Epidemiology
48 hours
One semester/teaching period
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit provides students with an understanding of the basic principles used within epidemiological research. In addition, students will develop the skills to investigate, analyse and critique various procedures relevant to the fields of epidemiology and the health sciences.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply common statistical concepts to epidemiological and health related scenarios.
- Critique and evaluate health reports
- Apply appropriate methods to report health statistics
- Understand the association between risk factors and disease
- Identify key criteria for the appropriate use and application of cohort and case-control studies
- Apply the principles of research design for the measurement of diseases in health and epidemiological investigations
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Specified Activities Various | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.50 | 12 weeks | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment | Individual | 50% | 2,3,5,6 |
Online Tests | Individual | 10% | 1,3,4,6 |
Test | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Content
- Basic principles and concepts for epidemiology
- Ethical and professional issues in epidemiology
- Measures of morbidity
- Measures of mortality
- Experimental design, bias and confounding
- Diagnostic screening tests
- Randomised clinical trials
- Cohort studies
- Case control studies
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.