UNC  Department of Epidemiology
			EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
			Course schedule,  Spring 2002
Date	Day	Time	Activity		Topic
1/8	Tue				First day of classes (no EPID 160)
1/9	Wed				No class
1/14	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	I.	Orientation and introduction
1/14	Mon	pm	Labs		Disease outbreak in a community
1/16	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Disease outbreak in a community
1/21	Mon	4:00pm	Holiday		Martin Luther King Day
1/21	Mon	pm	Holiday
1/23	Wed	am&pm	No class		No class
1/28	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	II.	Population perspective; standardization
1/28	Mon	pm	Labs		Population perspective
1/30	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Population perspective
2/4	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	III.	Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
2/4	Mon	pm	Labs		Incidence and prevalence
2/6	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Incidence and prevalence
2/11	Mon				1st Examination available on course web site
2/11	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	IV.	Disease natural history; population screening
2/11	Mon	pm	Labs		Population screening
2/13	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Population screening
2/18	This week				1st Peer Evaluation due
2/18	This week				1st TA Evaluation (of students) due
2/18	This week				1st Student Evaluation (of TA) due (web form)
2/18	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	V.	Study designs:  intervention studies
2/18	Mon	pm	Labs		Intervention studies
2/20	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Intervention studies
2/25	Mon				1st Examination DUE at beginning of Lecture
2/25	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	VI.	Study designs:  cohort studies
2/25	Mon	pm	Labs		Cohort studies
2/27	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Cohort studies
3/4	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	VII.	Study designs:  case-control studies
3/4	Mon	pm	Labs		Case-control studies
3/6	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Case-control studies
3/11	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture		Spring Break! - no class
3/11	Mon	pm	Labs		Spring Break! - no class
3/13	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Spring Break! - no class
3/18	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	VIII.	Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
3/18	Mon	pm	Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
3/20	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
3/25	Mon				2nd Examination available on course web site
3/25	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	IX.	Error:  Selection bias
3/25	Mon	pm	Labs		Selection bias
3/27	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Selection bias
4/1	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	X.	Error:  Information bias
4/1	Mon	pm	Labs		Information bias
4/3	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Information bias
4/8	Mon				2nd Examination DUE at the beginning of Lecture
4/8	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	XI.	Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives)
4/8	Mon	pm	Labs		Confounding
4/10	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Confounding
4/15	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture		Multicausality: Confounding
4/15	Mon	pm	Labs	XII.	Final paper
4/17	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Final paper
4/22	This week				2nd Peer Evaluation due
4/22	This week				2nd TA Evaluation (of students) due
4/22	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/22	Mon	pm	Labs		Causal inference
4/24	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Causal inference
4/29	Mon				Final papers DUE
4/29	Mon	4:00pm	Lecture	XIV.	Role of epidemiology in public health
4/29	Mon	pm	Labs		Disease outbreak in a hospital
5/1	Wed	am&pm	Labs		Disease outbreak in a hospital
						rev. 1/8/2002