4,369 courses
Independent Reading for gaining additional information on specific research problems or advanced training in areas covered by department staff.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleReviews the conceptualization of translational and outcomes research in health and health care, illustrating basic research methods applied to current issues and diverse organizational and community perspectives.
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historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Reviews climate change's health impacts via pathways like heatwaves and air pollution, covering preparedness, prevention, and the Health in All Policies approach.
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No recorded grade history
Introduction to social and behavioral epidemiology covering theoretical frameworks, methods, and applications.
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No recorded grade history
Introduction to Principles of Population Health Sciences covering determinants of health, measurement, economic concepts, and ethical/managerial issues.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduces perspectives, substantive areas, and methodological approaches to health services research, providing a foundation for understanding the structure, process, and outcomes of the U.S. health care system.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleEpidemiologic Methods focuses on designing and interpreting epidemiologic studies, analyzing data, evaluating evidence, and improving study validity and efficiency.
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historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduction to epidemiological methods for infectious diseases, covering microbiology, immunology, surveillance, outbreak investigation, and prevention strategies.
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historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleAdvanced epidemiology course focusing on practical research activities including study implementation, scientific writing, peer-reviewing, measurement validation, and field methods.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleOverview of social network analysis applied to health, covering data collection, network measure calculation, and statistical modeling of health behavior outcomes.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleGraduate Research Seminar featuring presentations on population health research by students, faculty, and professionals.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIndependent study examining international health system performance, global health needs, high-income country systems, and the politics of health reform.
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No recorded grade history
An elective introducing physicians' roles in preventive medicine and public health, featuring engagement with faculty and a short-term project on a Wisconsin health issue.
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No recorded grade history
Supervised independent research in population health sciences, emphasizing epidemiology principles, critical thinking, ethics, and collaboration.
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No recorded grade history
Second-semester elementary-level Portuguese focusing on grammar, conversation, and reading.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntermediate-level Portuguese language review focusing on readings, culture, and patterns of conversation.
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No recorded grade history
Intensive Portuguese covering grammar, conversation, and reading; equivalent to PORTUG 101 and 102.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleAdvanced survey of Brazilian literature since 1890, focusing on literary analysis and advanced Portuguese proficiency.
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No recorded grade history
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Culture examines a variety of cultural topics in relation to Portuguese-speaking countries.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Introduction to Psychology covers behavior topics: development, motivation, emotion, intelligence, learning, forgetting, personality, language, thinking, and social behavior.
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Past student reviews · Chelsea Andrews
Andrews assigned two small writing assignments per week and one 8-10 page final paper. Other sections required two discussion posts, a reflection, and a quiz weekly, with a final project but no traditional tests.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026An introductory statistics course covering descriptive measures, probability, hypothesis testing, t-tests, Chi-square, regression, correlation, and one-way ANOVA.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jonathan Gallimore
Students reported having to do a lot of self-teaching to succeed, and the course required a significant amount of work to keep up with the material.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers scientific method and experimental, observational, and correlational research designs in psychological science, including demonstrations and experiments.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Julia Greenberg
The workload includes a heavy semester-long research paper and lengthy labs that some students found to be busy work, alongside a large volume of information on lecture slides.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Survey of topical issues in psychology; topics vary with the instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Patricia Coffey
Tests were not too hard and included extra credit opportunities.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Psychology of Personality covers the organization and development of personality, examining various theories, ideologies, and origins. It compares approaches to personality development, assessment, and research methods.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Madeline Pflum, Stephanie Carpenter
Pflum’s class included midterms, a final, and reports, while Carpenter’s class included midterms and a paper.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2025Adult Psychopathology introduces diagnosis and treatment of major mental disorders, examining biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in their etiology and maintenance.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Madeline Pflum
Exams were worded difficultly, appeared to trick students, and made up most of the grade, requiring students to read the textbook to succeed.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Psychology of Perception surveys how the brain creates conscious experience using neurophysiology, psychophysics, simulations, illusions, and patient studies.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Karen Schloss
Exams accounted for 95% of the grade, and the course was described as very tough with no previous exams provided for preparation.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2024–Spring 2026Cognitive Psychology examines how people perceive, learn, remember, plan, solve problems, make decisions, and communicate, using psychological approaches alongside computer science, linguistics, and neurobiology.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Brad Postle
The only assignments were quizzes, which were easy, and exams, which were tough; one student did fine without reading the textbook.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025Behavioral Neuroscience covers the biological basis of human and animal behaviors, including perception, action, cognition, social interaction, and disease, using weekly themes to explore neural mechanisms.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Yuri Saalmann
Grading relies entirely on three multiple-choice exams, requiring precise memorization of slide content. One student noted that missing more than five of seventy-five questions on an exam prevented an A, while another found last-minute cramming ineffective.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Social Psychology introduces classic and contemporary theories and research with an emphasis on experimental methodology, examining individual behavior in social contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Emily Dix, Judith Harackiewicz
Success required reading the entire textbook, as exams covered detailed content that lectures did not fully supplement. Students noted that not reading every word made the tests not doable.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers biological and behavioral foundations of human development, emphasizing experiments and data-driven approaches across prenatal, cognitive, social, and atypical domains.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jenny Saffran
Assessment included three multiple-choice exams and a quiz. While textbook readings were assigned, students reported they were primarily needed for specific papers and projects rather than all exams.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026