This introductory graduate-level course presents the principles and methods of epidemiology, including descriptive and analytic approaches to assessing the distributions of health, disease, and injury in populations and factors that influence those distributions. The emphasis is on developing an understanding of concepts, rather than quantitative methods, although calculations are involved. Through the combination of lectures, readings, critical review of papers, and problem sets, students without prior coursework in epidemiology will acquire the core competencies in epidemiology expected of all MPH graduates.

Undergraduates can email epi_div@berkeley.edu for a permission code to enroll in this 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.

Credit Restrictions

Students will receive no credit for PB HLTH N250A after completing PB HLTH 250A, PB HLTH W250, or PB HLTH N250A. A deficient grade in PB HLTH N250A may be removed by taking PB HLTH 250A, PB HLTH W250, or PB HLTH N250A.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.