DVM/MPH Elective Courses
Elective courses are available for third and fourth year students during two four-week periods generally starting the last week of March and ending the third week in April. Individual elective courses are offered, at most, once every two years. Usually six or seven electives are offered each spring, although course offerings in any given year may vary. Below are some examples of courses that have been taught in the past.
DVM/MPH students also have the opportunity to use the summer between years 2 and 3 to take evening elective MPH courses on the Boston Campus, enabling them to free up one of their four-week MPH blocks and giving them more flexibility in their DVM rotations. Students interested in taking summer classes should contact the Program Director for approval and more information. In addition, students should be aware that the summer course offerings may be limited.
Grafton Campus Elective Courses
- Epidemiology of Zoonotic Infections
- Principles of Biodefense
- Outbreak Investigations
Boston Campus Elective Courses
- Regression Methods: Standard and New Approaches
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Nutrition Research, Policy, and Public Education
- Nutritional Issues in Maternal and Child Health
- Physician Administrative Roles in Hospitals
- Quality Measurement and Improvement in Health Care
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Mental Health: Law, Policy and Ethics
- Alcohol and Public Health
- Science-Based Policy
- Introduction to Injury Control
- Community-Based Research: Methods and Ethics
- Introduction to Disaster Management and Emergency Public Health
- Aging and Public Health
- Occupational and Environmental Health: Issues in Preventative Medicine
- Sociopolitical Forces in Occupational and Environmental Policy
- Adolescent Health
- Maternal and Child Health Mental Health: Social, Behavioral and Policy Issues
- Child Abuse and Social Welfare: Policy and Primary Prevention
- Contemporary Issues in Newborn Health
- Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Maternal and Child Health
- Community Mental Health for Women and Children: Social, Legal and Policy Issues
- Immigrant and Refugee Health Care
- International Women's Health: Emerging Issues