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Gis Applications For Health

This course explores the applications of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) within the context of public health. Students will engage in weekly case studies to learn a variety of GIS skills and develop a final project that will demonstrate their ability to analyze, visualize, and communicate important health findings via mapping and geospatial data. Topics range in scale from global to local, and incorporate the public health sub-disciplines of environmental health, epidemiology, and health administration and policy.

Prefix:
GEO
Course Number:
361
Credits:
3.0