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====== Master of Science in Public Health (Parasitology) ======

| [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] |
| [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] |
| [[#admission_requirements|Admission Requirements]] |
| [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] |
| [[#summary_of_credit_units|Summary of Credit Units]] |
| [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] |
| [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] |

The Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) Parasitology is a research-intensive graduate program designed to develop experts in medical and public health parasitology who can address parasitic diseases of national and global importance through innovative diagnostics, epidemiology, and integrated control strategies. The program integrates classical parasitology, molecular and immunodiagnostics, epidemiology, and One Health approaches, equipping graduates with competencies in laboratory diagnostics, disease surveillance, transmission dynamics, zoonotic interface research, and evidence-based public health interventions.\\
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==== Date of BOR Approval (Institution) ====
1966\\
== Date of Latest Revision ==
1989\\
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==== Program Learning Outcomes ====
Graduates of the Master of Science in Public Health (Parasitology) are expected to: 
  - design, implement, and evaluate public health programs;
  - design, implement, and use research findings for policy development and institution building;
  - employ statistical techniques in analyzing and interpreting public health and medical data;
  - implement appropriate health promotion and education strategies in addressing public health issues;
  - practice interprofessional collaboration in public health service while adhering to professional, social, and ethical standards; 
  - effectively use Filipino and English communication skills in both oral and written form;
  - exemplify positive Filipino values (e.g., damayan, bayanihan, hospitality, compassion) in the conduct of public health practice;
  - provide technical services related to medical parasitology; and
  - select appropriate laboratory procedures for the determination of parasitological diseases.
==== Admission Requirements ====
  - Must fulfill the general admission requirements of the National Graduate Office of UP Manila
  - Good scholastic record from any recognized institution of higher learning
  - Must be graduates of approved schools of medicine and/or allied professions or have at least a baccalaureate degree in the biological sciences
  - Approval of the applicant’s qualification for graduate work in Parasitology by the faculty of the Department of Parasitology

==== Graduation Requirements ====
  - Residency of at least one full academic year immediately prior to granting of the degree
  - Completion of a minimum of 40 units
  - GWA of 2.00 or better in major courses and in all courses taken, provided there is no grade of 5.00 in any subject
  - Satisfactory completion and submission of 6 bound copies of a master’s thesis

=== Summary of Credit Units ===
^  Category  ^  Credit Units  ^
| Core/Professional Courses | 6.0 |
| Major Courses | 16.0 |
| Other Required Course | 2.0 |
| Elective | 6.0 |
| Thesis | 6.0 |
| Total | 40.0 |

=== Curriculum Checklist ===
^  First Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Biostat 201 | 3.0 | Para 207 | 2.0 |
| Epi 201 | 3.0 | Para 210 | 2.0 |
| Para 201 | 2.0 | Para 211 | 2.0 |
| Para 202 | 2.0 | Biostat 206 | 2.0 |
| Para 203 | 2.0 | Elective 1 | 2.0 |
| Para 204 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Total | 14.0 | Total | 10.0 |

^  Second Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Para 297.1 | 1.0 | Thesis | 6.0 |
| Para 297.2 | 1.0 |  |  |
| Cognate 1 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Cognate 2 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Elective 2 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Elective 3 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Total | 10.0 | Total | 6.0 |

=== Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites ===
==== Major Courses ====
**Course Code:** Para 201\\
**Course Title:** Public Health Parasitology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Parasites of medical and public health importance - their host and environmental relationships and control\\
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**Course Code:** Para 202\\
**Course Title:** Medical Protozoology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 201 or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The relationship of parasitic protozoans to their human host and his environment\\
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**Course Code:** Para 203\\
**Course Title:** Medical Helminthology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 201 or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The relationship of parasitic helminths to their human host and his environment\\
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**Course Code:** Para 204\\
**Course Title:** Medical Entomology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 201 or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Arthropods of medical and public health importance in the Philippines\\
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**Course Code:** Para 207\\
**Course Title:** Immunology of Parasitic Infections\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 202, Para 203, or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Immunologic principles and techniques applied to parasitic infections\\
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**Course Code:** Para 210\\
**Course Title:** Diagnostic Parasitology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** Para 202, Para 203 and Para 204\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Practicum in the diagnosis of parasitic infections\\
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**Course Code:** Para 211\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Systematics of Helminths\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 203\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Taxonomic considerations in helminthology\\
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**Course Code:** Para 297.1\\
**Course Title:** Seminars in Parasitology I\\
**Credit Unit:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** All other major Para courses or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Oral and written reports on advances in Parasitology\\
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**Course Code:** Para 297.2\\
**Course Title:** Seminars in Parasitology II\\
**Credit Unit:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** All other major Para courses or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Written and oral presentation of a review of advances in a certain topic in Parasitology\\
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==== Core Courses ====
**Course Code:** Biostat 201\\
**Course Title:** Fundamentals of Biostatistics\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Collection, presentation and elementary analysis of data\\
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**Course Code:** Epi 201\\
**Course Title:** Principles of Epidemiology\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Biostat 201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Ecology of human diseases and epidemiologic methods\\
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==== Another Required Course ====
**Credit Units:** 2.0 (16 hours lecture, 32 hours laboratory)\\
**Pre-requisite:** Biostat 201 and Epi 201 or their equivalent\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles of field investigation; sampling methods in the study of health problems of human populations\\
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==== Cognates ====
**Course Code:** Biostat 202\\
**Course Title:** Fundamentals of Biostatistics II\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Biostat 201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Further treatment of frequency distributions and sampling variation; least squares, correlation, linear and curvilinear regression\\
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**Course Code:** Micro 201\\
**Course Title:** Public Health Microbiology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The biology of pathogenic microbes (bacteria, rickettsiae, viruses and fungi); principles of parasitism; host-microbe interactions\\
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**Course Code:** EH 202\\
**Course Title:** Environmental Health Practice\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Problems of water supply and waste disposal, milk and food sanitation, solid waste management, control of vectors of diseases, atmospheric pollution control, radiological health, housing and emergency sanitation. Practice is provided in conducting community sanitary surveys and inspection.\\
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==== Electives ====
**Course Code:** Para 205\\
**Course Title:** Applied Medical and Public Health Entomology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 204\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Laboratory and field research methods employed in the study of arthropods of major importance\\
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**Course Code:** Para 208\\
**Course Title:** Molecular Parasitology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 207 or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Theory and application of chemical, immunological and molecular biology techniques in experimental Parasitology\\
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**Course Code:** Para 209\\
**Course Title:** Medical Malacology\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 203\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The biology and ecology of medically important mollusks\\
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**Course Code:** Para 212\\
**Course Title:** Parasitic Zoonoses\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 201 or consent of instructor\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Parasites of zoonotic importance\\
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**Course Code:** Para 213\\
**Course Title:** Ecology and Control of Major Arthropod Vectors\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Para 204\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Taxonomy, biology, and control of vectors of malaria, filariasis, dengue/ DHF, Japanese B encephalitis and other selected arthropods\\
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**Course Code:** Para 299\\
**Course Title:** Special Studies and Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Consent of adviser\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Research on a problem in parasitology. Time and credit to be arranged with the adviser.\\
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