Epidemiology

Catalog description

This course provides a graduate level study of epidemiologic concepts and approaches to population problems in public health. This course covers applications of epidemiologic methods and procedures to the study of the distribution and determinants of health and diseases, morbidity, injuries, disability, and mortality in populations. The course is intended to enable students to become informed and intelligent consumers of epidemiologic literature and to provide a basis for further studies and careers in public health sciences and other related fields. Students need to be enrolled in the MPH program or receive permission from instructor.