FMPH department

FMPH 101. Epidemiology (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/FMPH.html#fmph101

Description

This course covers the basic principles of epidemiology, with applications to investigations of noninfectious (“chronic”) and infectious diseases. Explores various study designs appropriate for disease surveillance and studies of etiology and prevention. Must be taken for a letter grade to be applied to the public health major. Renumbered from FPMU 101. Students may not receive credit for FMPH 101 and either FPMU 101 or FPMU 101A. Prerequisites: FMPH 40, PSYC 60 or MATH 11 or COGS 14B, and upper-division standing.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

FMPH 101 is a prerequisite of the following 5 courses:

• FMPH 130
• FMPH 171
• FMPH 193
• FMPH 194
• FMPH 196A