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FST-4634: Epidemiology Foodborne Disease

Description: Overview of causes, transmission, and epidemiology of major environmental, food, and water borne diseases. Outbreak and sporadic detection, source tracking and control of pathogens. Overview of the impact of foodborne outbreaks on regulatory activities at the national and international level. Corequisite: Enrollment in either FST 3604 or BIOL 4674.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: BIOL-4674, FST-3604

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 2.70 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 5.53%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.55%

Monica A Ponder202311.2%54.6%20.6%7.5%2.6%3.5%2.706

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