EPIDEM 206Systems Science Modeling and Simulation in Epidemiology
Epidemiology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Theoretical and practical introduction to modeling and simulation methods for conducting comparative, cost-effectiveness, and forecasting research. These methods include population-level (e.g., Markov state-transition models and system dynamics) and individual-level (e.g., microsimulation and agent-based modeling) simulations. These methods are employed in field sometimes referred to as systems epidemiology or computational epidemiology. Multidisciplinary fields that use tools and techniques from computer sciences, econometrics, operations research, engineering, and epidemiology to better understand disease mechanisms or evaluate intervention effectiveness.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: course 200C or 401, or Biostatistics 200A or 200B or 406, and course M403 or 407A or Biostatistics 203A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.65 · from text- EPIDEM 200C
- EPIDEM 401
- all of
- · "EPIDEM 407A" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 200C or 401, or Biostatistics 200A or 200B or 406, and course M403 or 407A or Biostatistics 203A" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPIDEM 206
- EPIDEM 200CMethods III: Analysis
- EPIDEM 200AMethods I: Basic Concepts and Study Designs
- EPIDEM 200BMethods II: Prediction and Validity
- EPIDEM 401Applied Epidemiologic Analysis
- BIOSTAT 200AMethods in Biostatistics A
- EPIDEM M403Computer Management and Analysis of Health Data Using SAS
- BIOSTAT 200BMethods in Biostatistics B
- BIOSTAT 203AIntroduction to Data Management and Statistical Computing
- BIOSTAT 406Applied Multivariate Biostatistics
7 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 12 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
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.