2025 Fall
PBHLTH 250BW 001 - WBL 001
Formerly Public Health W250B
Epidemiologic Methods II
Andrew N Mertens
Aug 25, 2025 - Dec 14, 2025
12:00 am
Internet/Online
Class #:31967
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Online
Offered through
School of Public Health
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
2
Enrolled: 33
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 35
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Online On-Campus Master of Public Health Students
Hours & Workload
2 hours of web-based or technologically-mediated activities replacing standard lectures (effective fall 2006) per week, 2 hours of web-based or technologically-mediated activities replacing standard discussion sections (effective fall 2006) per week, and 10 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This course is an intermediate level course in epidemiology. It replaces previously approved and delivered courses PHW250F and PHW250G. Topics include causal inference; measurement of disease rates; inferential reasoning; research study designs, ecologic, case-control, cohort, intervention trials, meta-analytic designs; potential sources of bias, confounding, effect modification in research design are explored in depth; topics in clinical epidemiology, likelihood ratios, receiver operator curves, the sensitivity, specificity, predictive value of a test; brief introduction to logistic regression and survival analysis. Topics are covered at a advanced level than PH250A or PHW250. Readings from this course provide a firm foundation for PH250C.
Class Notes
On-Campus/Online Master of Public Health (OOMPH): Students have priority enrollment, no permission number needed.
Graduate (Non-OOMPH): Students must complete the OOMPH Tutorial (one-time requirement) prior to requesting a permission number. For more information and instructions, visit.. show more
Graduate (Non-OOMPH): Students must complete the OOMPH Tutorial (one-time requirement) prior to requesting a permission number. For more information and instructions, visit.. show more
On-Campus/Online Master of Public Health (OOMPH): Students have priority enrollment, no permission number needed.
Graduate (Non-OOMPH): Students must complete the OOMPH Tutorial (one-time requirement) prior to requesting a permission number. For more information and instructions, visit: https://onlinemph.berkeley.edu/academic-planning/academics/new-to-online-learning/
Undergraduate: This course is not open to undergraduate students. If you are a declared Public Health major and have concerns, reach out to your undergraduate advisor.
Course Syllabus can be found at: https://onlinemph.berkeley.edu/academic-planning/academics/course-catalog/ show less
Graduate (Non-OOMPH): Students must complete the OOMPH Tutorial (one-time requirement) prior to requesting a permission number. For more information and instructions, visit: https://onlinemph.berkeley.edu/academic-planning/academics/new-to-online-learning/
Undergraduate: This course is not open to undergraduate students. If you are a declared Public Health major and have concerns, reach out to your undergraduate advisor.
Course Syllabus can be found at: https://onlinemph.berkeley.edu/academic-planning/academics/course-catalog/ show less
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for PB HLTH W250B after completing PB HLTH 250B. A deficient grade in PB HLTH W250B may be removed by taking PB HLTH 250B.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Online On-Campus Master of Public Health Students
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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