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Graduate Certificate in Infection Control and Prevention Epidemiology
The IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Graduate Certificate in Infection Control and Prevention Epidemiology is a 100 percent online, 15-credit hour program of study designed for working professionals who are interested in epidemiologic principles related to infectious diseases and practices used to improve population and patient health.
As a student in this program, you learn to recognize public health problems and collaborate with others to address them. You learn how to conduct an epidemiological investigation, from creating hypotheses to working with data and software. You master the basic and advanced analytical techniques necessary in the field of epidemiology.
This program may be of interest if you plan on working in public health, becoming an epidemiologist, joining an infection control and prevention team at a hospital or health care setting, or pursuing graduate or professional education. All credits earned in this certificate program are transferable to the Master of Public Health.
Competencies
By completing the Graduate Certificate in Infection Control and Prevention Epidemiology, you will learn how to:
- Recognize the existence of a public health problem
- Collaborate with others inside and outside the agency to identify the problem
- Identify surveillance data needs
- Assist in design of investigation, including creating hypothesis
- Demonstrate mastery of the basic and advanced analytical techniques in epidemiology
- Demonstrate basic data management and analysis skills using statistical software such as SAS by translating raw epidemiologic data into actionable public health information
- Use a data set to examine disease testing patterns as well as prevalence of disease. Students must query the data from a database and then conduct an analysis
- Exhibit knowledge of applied epidemiology in relation to infectious diseases
Certificate requirements
To earn the Graduate Certificate in Infection Control and Prevention Epidemiology, students must complete coursework in the five core areas of public health and maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (“B” grade on a 4.0 scale). All public health courses require authorization before registering. Please call (317) 274-2000 to obtain authorization.
Curriculum
Four required courses (12 credit hours)
- PBHL-E 635 Foundations in Public Health Informatics (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 609 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
Choose one elective (3 credit hours)
- PBHL-E 618 Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 645 Information Exchange for Population Health
- PBHL-B 552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
For students who started the Graduate Certificate in Infection Control and Prevention Epidemiology prior to fall 2023
Two required courses (6 credit hours)
- PBHL-E 635 Foundations in Public Health Informatics (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 609 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
Choose one (3 credit hours)
- PBHL-E 517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 511 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-B 552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
Choose two electives (6 credit hours)
- PBHL-E 601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 618 Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 629 Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 645 Information Exchange for Population Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 651 Public Health Surveillance (3 credits)
Graduate Certificate in Public Health
The IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Graduate Certificate in Public Health is a 15-credit hour program of study designed to meet the needs of working public health professionals who wish to advance their careers by continuing their education.
Completing the certificate will provide you with a strong foundation in public health theory and concepts. Graduates who are later accepted into the Fairbanks School of Public Health Master of Public Health (MPH) degree may be able to apply credits earned in the Graduate Certificate in Public Health toward the MPH degree, if they do so within 24 months of completing the graduate certificate, making this a great choice for those considering pursuing a graduate degree in the future.
Competencies
By completing the Graduate Certificate in Public Health, you will learn how to:
- Use biostatistical methods to analyze and report public health data
- Specify approaches to assess, prevent, and control environmental and occupational hazards to human health and safety
- Use epidemiologic methods to collect, study, analyze and report the patterns of disease in human populations for diverse audiences
- Apply policy process, development, and analysis methods to address current national, state, and local public health issues
- Identify social and behavioral science factors, theories and models and develop, implement, and evaluate interventions designed to positively affect health behaviors in populations
- Exhibit high standards of personal and organizational integrity, compassion, honesty, and respect for all people
- Identify the impact of diversity and culture on public health across discipline areas
- Identify the basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of public health data
Certificate requirements
To earn the Graduate Certificate in Public Health, students must complete coursework in the core areas of public health and maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (“B” grade on a 4.0 scale). All public health courses require authorization before registering. Please call 317-278-0337 to obtain authorization.
Curriculum
Take any five public health core courses for 15 credits.
- PBHL-P 510 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 500 Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 551 Biostatistics for Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 519 Environmental Science in Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 504 U.S. Healthcare Sys. & Health Policy (3 credits)
For students who started the Graduate Certificate in Public Health prior to fall 2023
Take five public health courses for 15 credits.
- PBHL-P 510 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 511 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 512 Communication & Leadership (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 513 Planning, Evaluation & Management (3 credits)
- One public health elective (3 credits)
Updated: April 2024
