Fall)
- HMP601 Healthcare Quality, Performance Measurement And Improvement (Winter)
- HMP602 Survey of the U.S. Health Care System (No Longer Offered)
- EHS576 Biological Agents (Winter)