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3.77

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This course will provide the student with an introduction to epidemiology - the study of the distribution and determinants of health status. This course focuses on application of epidemiologic descriptive and analytic study as it relates to the distribution and determinants of health status. Topics will include the scope and history of epidemiology, basic quantitative methods and measures used in the field, and an introduction to the design and implementation of epidemiological studies. The course will also include the examination of cases from infectious disease, various forms of applied epidemiology (e.g., clinical and field epidemiology), surveillance/screening tests, types of epidemiological studies, concepts of disease transmission, and causality. Prerequisites: At least one undergraduate or graduate level statistics course. Permission of department required.

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