BMS4002 - Public Health and Emerging Infectious Diseases | ||||||||||
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| * The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||||
This course aims to introduce the students the concepts and knowledge of public health, including health, disease, measurement, risk factor, social behavioral, prevention, surveillance and public policies. Students will learn and discuss related infectious diseases in the public health context. This will enable students to assess and rank different types of environmental risks and examine various control prevention strategies such as HIV/AIDS transmission, influenza/Zika/SARS transmission among human beings and different animals, food additives and toxin related to human diseases. | ||||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||||
Continuous Assessment: 50% | ||||||||||
Examination: 50% | ||||||||||
Examination Duration: 3 hours | ||||||||||
Min. Continuous Assessment Passing Requirement: 40% | ||||||||||
Min. Examination Passing Requirement: 40% | ||||||||||
Minimum Passing Requirement: A minimum of 40% in continuous assessment as well as in examination. | ||||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||||
| BMS4002.pdf | ||||||||||
