EXS 3306 - Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Credits: 3 hrs

This course introduces students the basic principles, concepts, methods, and measures of public health epidemiology. Students will learn the biological, sociocultural and environmental factors associated with the distrubution of health and disease; causality; study design; disease surveillance and outbreak investigations; and policy implications that arise from epidemiologic research. (approved by ASCC September 18, 2018)
Pre-requisite(s): A statistcal analysis course (EXS 2310 or equivalent), BIO 1305 - Human Heredity, Genetics and Society or BIO 1313 - General Biology I or BIO 1340 - Human Biology and Disease or BIO 2304 - Scientific Investigation of Diseases or BIO 2311 - Anatomy and Physiology I.