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3.00 Credits
This course will be a basic introduction to statistics as used in the field of public health. Students will learn basic descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, basic rules of probability spaces, binomial and normal probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing. In addition, students will learn how to use a computer program to analyze data. Only one of H Sph 322 and H Epi 322 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Mat 108.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on how health promotion strategies influence healthy behaviors, healthy people, and healthy communities. Current public health issues will guide us in examining key health promotion concepts, health concerns at different ages, and the causes of different health behaviors. Health inequalities and mass media's role will also be highlighted.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to everyday realities of the U.S. health care system related to current issues like health care quality, access to care, the uninsured, patient safety, health care inflation, prescription drugs, physician-patient interaction, use of health care technology, and end-of-life care. The course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the various actors, stakeholder interactions, and functions of the U.S. health care system, through a case-based approach interweaving real world events, practice experience, and research about those events.
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3.00 Credits
The course will focus on examining how entertainment media, including the Internet, influences health behavior, including topics such as tobacco use, obesity, and violence. The course will also look at the role that advertising has on health, and discuss how the media can be used to educate people about healthy behavior.
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3.00 Credits
Economics concepts are used to explain the nature of demand and supply in the health care field. The behavior of consumers and health care providers is examined from an economic perspective. Areas of market failures and the rationale for government intervention are also described. Only one of H Sph 381, H Hpm 381, or A Eco 381?may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Eco 300 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised placement in a public health agency or organization. Provides practical experience to engage the student in the application of public health principles discussed in the classroom. Limited to qualified students in the public health major. Prerequisite(s): Open only to seniors. At least 9 credits of public health major core coursework, including H Sph 201 and H Epi/H Sph 231. Permission of instructor required. G.P.A. of 3.0 or above.
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3.00 Credits
The relation between people with disabilities and computers. Lectures, tutorials, and laboratory will deal with topics such as how computers may be used by persons with disabilities, assistive devices, software, and applications such as word processing, database inquiries, spreadsheets, and telecommunications. For students with disabilities and for professionals who teach and assist people with disabilities.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the principles and practice of problem solving with computer programming through flowcharting, pseudo-code and ultimately the use of a general purpose programming language such as?Visual Basic.NET. Concepts introduced include algorithms, arrays, files, structured programming, top-down design and objects. Course also includes brief introductions to computer and network technology, applications, and architecture from both a historical and modern perspectives. Student may take both B Itm 215 and I Csi 101 for credit, if both courses were taken in Fall 2003 or thereafter.
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3.00 Credits
Theory and practice of general purpose microcomputer software systems such as spreadsheet and relational database packages. Query languages for database access. Word processing with emphasis on spelling and grammar checking. Normally offered spring semester only.
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3.00 Credits
Each offering of this course will address one or more topics that are germane to the use of computers in every day life. The main emphasis of this course will be on the use of available software packages. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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