This course will equip participants with basic skills in the field of perinatal epidemiology and its application in the field of Maternal and Child Health. Students will work with birth and death data using SAS, SPSS or STATA to gain experience in secondary data analysis; from initial data base organization and cleaning through descriptive analysis and interpretation of the content. Topics such as proper data coding, the use of prenatal indices and an introduction to data linkage will be included.

Survey of electronic information resources in the health sciences, including databases and Web sources. Discussion of relevant controlled vocabularies and their use in formulating and executing search strategies. The course also includes an evidence based health care component whereby students learn to analyze critically the biomedical literature and determine reference and research relevancy.

This is a 1 credit course designed for current and former students in PGY 412G, Principles of Human Physiology. This is a companion course for PGY 412G, Principles of Human Physiology. The objective of this course is to guide students to reinforce and apply physiological concepts to real-life scenarios. Through interactive group discussion formats, students will enhance their critical thinking and problem solving skills using questions, problems and/or case studies corresponding to PGY 412G material.

An overview of healthcare system structure in selected countries with attention to their developmental history, financing, and delivery infrastructure.

This course is an intensive seminar on contemporary sexual health issues. Research, theoretical, and substantive issues relevant to studying sexual health will be covered. Students will critically evaluate sexual health education programs in school and community settings, sexuality research, develop depth and breadth of understanding key issues in sexual health promotion, and learn the various forms of inquiry used in the study of human sexuality.

This course will place an important aspect of German culture in the broader context of European cultural and historical developments. Focus in a given semester will be on a special topic through which significant developments in literature and the arts may be considered in relation to the historical context of such developments. Possible topics include Literature of the Holocaust, Terrorism in the German Context, The Culture of Sport, and Children's Literature. All readings will be in English.

A study of the taxation of taxpayers located in two or more tax jurisdictions. The course involves two major categories, international taxation and state and local taxation.

Study of philosophy, principles, trends and research in education of exceptional children. Students will carry on an extensive study of a problem dealing with education of the exceptional child. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

This course is designed to prepare students to function comfortably in either the trade policy formulation (public trade policy producers) or commercial environment (policy consumers). Although the course is organized in two discrete sections, throughout the course, the implications of policy on commercial practice and the reverse will be stressed.

This course will introduce the student to the role of intelligence in U.S. national security policy-making.