BIOL 428 - Culture,Health,and Disease:Foundations of Epidemiology

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Vanguard University of Southern California

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Prerequisites: ANTH 102, ANTH 320 and/or ANTH 440; NSCI 210C, KINE 145C, KINE 146C BIOL 204 helpful but not required. This course surveys disease investigation, the uses of epidemiological methods and research, against the back drop of the biology of diseases, human cultural diversity, environmental diversity, and health-seeking or health-thwarting behaviors of population groups. The relationships of human behaviors, social and ecological conditions, mental and ideological states as these impact health and illness are explored. Transmissible diseases are especially targeted for investigation.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vanguard.edu

Phone Number:

(714) 556-3610

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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