UNC  Department of Epidemiology
EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Classroom edition, Fall 2004
Date	Day	Time		Activity		Topic
8/24	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	I.	Orientation and introduction
8/24	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Outbreak investigation #1
8/25	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Outbreak investigation #1
8/31	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	II.	Studying populations
8/31	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Studying populations
9/1	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Studying populations
9/7	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	III.	Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
9/7	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
9/8	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
9/14	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IV.	Disease natural history; population screening
9/14	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Population screening
9/15	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Population screening
9/21	Tue					1st Examination available on course web site
9/21	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	V.	Study designs:  intervention studies
9/21	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
9/22	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
9/28	This week					1st Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/28	This week					1st TA Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/28	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VI.	Study designs:  cohort studies
9/28	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
9/29	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
10/1	Fri					1st Student Evaluation (by TA) due
10/4	Mon					1st Examination DUE (submit via webform)
10/5	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VII.	Study designs:  case-control studies
10/5	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
10/6	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
10/12	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VIII.	Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
10/12	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
10/13	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies (Fall break begins at 5:00pm)
10/19	Tue					2nd Examination available on course web site
10/19	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IX.	Error:  Selection bias
10/19	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Selection bias
10/20	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Selection bias
10/26	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	X.	Error:  Information bias [Vic has Jury Duty]
10/26	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Information bias
10/27	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Information bias
11/1	Mon					2nd Examination DUE (submit via webform)
11/2	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XI.	Multicausality: Confounding
11/2	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Final paper
11/3	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Final paper
11/9	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XII.	Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives) [APHA]
11/9	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Confounding
11/10	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Confounding
11/16	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/16	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
11/17	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
11/22	Mon					Final papers DUE (submit via webform)
11/23	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/23	Tue	5:00pm				Thanksgiving Holiday early - no lab
11/24	Wed	4:00pm				Thanksgiving Holiday - no lab
11/30	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIV.	Role of epidemiology in public health
11/30	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
12/1	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
12/3	Fri					2nd Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
						rev. 8/28/2004