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MSc Veterinary Epidemiology

Program Affiliation: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Location: London England

Term 1

All students take the compulsory modules and usually take the recommended modules. Compulsory: Extended Epidemiology; Epidemiological Aspects of Laboratory Investigation; Surveillance of Animal Health & Production; Statistics for EPH; Data Management for Epidemiological Studies; Communication Skills in Epidemiology.

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All students take the compulsory modules and usually take the recommended modules. Compulsory: Extended Epidemiology; Epidemiological Aspects of Laboratory Investigation; Surveillance of Animal Health & Production; Statistics for EPH; Data Management for Epidemiological Studies; Communication Skills in Epidemiology.

Recommended: Public Health Lecture Series. Optional: Epidemiology in Context; Introduction to Computing.

Terms 2 and 3

Students take a total of six study modules, one from each timetable slot. Five modules are compulsory and are listed below.

C1: Animal Health Economics.

C2: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology.

D1: : Applied risk assessment and management.

D2: Epidemiology & Control of Communicable Diseases.

E1: Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases; Genetic Epidemiology; Methods of Vector Control (recommended modules).

E2: Advanced Statistical Methods in Veterinary Epidemiology.

Project Report

Following the written exams in June students will have a period of about two months in which to complete a project on a topic in veterinary epidemiology. Less