HLT POL 202Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods for Health Services Research
Health Policy and Management · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Overview of statistical and research methods for health services research. Preparation for subsequent graduate coursework in statistics and leading independent research projects. Students learn to develop analytical skills involving distributions, probability, and descriptive statistics and how they can be applied to public health.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Summer 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
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.