UNC  Department of Epidemiology
EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Classroom edition, Fall 2003
Date	Day	Time		Activity		Topic
8/26	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	I.	Orientation and introduction
8/26	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
8/27	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
9/2	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	II.	The population perspective
9/2	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Population perspective
9/3	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Population perspective
9/9	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	III.	Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
9/9	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
9/10	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
9/16	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IV.	Disease natural history; population screening
9/16	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Population screening
9/17	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Population screening
9/23	Tue					1st Examination available on course web site
9/23	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	V.	Study designs:  intervention studies
9/23	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
9/24	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
9/30	This week					1st Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/30	This week					1st TA Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/30	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VI.	Study designs:  cohort studies
9/30	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
10/1	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
10/3	Fri					1st Student Evaluation (by TA) due
10/7	Tue					1st Examination DUE at beginning of Lecture
10/7	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VII.	Study designs:  case-control studies
10/7	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
10/8	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
10/14	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VIII.	Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
10/14	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
10/15	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
10/21	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IX.	Error:  Selection bias
10/21	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Selection bias
10/22	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Selection bias (Fall break begins at 5:00pm)
10/28	Tue					2nd Examination available on course web site
10/28	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	X.	Error:  Information bias
10/28	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Information bias
10/29	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Information bias
11/4	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XI.	Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives)
11/4	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Final paper
11/5	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Final paper
11/11	Tue					2nd Examination DUE at the beginning of Lecture
11/11	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XII.	Multicausality: Confounding
11/11	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Confounding
11/12	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Confounding
11/18	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/18	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
11/19	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
11/25	Tue					Final papers DUE at the beginning of Lecture
11/25	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/26	Tue	5:00pm				Thanksgiving Holiday early - no lab
11/27	Wed	4:00pm				Thanksgiving Holiday - no lab
12/2	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIV.	Role of epidemiology in public health
12/2	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
12/3	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
						2nd Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
						rev. 8/21/2003