Athens State Graduates

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

HPE 450 Intro to Epidemiology

(Also listed as HWM 450) Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of disease and other health events in a population. This course will discuss the general field of epidemiology, but will focus on behavioral epidemiology, specifically the field of physical activity epidemiology. Students in this course will learn how the methods of epidemiology are being used to scientifically confirm that physical inactivity is a burden on public health and what can be done about it.

Credits

3