Spring 2027

Introduction to Public Health

Introductory course covering public health principles, epidemiology, evidence-based practice, and major subject domains like infectious disease and health care systems.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Malia Jones3.9/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Malia Jones

Lectures were notably long and accompanied by a significant amount of reading.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define public health and its core functions

  • Describe the difference between individual- and population-based strategies for improving health, including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention approaches

  • Describe major causes and trends in morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and globally

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the 5-step public health approach (define the problem, find the causes, develop effective programs, implement programs, and evaluate impact)

  • Describe the challenges and opportunities for evidence-based public health practice, focusing on health equity and social justice

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
C&ESOC/POPHLTH 370

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 5.00/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Past student reviews · Malia Jones

Malia Jones taught a course primarily featuring guest lectures that students found engaging, though she noted they were lengthy and involved significant reading. Assessments were open-note and untimed, with one student mentioning the final exam was in person for Spring 2026.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=297 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=287 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=285 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Patrick Remington

Patrick Remington led the course with engaging lectures featuring guest speakers and a heavy reading load. Students described weekly quizzes as tough and noted the cumulative final exam covered extensive material. While many praised his knowledge and support, others found the exam volume overwhelming or the quizzes stressful due to errors. Attendance in discussion sections was emphasized for grading, and lectures were often considered optional since materials were posted online.

MALIA JONES is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PATRICK REMINGTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 4000
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 316Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 4000
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 313Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 314Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 315Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 316Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Malia Jones

Malia Jones led a course centered on engaging guest lectures, which students found interesting and well-executed.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.75 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=297 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=287 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=285 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Malia Jones

Lectures were notably long and accompanied by a significant amount of reading.

Past student reviews · Malia Jones

Students valued that exams were open-note and untimed, though some found the questions tricky.

Topics

  • Infectious disease, non-communicable disease, environmental health, injury prevention, and health care systems.
  • Theoretical models and empirical approaches of public health.
  • Major causes and trends in morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and globally.

Skills

  • Apply the 5-step public health approach including defining problems, finding causes, developing and implementing programs, and evaluating impact.
  • Distinguish between individual- and population-based health improvement strategies and prevention levels.
  • Analyze challenges and opportunities in evidence-based public health practice related to health equity and social justice.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
C&ESOC/POPHLTH 370 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Public Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
C&ESOC/POPHLTH 370 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Public Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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