Tougaloo College of college courses to prepare Tougaloo students to pursue advance studies towards public health, epidemiology and biostatistics; and 3) involve the students in hands-on experience to create interest in health careers. In order to accomplish the above goals, the UTC has developed the High School Summer Outreach Programs and the Jackson Heart Study Scholars Program.
Course Descriptions: Natural Sciences Division NSD 211: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. This course will be taught a historically perspective to provide basic knowledge of the field, terminology, and to orient the students for the Jackson Heart Study program and curriculum. The course will cover the core areas of public health (history and policy, epidemiology, health services organization, environmental health, research design, biostatics, health behavior and community health). The course will emphasize chronic disease concept, particularly cardiovascular diseases, and provide an overview of NHLBI funded study leading the JHS. The students will also undertake projects involving literature search on the internet on issues relating to public health. The course will meet three hours per week. Offered once a year. Prerequisite: None. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. NSD 247: ETHICS, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY. A study of the development of ethical values and reasoning in modern society and an examination from a historical perspective of how these values have been affected by major medical, scientific, and technological advances. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or co-requisite: ENG 103. Offered once a year. Also, listed as HUM 247 and SSD 247. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. NSD 311: RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. This purpose of this course is to introduce the research methods of epidemiology and to demonstrate their applicability in the field of public health. The course with stress the theory and practice of conducting survey research in health fields. Topics include research design, sampling, data collection methods, interviewing, coding, and data analysis. Prerequisite: NSD 211 and MAT 208. Offered once per year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. Page 200