Saint Louis University Master of Science in Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness, and Graduate

Certificate in Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness, and Doctoral Program in Biosecurity &
Disaster Preparedness
Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, Institute for Biosecurity is offering advanced degrees in
Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness. The Master of Science degree and the Certificate in
Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness ay both be copleted via distance learning technology. The
Institute!s Master of Pulic !ealt" degree in Biosecurity " Disaster Preparedness can be copleted as
a hybrid progra, #ith both distance$based Biosecurity courses and traditional on$site classes.
The progras are designed for public health officials, physicians, physician assistants, nurses,
veterinarians, eergency anageent professionals, corporate security and health personnel, la#
enforceent, and related professionals and those individuals interested in the field of public health and
hoeland security. The distance learning forat of the progra ephasi%es critical thin&ing and perits
the adult learner to custoi%e the length of the progra to suit individual needs.
The 'aster of Science ('S) degree progra at the Institute for Biosecurity offers t"ree trac#s$
General, %nfection Control and Medical & Pulic !ealt" %ntelligence.
*. The General trac# (+, credit hours) is designed for students pursuing careers #here
anageent and response s&ills for any disaster, including but not liited to infectious disease
outbrea&s are iportant. -raduates ay find eployent in public health offices at local or
federal levels, or in private industry.
,. The ne# %nfection Control trac# (+. credit hours) focuses on disease outbrea& detection and
anageent, and graduates can anticipate #or&ing closely #ith epideiologists to identify and
contain such outbrea&s #ithin healthcare settings or in a counity.
/. 0inally, the Medical & Pulic !ealt" %ntelligence trac# (+. credit hours) #ill train analysts
#ho can anticipate ris&s of and investigate disease outbrea&s in both huan and anial
populations, deterine their origins and paths of spread and proactively assess potential ipact
on businesses or counities.
The -raduate 1ertificate is coprised of five core courses listed belo# #ithin the Biosecurity and
Disaster Preparedness curriculu. Students copleting the certificate progra can apply the credits
earned to#ard copletion of the 'aster of Science degree.
Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness Course offerings &all courses earn ' credit "ours($
BSDP$.2+ 'edical and Public Health Intelligence
BSDP$.2. Threat 1haracteri%ation and 3esponse
BSDP$.22 0undaentals of Disaster Planning
BSDP$.45 Public Health and Disasters
BSDP$.4* Terrorist 6rgani%ations " Their 'otivations
BSDP$.4, 1ounicable Diseases " Infection 1ontrol
BSDP$.4/ Disaster Planning 0or Infectious Disease Disasters
BSDP$.4+ 7pideics " 6ther Disasters
BSDP$.4. 7pideiological 'ethods " Infectious Disease Surveillance
BSDP$.42 Disaster 1ounications " 'edia 3elations
BSDP$.48 Behavioral and 1ultural Iplications of Disasters
BSDP$.8, Disaster 'anageent " 3is& 9nalysis
BSDP$.8/ Legal and 7thical Iplications of Disasters
BSDP$.8+ 9dvanced Topics in Infectious Diseases
BSDP$.8. Public Health 7cology (:e# 1ourse)
BSDP$.82 Preparing for Disasters $ 3esilience and Stress 3esponse
BSDP$.84 0acing the 1hallenges of International Bioterroris
BSDP$.88 7erging Infections; 7pideiology and Public Health Iportance
BSDP$.8< Business 1ontinuity 'anageent and Pandeic Planning
BSDP$.</ 3eading and =riting in Intelligence (this course earns * credit hour)
BSDP$2,. Biosecurity 1apstone
The Institute!s PhD progra in Biosecurity " Disaster Preparedness provides students the entoring
and rigorous acadeic bac&ground re>uired for leadership and research positions for biosecurity
professionals, such as eergency anageent, hoeland security, epideiology, counicable disease
anageent and disaster?pandeic planning. Though the progra includes online course#or&, it also
re)uires a minimum of *+, years of full+time in+person residency at Saint Louis University. It allo#s
students to study and #or& side$by$side #ith nationally &no#n educators and researchers #ho serve as
entors. -raduates can loo& for#ard to positions as faculty ebers, #ith federal agencies, and #ithin
the private health care sector.
Saint Louis University and the School of Public Health are granted accreditation fro the 9ccrediting
1oission on 7ducation for Health Services 9dinistration and the :orth 1entral 9ssociation of
1olleges and Schools.
-"e Sc"ool of Pulic !ealt" is an integral part of Saint Louis University, a leading @esuit, 1atholic
research institution. The School of Public Health is one of siA acadeic units in the Health Sciences
1enter at Saint Louis University, one of only +< fully accredited schools of public health in the nation,
and the only school of public health in the United States sponsored by a 1atholic college or university.
0or ore inforation;
1ontact; Larry Boarito, Progra 'anager, Institute for Biosecurity
Saint Louis University
/.+. Lafayette 9ve, Suite +55
St. Louis, '6 2/*5+
Ph; (/*+) <44$8*/.
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7ail; boarlgBslu.edu

9dditional Inforation; http;??biosecurity.slu.edu

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