Fundamentals of Epidemiology

3 credits · Graduate Programs

Principles and methods of descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Emphasizes the underlying concepts and approaches of epidemiological research and critical appraisal of epidemiologic studies including: observational study designs and their vulnerabilities to bias, measures of frequency and association, basic methods for addressing sampling variability, confounding, and effect modification. Concepts related to causal judgment in epidemiology are also introduced. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community Health Sciences graduate program or Public Health and Preventative Medicine program, or Mathematics and Statistics graduate program (Biostatistics specialization). Corequisite(s): Community Health Sciences 610 (except for graduate students in the Community Health Sciences or Mathematics and Statistics graduate programs with a specialization in Biostatistics). Antirequisite(s): Credit for Community Health Sciences 640 and either Medical Science 647.01 (Fundamentals Of Epidemiology) or Veterinary Medicine 640 will not be allowed.