3 Credit Hours
Scientists utilize epidemiological methods and concepts for a wide range of health-related phenomena. This course explores a wide range of unique epidemiological applications, including but not limited to: intentional and unintentional injury epidemiology, descriptive epidemiology of screen-based media use, dating violence, pharmacoepidemiology, disaster epidemiology, sewage epidemiology and forensic epidemiology. Additionally, molecular epidemiology and environmental epidemiology will be introduced. Using case studies and evidence-based science, students will have opportunities to delve deeper into these non-traditional epidemiologic topics.

Prerequisites