Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

Berkeley Public Health - Core Requirement

• PB HLTH 142 – Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Biology (4 units)

• PB HLTH 200J – Health Policy and Management Breadth Course (2 units)

• PB HLTH 200K – Environmental Health Sciences Breadth Course (2 units)

• PB HLTH 200L – Health and Social Behavior Breadth Course (2 units)

• PB HLTH 250A – Epidemiologic Methods I (3 units)

• PB HLTH 291A – Public Health Leadership (1 unit)

• PB HLTH 297 – Public Health Field Study (3 units)

As part of general School of Public Health Breadth requirements, above MPH breadth courses or accepted substitutes must be taken, or an exemption examination passed. More advanced level substitutes are recommended when possible.

IDV MPH Concentration Requirements

• PB HLTH 260A – Principles of Infectious Disease (4 units)

• PB HLTH 264 – Capstone Seminar IDV MPH (2 units)

• PB HLTH 263 – Public Health Immunology (3 units)

• PB HLTH 266C – IDV Division Seminar: Hospital Associated Infections (2 units)

  • Substitution by another School of Public Health seminar related to Infectious Diseases may be acceptable as IDV Division Seminar

• PB HLTH 253B – Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases (3 units)

Courses fulfilled by the IDV MPH concentration requirements cannot be counted as electives.

Advanced Courses - Electives

Choose at least two of the following:

• PB HLTH 236 – U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Drug Development, and Public Health (2 units)

• PB HLTH 260E – Molecular Epidemiology (2 units)

• PB HLTH 260F – Infectious Disease Research in Developing Countries (2 units)

• PB HLTH 262 – Molecular Basis of Bacterial Pathogenesis (3 units)

• PB HLTH 265 – Molecular Parasitology (3 units)

• PB HLTH 266B – Zoonotic Diseases (2 units)

• PB HLTH 290.11 – Diagnostics in Infectious Diseases: Development and Regulatory Challenges (2 units)

IDV Division Seminar

PH 266C: Hospital Associated Infections is offered as IDV Division Seminar in Fall. Substitution by other School of Public Health seminars related to infectious diseases may be acceptable as IDV Division Seminar, please contact the IDV Division Manager at idadmin@berkeley.edu for questions.