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2025-2026 Catalog

HBIO 330 - Introduction to Epidemiology (PHS)

Credit Hours: 3

A study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in populations with a view toward identifying the etiology of diseases. Includes fundamental strategies for epidemiological research, the framework for assessing valid statistical associations and making judgments of causality, measures of disease frequency and association, detailed discussions of the various types of study designs, analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data, and methods for the evaluation and control of chance, bias and confounding in assessing the presence of a valid statistical association. Biology majors may only apply one PHS course as a biology elective.