Mar 13, 2026  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSC 6021 Global Health Challenges in Infectious Disease


Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
This course will explore the multifaceted challenges of infectious disease on a global scale. Student pharmacists will gain an understanding of international health organizations, infectious disease surveillance, and different interventions (prevention and disease mitigation strategies). The course will emphasize specific major infectious diseases that have significant global public health impacts both epidemiologically and economically. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and microbiological testing will be introduced and discussed. Social, economic, and environmental factors that affect public health outcomes will also be examined.