Curriculum
Courses are taught in 10-week terms, following Drexel University's academic calendar. The curriculum includes:
Course Descriptions
PBHL-701 Introduction to Descriptive Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Focuses on epidemiology and biostatistics concepts and methods needed to conduct public health research and practice. Covers epidemiology as a methodology for thinking about and designing research to address basic questions of interest in health and medicine and to address specific hypotheses regarding risk factors. Students will understand the science concerned with the occurrence, distribution, and causality of diseases and other health-related conditions in the world. Biostatistics concepts and methods to be covered include techniques for describing and summarizing observations, for assessing associations among variables, and for determining the extent to which chance may be explaining and/or influencing the observed results.
PBHL-702 Introduction to Analytic Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Introduction to the basic methods and skills of two core disciplines of public health; Biostatistics and Epidemiology. This course provides opportunities to apply statistical and epidemiological methods in a more advanced and integrated way, to further understand causes of and possible solutions for public health problems. Key biostatistical methods and epidemiological concepts covered during course include types of rates, rate calculations, rate adjustments, data display and interpretation, two-way ANOVA and Kaplan Meier survival curves. In addition, survey methodology, questionnaire design, data collection, sampling methods and sample size are critical areas of focus.
PBHL-703 Design and analysis of Epidemiological Studies
Demonstrates the applicability of the approaches from descriptive and analytical methods in biostatistics and epidemiology courses to real world problems. The course will provide the student with the opportunity to use the methods in an area of their choice.
