PUB HLT C150
Fundamentals of Public Health
Description: (Formerly numbered 150.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Limited to nonmajors. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50A. Exploration of foundations of public health by examining public health challenges at local, national, and global levels, and current strategies for advancing population health. Analysis of current public health issues and modern public health policies and practices. May be concurrently scheduled with course C201. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2025 - Class was online with recorded lectures (attendance: not mandatory). Grading: 1 Midterm (30%), 4 Total Discussion Posts (if you do 2 more discussion posts, you get extra credit) (15%), 1 short essay (15%), and 1 Final (40%). Recommend staying on top of the lectures because the midterms can be a little tricky sometimes. Midterm and final is open note but you won't have enough time to look through your notes since it's ~50q/1hr. Not too bad though, I got 94% on the midterm and final. You can also get half of the points you missed back through midterm corrections. Dr. Shafir is super passionate about teaching public health and is a great lecturer. Grading is not something I would worry about, but I wouldn't want to entirely slack off either, especially for the midterms.
Fall 2025 - Class was online with recorded lectures (attendance: not mandatory). Grading: 1 Midterm (30%), 4 Total Discussion Posts (if you do 2 more discussion posts, you get extra credit) (15%), 1 short essay (15%), and 1 Final (40%). Recommend staying on top of the lectures because the midterms can be a little tricky sometimes. Midterm and final is open note but you won't have enough time to look through your notes since it's ~50q/1hr. Not too bad though, I got 94% on the midterm and final. You can also get half of the points you missed back through midterm corrections. Dr. Shafir is super passionate about teaching public health and is a great lecturer. Grading is not something I would worry about, but I wouldn't want to entirely slack off either, especially for the midterms.
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