Master in Management of Infectious Diseases North Dakota State University College of Health Professions

Public health professionals face increasing demands to diagnose, prevent, and control existing and emerging infectious diseases. A new MPH in Epidemiology will be offered with a core curriculum that includes courses in disease surveillance and outbreak investigation, epidemiologic methods, and health survey research. The emphasis is on skills development that will prepare you for careers in state and local public health, healthcare delivery systems, academic research projects, or serve as a base for a Ph.D.

Choosing to pursue an MPH in Epidemiology with a sub-plan in Management of Infectious Diseases will provide you with skills in epidemiologic fieldwork, as well as content knowledge in disease diagnosis and detection, prophylaxis and vaccinology, therapeutics and antibiotic resistance, prevention of disease spread in hospitals or by vectors, public health policy and emergency responses to disease outbreaks, and biosecurity threats.