Online Certificate
The Online Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases is designed with working professionals in mind.
What You’ll Learn
The Online Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases is a 12-credit certificate program focusing on critical concepts of biological threats to health security. The curriculum covers classic biological threat agents as well as the future of global health security, bioterrorism, homeland security, and preparedness and response to CBRNE threats. Graduates of our program are employed in both public health and security-focused positions across government, academia, and private sector organizations.
Our certificate program provides full-time working professionals an opportunity to build their knowledge-base on emerging threats across the biological, chemical, and nuclear security spheres. Students will graduate with an official Georgetown Certificate as well as a transcript from Georgetown University. Credits earned from the certificate can be applied to the master’s program in Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases and PhD program in Microbiology & Immunology.
Certificate Requirements
List of core & elective courses for the degree program can be found here.
Application Process
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Why a degree in biodefense?
Global communication and transportation systems have evolved to a point where communicable diseases can rapidly disseminate around the world. This ever-evolving landscape requires an interdisciplinary approach and a workforce for global health security and biodefense.