Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline
	The Johns Hopkins University Proposal	Post Baccalaureate Certificate (P.B.C.)	Infectious Disease Dynamics, Analytics and Modeling	6/21/2025
Infectious Disease Dynamics, Analytics and Modeling Program Description
The Johns Hopkins University is proposing a stand-alone Post Baccalaureate Certificate (P.B.C.) in Infectious Disease Dynamics Analytics and Modeling this will include the following learning objectives: <br> <br>1. Describe the observed epidemiological patterns for important infectious diseases around the world and their biological, sociological, and environmental drivers; <br> <br>2. Understand the predominant methods of infectious disease control and the pathogens to which they apply; <br> <br>3. Be familiar with the metrics used to quantify disease transmissibility and the methods used to estimate; <br> <br>4. Translate biological, epidemiological, and medical features of an infectious disease into a mechanistic mathematical models; <br> <br>5. Develop and apply statistical methods to estimate model parameters and predict disease spread or outcomes; <br> <br>6. Understand the different types of infectious disease models (e.g. mathematical vs statistical, stochastic vs deterministic, well-mixed vs network) and the different uses of models (e.g. inference vs forecasting vs scenario projection); <br> <br>7. Understand the common challenges of real-world infectious disease data and methods to deal with data limitations; <br> <br>8. Critically evaluate infectious disease models in the scientific literature; <br> <br>9. Communicate the results of models - including their critical assumptions and uncertainty – to both technical and non-technical audiences.