| Urban Public Health (UPH) -- Winter Intersession -- January 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GRADUATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Time | Room | Limit | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PH 770.03 | Topics: PH Research & Practice | Battle | five days - see below | 10AM-6PM | Grad Ctr, Rm 6418 | 8 | Basic computer competency. UPH dept permission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PH 770.04 | Visual Media, Technology & Health | Daniels | five days - see below | 10AM-6PM | 68th St, Rm 1001B HN | 14 | Internet familiarity beyond email & basic search engines. Open to UPH matrics or dept permission. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topics in Publich Health Research & Practice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This
intensive and hands-on course will assist students in learning (or better
familiarizing themselves with) basic statistical procedures and SPSS. The class will meet in a computer lab and
students will work with a large dataset. Basic procedures covered will be:
descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square, sampling, factor analysis,
reliability, analysis of variance (ANOVA) with appropriate posthoc, measures
of association, and multiple regression. SPSS will be integrated throughout
the course. By the end of the course, the student should be able to assess a
research question, decide the appropriate statistical test, perform it,
interpret the output, and then orally and in written form present it to a
non-quantitative audience. Course Requirements:1. A computer diskette or flash drive to back-up work 2. Two
datasets: provided by the professor 3.
Coursepack: available from the
professor 4. Grading will be a combination of class participation, homework
assignments, in-class oral and written exams, a final paper, and any other
assignments. |
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| Visual Media, Technology & Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 2007, HBO launched a documentary series called “Addiction,”
as a joint project with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National
Institute of Drug Addiction (NIDA). The series presents a strong message that
drug addiction is “a brain disease.”
In this course, students will 1)
learn how to engage in a critical of dominant, corporate-media
broadcast discourses of health, illness and the body, and 2) acquire hands-on
training in making their own short, health-focused digital video. Dates & Times: Course meets Jan 17, 18, 22, 23 & 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m at 68th Street campus, Rm 1001B HN. Because this is a hands-on class, attendance is mandatory. |
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| UNDERGRADUATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMHE 400.83 | Comhe 400.83 | Medical Socioloty | Levinson | M - TH | 5 - 8:45P | 611 HW - 68th St) | 6 | Cross-listed with Soc 301.00. Meets 1/2 to 1/23. xlisted wSOC 301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||