Foundations for Epidemiology and Biostatics

Catalog description

This course builds foundational skills that you will utilize as you work towards your degree. It consists of three modules. The Basic Math section covers basic math components that are utilized within the topics of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The Biostatistics section covers fundamental statistical concepts that will help prepare you for Biostatistics. The final section looks at fundamental concepts that will help prepare you for Epidemiology. Both Epidemiology and Biostatistics, as well as other methodology courses in the curriculum, are fields that use samples from the population to look for trends, relationships, and associations. Findings are then used to make inferences about the population from which the sample was taken. The skills offered in this course provide a refresher of the basic knowledge needed to succeed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and other courses are you complete your degree.