Epidemiology and Public Hlth

Catalog description

This Epidemiology and Public Health course will introduce students to basic content and skills from the public health related disciplines of epidemiology, environmental health sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and health policy and management. Concepts that will be covered include: historical foundations of epidemiologic research, measures of disease frequency, standardization, study design, measures of effect, screening, and causality. Students will practice application of the core content and skills in case based exercises and scenarios.