QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Gain the fundamental principles of epidemiology and biostatistics with an emphasis on those elements most relevant to applied public health practice. Provides training in epidemiology and biostatistical theory and methods through applied case examples that blend epidemiology principles with foundational statistical knowledge needed to collect and analyze public health data.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand methods to describe patterns of health and disease according to person, place, and time. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply techniques to analyze data from a variety of sources to determine how risk factors are related to health outcomes. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify the features of epidemiologic and biostatistical study designs, and describe their strengths and limitations in public health research and practice. Audience: Graduate 4. Read and critically review scientific and public health literature and interpret findings to inform public health research, intervention, and practice. Audience: Graduate 5. Link biostatistics, epidemiology and public health as data is collected and distributed to individuals and diverse population groups. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify ways in which biostatistical and epidemiologic techniques relate more broadly to the practice of public health and population health sciences. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand methods to describe patterns of health and disease according to person, place, and time. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply techniques to analyze data from a variety of sources to determine how risk factors are related to health outcomes. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify the features of epidemiologic and biostatistical study designs, and describe their strengths and limitations in public health research and practice. Audience: Graduate 4. Read and critically review scientific and public health literature and interpret findings to inform public health research, intervention, and practice. Audience: Graduate 5. Link biostatistics, epidemiology and public health as data is collected and distributed to individuals and diverse population groups. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify ways in which biostatistical and epidemiologic techniques relate more broadly to the practice of public health and population health sciences. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027