EPIDEM 270Behavioral Epidemiology
Epidemiology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to range of different methodologies used to collect data and conduct analyses on behaviors studied in epidemiology research. How to collect, analyze, and interpret data on behaviors that can be associated with disease outcomes, including methods to collect survey data (i.e., design of questionnaires, interviewing techniques, use of technology to collect data) and methods to collect and analyze qualitative data (e.g., ethnographic interviews, focus groups, systematic observations). Overview information on epidemiology of key behavioral factors affecting human health, including sexual risk behaviors, substance use, physical activity, and health-care utilization.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 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
Requisite: course 100 or 200A or Public Health 200A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.90 · from UCLA’s structured data- · "PUB HLT 200A" is not in this catalog version
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPIDEM 270
- 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.