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HNFE-3634: Epidemiologic Concepts of Health and Disease

Description: Designed to give students in the health sciences a basic understanding of the modern concepts regarding health and disease as well as skills in organizing epidemiological data, disease investigation and surveillance. Includes a survey of terms, concepts, and principles pertinent to epidemiology. Lifestyles of populations and the relationships between lifestyles and health status are studied. II.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: PHS-3634

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.64 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 56.64%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.71%

Corrine W Ruktanonchai202480.9%14.6%3.5%0.4%0.5%0.0%3.745
Rachel A Silverman202175.8%21.3%1.9%0.0%0.0%1.0%3.683
Pamela A Ray202047.1%43.4%5.8%0.0%1.9%1.9%3.353
Audrey Ruple202290.2%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.821

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W