Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Preparation: one full biological sciences course. Limited to nonmajors. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 120. Introductory course to provide qualified undergraduate students with broad and comprehensive overview of concepts of epidemiology including evaluating public health problems in terms of magnitude, person, time and place; critiquing epidemiologic studies; identifying and accessing key sources of data for epidemiologic assessment; using epidemiologic methods and calculating basic epidemiology measures for operational purposes; and communicating basic principles of epidemiology such as definitions of populations, sources of bias, causation for morbidity and mortality, risk and protective factors, and basics of study design. Letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
3.3 / 10
Organization
3.3 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
1.7 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 Online
    Grade: A-

    Least favorite class I took as a public health minor; Heck clearly has another job that she values over this one. Asychronous format made it feel super impersonal, and unfortunately made an interesting topic a drag of a class. Further, grading is super unclear

Course

Instructor
Heck, J.E. et al.
Previously taught
22W

Grading Information

  • Has a group project

  • Attendance required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

  • 100% recommend the textbook

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