EPIDEM 244Research Methods in Cancer Epidemiology
Epidemiology · 2 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Biologic, quantitative, philosophical, and administrative considerations in epidemiologic cancer research. Hypothesis specification and choice of study design. Uses of descriptive epidemiology, cohort studies, case control studies. Clustering, screening, and cancer control. Means of identifying subjects and controls. Design of instruments. Sources of bias and confounding.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: course 100 or 200A, and Biostatistics 100A, or Public Health 200A and 200B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- · "BIOSTAT 100A" is not in this catalog version
- · "PUB HLT 200A" is not in this catalog version
- · "PUB HLT 200B" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 100 or 200A, and Biostatistics 100A, or Public Health 200A and 200B" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPIDEM 244
- EPIDEM 100Principles of Epidemiology
- EPIDEM 200AMethods I: Basic Concepts and Study Designs
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. 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.