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CHS 713 - Epidemiology III

(3 units)
Designed to provide a theoretical foundation and the practical tools necessary for addressing challenges to causal inference in epidemiological research.

Prerequisite(s): A master of Public Health (MPH) or related degree.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. critically evaluate and synthesize scientific literature.
2. evaluate, justify, and apply appropriate methodological and analytical approaches to address public health research questions.
3. interpret results from statistical analyses of epidemiologic studies.
4. justify and apply statistical theory and methodology in public health and medical research.
5. construct and evaluate models for causal inference and demonstrate their practical application to epidemiologic data.
6. demonstrate theoretical knowledge of systematic error through the use of and application of directed acyclic graphs.


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