Other MPH Options

The Biosecurity degree programs offered through the School of Public Health are designed to provide professional training and management preparation to meet the needs of a wide variety of healthcare and security professionals interested in this expanding field. Public health professionals, physicians, nurses, emergency management professionals, first responders, and corporate security managers will be armed with the necessary tools to prepare for and respond to natural and terrorist threats.

The field of biosecurity is a public health specialty that is among the fastest growing within the discipline. Due to its explosive growth since 2000, the biosecurity workforce is largely untrained. The program provides specific competency-based training in such areas as terrorism response capabilities, fundamentals of infectious diseases, emergency response planning and crisis communication.

This program is a hybrid, with classes provided both on campus and through distance technology. Two semesters (15 credit hours) of residency for full-time students are required, as well as a Practice Experience (which is similar to an internship). The program is provided through the School of Public Health at Saint Louis University, a fully accredited school of public health. The degree can be completed in two years if two courses are completed each semester. 

For general information on the MPH degree program, including specific prerequisites, requirements and course descriptions, please see the School of Public Health section of the Graduate School Catalog at http://www.slu.edu/graduate/catalog/p_h.pdf

For information on faculty and research activities in the Institute for Biosecurity, please see http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/

Curriculum Plans for Full-time Students
(plans for part-time students will be developed in consultation with academic advisors)

Curriculum plan for students entering in the 2006-07 academic year
Curriculum plan for students entering in the 2007-08 academic year