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Academic Programs       Departments		MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM     MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY)   Admission Requirements The program is open to holders of a baccalaureate degree with adequate credits in the biological and physical sciences. The adequacy of the applicant's background shall be determined by the faculty of the Depart­ment of Parasitology.   Graduation Requirements 1. Residence for at least one full academic year immediately prior to the granting of the degree. 2. Completion of a minimum of forty (40) units - (34 units of formal courses and 6 units of thesis). No comprehensive examination is required. 3. Satisfactory completion of a master's thesis. 4. A weighted average of “2.00” or better in all courses taken and in major courses provided there is no grade of “5.0” in any of the courses taken.­   Curriculum Required Courses Core Course     Units Biostat 201 Fundamentals of Biostatistics I      3 Epi 201 Principles of Epidemiology  3 Major     Para 201     Public Health Parasitology 2 Para 202 Medical Protozoology     2  Para 203 Medical Helminthology   2 Para 204 Medical Entomology   2 Para 207  Immunology of Parasitic Infections  2 Para 210 Diagnostic Parasitology      2 Para 211    Advanced Systematics of Helminths    2 Para 299.1  Seminars I 1 Para 299.2  Seminars II   1 Others     Biostat 206 Research Methods   2                                                                                                               Elective Courses At least 6 units may be chosen from the following: Para 205 Applied Medical and Public Health Entomology 2 Para 208 Molecular Parasitology      2 Para 209 Medical Malacology  2 Para 212 Parasitic Zoonoses 2 Para 213 Ecology and Control of Major Arthropod Vectors   2 Para 290  Special Studies 2-4                                        Cognate Courses At least 4 units may be chosen from the list below although any course pertinent to the major area as determined by the program adviser may be taken as a cognate.   Biostat 202         Fundamentals of Biostatistics II                             2 Micro 201           Public Health Microbiology                                    2 EH 202               Environmental Health Practice                               2   Master's Thesis Para 300                                                                                        6 units   Duration of the Program: a minimum of two (2) years		80th Foundation Anniversary   1st Minda Luz M .Quesada Memorial Lecture