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Virginia Tech

PHS-5026: Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Public Health

Description: 5025: Investigation and analysis of dynamics and determinants of disease in communities and populations. Philosophy, assessment, and application of public health science, ethics, study design, data analysis, and epidemiologic measures. 5026: Basic ideas, methods, and measures of epidemiology. Statistical knowledge and skills to analyze and interpret data from epidemiologic studies. Introduction to common statistical packages. Evaluation of scientific evidence from literature. Identify and minimize major potential sources of error in epidemiologic studies. Pre: Graduate standing for 5025.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHS-5025

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.72 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 65.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Patrick O Pithua202378.1%20.6%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.729
Nicole M Holt202491.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.672
Corrine W Ruktanonchai202494.3%2.9%0.0%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.851

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Summer II 2019Fall 2019Summer I 2020Fall 2020Summer I 2021Fall 2021Summer I 2022Fall 2022Summer I 2023Fall 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W