PBH 250 - Public Health Methods

This course will focus on introducing fundamentals of methods used in modern public health research and practice. Through a variety of approaches to formal and experiential learning, you will develop your skills and knowledge in several core concept areas of public health methods: quantitative health data analysis, health surveys, policy analysis, environmental health risk assessment, qualitative data analysis, and health communications. One class per week (on average) will be a “workshop class”, in which you and your classmates will break out into groups to evaluate current topics and issues in public health using different methodological approaches.

Satisfies an interdisci[plinary minor reuqirement in Public Health.
Satisfies a requirement in the Communication Studies interdisciplinary major and minor.

Prerequisites & Notes
PBH 110 “Introduction to Public Health” or PBH 292 “Introduction to Epidemiology”