HLS624 Introduction to Public Health

This course will provide the homeland security practitioner with a basic understanding of the field of public health and its critical role in the homeland security enterprise. The course will deal with the role of public health in the past and present, explain its core functions and agencies. It will also deal with the structure of public health in the US and overseas, understand the impact of infectious diseases, epidemiology and surveillance and the interrelationship between public health and medicine.

Corequisite

None

Credits

4

Distribution

Security Studies

Notes

This course is no longer offered.