Course Catalog » Global Health Sciences 202F

Subject: Global Health Sciences
Course Number: 202F
Course Title: Strategic Information in Global Health
Units: 2
School: Global Health
Department: Global Health Sciences

Course Description: This course will cover the following topics: use of surveillance and programmatic data for estimating burden of disease and trends in disease; sampling and estimating size of hard-to-reach populations (e.g., respondent-driven sampling, time-location sampling, capture-recapture); data synthesis and triangulation; monitoring and evaluation.
Prerequisites: None
Restrictions: Enrollment in MS in Global Health, unless expressly given permission by the course director and MS Program Director. Masters in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Engineering students will be given priority for any additional spaces. Approval by course director and both program directors is required. GHS program dates differ from the UCSF Academic Calendar. Refer to the GHS MS calendar at http://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/education/masters-program/about-program/academic-calendar
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Seminar, Student - Lecture, Student - Seminar

Instructor of Record: A. Mirzazadeh
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Winter
Course Grading Convention: Letter Grade
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No