2024 Summer Session C
8 weeks, June 17 - August 9
PBHLTH 167 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Public Health 177
Applied GIS for Public Health
Charlotte Smith
Jun 17, 2024 - Aug 09, 2024
12:00 am
Internet/Online
Class #:15715
Units:3
Instruction Mode:
Online
Offered through
School of Public Health
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
7
Enrolled: 63
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 70
Waitlist Max: 25
No Reserved Seats
Course Catalog Description
Course is to familiarize students with principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. Course includes assignments aimed & acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy
Class Notes
Class will be online, asynchronous.
This course is part of the Global Public Health Summer Minor; however you do not have to be pursuing the minor to enroll in the course.
This course is part of the Global Public Health Summer Minor; however you do not have to be pursuing the minor to enroll in the course.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for PB HLTH 167 after completing PB HLTH W267. A deficient grade in PB HLTH 167 may be removed by taking PB HLTH W267.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None