SCI 630Geographic Information Systems in Public Health

GIS in public health is an applied course covering the theory and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) for public health. This course is designed for students with interests in learning about methods for analyzing the spatial patterns of disease burdens and their relationships to environmental hazards and includes an overview of GIS and spatial analysis principles in public health. The practical component of this class involves the use of desktop GIS software packages including ArcGIS. Environment and health draws on geography's long tradition in environmental hazards research and includes such topics as the physical and psycho social health impacts of environmental contamination. GIS and spatial analysis are used intensively in this course.