NURS 515 - Epidemiology

3 Hour(s) Credit
Focuses on epidemiology as the basic science of disease prevention and the role of epidemiology in public health clinical practice and the evaluation of public policy. Provides an introduction to epidemiology and the epidemiologic approach to problems of health and disease. The basic principles and methods of epidemiology are presented together with its applications to public health and clinical medicine.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites Admission to a graduate program or permission of instructor.