CORRECTED Course schedule, Internet edition, Fall 2007
			
			   (Show detailed version)
			
   
    | Topic | 
    Reading | 
    Lecture | 
    Submit  individual  answers | 
	  
        
       Group  discussion | 
		
			 
    Submit  group  answers | 
  
  
    
    
	    
       1. Orientation and Introduction
  		  
                (The Age of AIDS, Part I - 8/21 or 8/22, Part II - 8/28 or 8/29)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 1 | 
	   8/21 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	 8/25-8/29 | 
	
	    | 
   
  
    
    
	    
       2. Studying Populations
  		  
                (Concepts of Demography)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 4, 5 | 
	   8/28 | 
	
	   8/31 | 
	
  	 9/1-9/5 | 
	
	   9/6 | 
   
  
    
    
	    
       3. Measuring Disease - Incidence and Prevalence
  		  
                (HIV and Behavior Change in Zimbabwe case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 2, 3 | 
	   9/4 | 
	
	   9/7 | 
	
  	 9/8-9/12 | 
	
	   9/13 | 
   
  
    
    
	    
       4. Natural History - Population Screening
  		  
                (Mammography in Asia case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 16 | 
	   9/11 | 
	
	   9/14 | 
	
  	 9/15-9/19 | 
	
	   9/20 | 
   
  
  
	  |       Submit 1st Peer Evaluation web form   9/16 (This week)
		 | 
  
  
	  |       Submit 1st TA Evaluation web form   9/16 (This week)
		 | 
  
    
    
	    
       5. Study Designs - Intervention Trials
  		  
                (In-home Drinking Water Filtration case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 6, 7 | 
	   9/18 | 
	
	   9/21 | 
	
  	 9/22-9/26 | 
	
	   9/27 | 
   
  
  
	  |       1st Examination available on Blackboard web site   9/28 (Fri)
		 | 
  
 
    
    
	   |  
       6. Study Designs - Cross-sectional and Ecologic Studies
  		  
			  | 
	   Chap. 12 | 
	   9/25 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	   | 
	
	    | 
   
  
  
	  |       1st Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   10/4 (Thu)
		 | 
  
 
    
    
	    
       7. Study Designs - Cohort Studies
  		  
                (Angry Temperament and CHD Risk in ARIC case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 8 | 
	   10/2 | 
	
	   10/5 | 
	
  	 10/6-10/10 | 
	
	   10/11 | 
   
  
    
    
	    
       8. Study Designs - Case-Control Studies
  		  
                (Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in women case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 9 | 
	   10/9 | 
	
	   10/12 | 
	
  	 10/13-10/17 | 
	
	   10/18 | 
   
  
    
    
	    
       9. Sources of Error - Selection Bias
  		  
                (Erectile Dysfunction and CHD Risk case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 10 | 
	   10/16 | 
	
	   10/19 | 
	
  	 10/20-10/24 | 
	
	   10/25 | 
   
  
  
	  |       2nd Examination available on Blackboard web site   10/26 (Fri)
		 | 
  
 
    
    
	   | 
       10. Sources of Error - Information Bias
  		  
			  | 
	   Chap. 10 | 
	   10/23 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	   | 
	
	    | 
   
  
  
	  |       2nd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   11/1 (Thu)
		 | 
  
 
    
    
	   
       11. Multicausality - Confounding
  		  
                (Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 11, 14 | 
	   10/30 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	 11/3-11/7 | 
	
	    | 
   
  
    
    
	   
       11. Multicausality - Confounding (continued)
  		  
                (Esophageal Cancer in Lin Xian case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 11, 14 | 
	   11/6 | 
	
	   11/9 | 
	
  	 11/10-11/14 | 
	
	   11/15 | 
   
  
    
    
	   | 
       12. Data Analysis and Interpretation; Causal Inference
  		  
			  | 
	   Chap. 13, 15 | 
	   11/13 | 
	
	   11/16 | 
	
  	   | 
	
	    | 
   
  
  
	  |       3rd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   11/27 (Tue)
		 | 
  
 
    
    
	   
       12. Data Analysis and Interpretation (continued)
  		  
                (HPV Infection and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia case study)
				 
			  | 
	   Chap. 13, 15 | 
	   11/20 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	 11/24-11/28 | 
	
	   11/29 | 
   
  
    
    
	   
       13. Outbreak Investigation
  		  
                (On-line outbreak investigation)
				 
			  | 
	     | 
	   11/27 | 
	
	   12/5 | 
	
  	   | 
	
	    | 
   
  
  
	  |       Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation web form   12/2 (This week)
		 | 
  
  
	  |       Submit course evaluation web form (link in Blackboard)   12/2 (This week)
		 | 
  
    
    
	   
       14. Epidemiology and Public Health
  		  
                (Classroom course - see preceding module.)
				 
			  | 
	     | 
	   12/4 | 
	
	     | 
	
  	   | 
	
	    | 
   
  
  
	  |   | 
	
  
	  | 
  	  
					
      |