NTU Course
Overview

Public Health

Offered in 114-1Updated

  • Serial Number

    19295

  • Course Number

    PH1011

  • Course Identifier

    801 18000

  • Class 01
  • 2 Credits

  • Preallocated

    DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

      Preallocated

    • DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

  • YA-MEI CHEN
  • Mon 8, 9

  • 公衛215

  • Type 2

  • 55 Student Quota

    NTU 55

  • No Specialization Program

  • English
  • NTU COOL
  • Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
  • Notes

    The course is conducted in English。、 MING-JUI YEH、 CHING-CHING CLAIRE LIN、 YI-CHIN FAN、 CHIN KUO CHANG、 ANDREY AKHMETZHANOV、 DUAN-RUNG CHEN、 SHU-SEN CHANG、 YU-SYUAN LUO、 Kuen-Yuh Wu、 Hsiao-Yu Yang、 LU,TZU PIN、 YEN-CHEN FENG合授

  • Limits on Course Adding / Dropping

    • Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)

  • NTU Enrollment Status

    Enrolled
    0/55
    Other Depts
    0/0
    Remaining
    0
    Registered
    0
  • Course Description
    Public health is an interdisciplinary and integrated discipline that spans demography, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, social and behavioral sciences, health administration, health care institution management, policy, regulation, and ethics. This course is an introduction to the field of public health and aims to provide a bird's-eye view of the discipline's orientation and content, the historical development and institutional status of public health in Taiwan, current important public health research and practice issues, and the field of practice of public health professionals through a macro perspective.
  • Course Objective
    At the end of the course the students are expected to: 1. understand the basic concepts and importance of public health 2. understand the history and current institutional status of public health in Taiwan 3. understand the important practical issues and domains of public health profession
  • Course Requirement
    The course is an introduction to the field of public health. The content of the course is based on the basic knowledge of public health, and it outlines the current status of research and practice in various fields, as well as the practical fields that public health professionals can put into.
  • Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class
  • Office Hour
  • Designated Reading
  • References
  • Grading
    1. NTU has not set an upper limit on the percentage of A+ grades.
    2. NTU uses a letter grade system for assessment. The grade percentage ranges and the single-subject grade conversion table in the NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Regulations Governing Academic Grading are for reference only. Instructors may adjust the percentage ranges according to the grade definitions. For more information, see the Assessment for Learning Section。
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