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Health Sciences
Description: This core graduate course in the public health curriculum considers the meaning, scope, and applications of epidemiology to the practice of public health. This course will provide you with an understanding of the basic methods and tools used by epidemiologists to study population health. Rather than a course for graduates who would work as an epidemiologist, this course focuses on your ability to understand the language of epidemiology and the basic concepts, be able to interpret epidemiologic findings critically and communicate them to colleagues who are not public health specialists, and to be able to navigate data sources. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2024
Prerequisite: Graduate Status. Corequisite: HS 503
Health Sciences
Term : Summer 2022
Catalog Year : 2021-2022
HS 612 - Public Health Epidemiology
Description: This core graduate course in the public health curriculum considers the meaning, scope, and applications of epidemiology to the practice of public health. This course will provide you with an understanding of the basic methods and tools used by epidemiologists to study population health. Rather than a course for graduates who would work as an epidemiologist, this course focuses on your ability to understand the language of epidemiology and the basic concepts, be able to interpret epidemiologic findings critically and communicate them to colleagues who are not public health specialists, and to be able to navigate data sources. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2024
Prerequisite: Graduate Status. Corequisite: HS 503