PH 302 Epidemiology
Prerequisite: PH 205 (can be taken simultaneously) or Permission of Instructor
Epidemiology is the basic science of public health. It is a tool used identify the determinants of defects, disease and injury in human populations and provide a means of assessing the magnitude of public health problems and the success of interventions designed to control them. Epidemiology is universally regarded as a discipline that is essential for understanding and solving public health problems. It requires students to develop the capacity to organize, analyze, interpret and communicate knowledge (and data) in an applied manner. It also requires an understanding of the biological, behavioral, sociocultural and environmental factors associated with the etiology and distribution of health and disease. Topics covered in this course include: basic principles of epidemiology; measures of disease frequency; epidemiologic study designs: experimental and observational; bias; confounding; outbreak investigations; screening; causality; and ethical issues in epidemiologic research. In addition, students will develop skills to read, interpret and evaluate health information from published epidemiologic studies.
Offered
Fall Semester