Schedule
Tue-Thu, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/11/2010 - 4/23/2010) Location: MAIN EAST 110
Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (1/11/2010 - 4/23/2010) Location: MAIN EAST 110
Description
This course is designed to give the student a sound educational foundation in the issues of public health. The core curriculum consists of basic public health topics: historical perspective of public health; the purpose, structure, and function of public health organizations; injuries as a community health problem; safety and health in the workplace; environmental factors in disease transmission and inhibition of disease; epidemiology; food and environmental microbiology; social determinants of health and health disparities.
Prerequisite(s): BASC 5204 Physiology I; BASC 5205 Microbiology/Immunology