EPIDEM 165Non-Communicable Diseases: Mortality in 21st Century
Epidemiology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to basic epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and unintentional injury. Major risk factors of NCDs including smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, reduced physical activities, diet, and air pollution. Examination of how non-communicable diseases are intertwined with (and often caused by) complex structural issues such as racism, sexism, and ageism by using the social determinants of health (SDOH) framework.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 100 or 120.
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confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured dataRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPIDEM 165
- EPIDEM 100Principles of Epidemiology
- EPIDEM 120Epidemiology in Public Health
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.