Public Health Major, 72 hours: B.S.-No Minor Required

Location(s): On Campus

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CIP: 512207

The Bachelor of Science in Public Health is a comprehensive undergraduate program designed to provide students with the skills necessary to improve health, educate others on health topics, and prevent diseases of populations and communities. Public Health majors will be introduced to concepts associated with disparities and improvement of the health of diverse populations, health policy, and epidemiology; and will develop skills to critically evaluate health problems, investigate health trends to develop interventions, learn to communicate to constituents, and to become leaders in public health.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses (72 hours)

BIOL 04104 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 3
COM 29374 - Health Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 29420 - Crisis Communication Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44155 - Introduction to Data Science and Data Mining Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36305 - Disaster Response and Recovery Credit Hours: 3
OR
GEOG 32370 - Natural Disasters Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33303 - Global Health in History Credit Hours: 3
HPER 22114 - Wellness Credit Hours: 3
HPER 22470 - Profession Based Experience in Applied Health Science Credit Hours: 3 to 6
HPER 22550 - Community Health Credit Hours: 3
HPER 22552 - Health Promotion Credit Hours: 3
HPER 22555 - Intervention and Strategies for Health Behavior Change Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17114 - General Statistics Credit Hours: 3
NUTR 47234 - Nutrition and Diet Behavior Credit Hours: 3
NUTR 47334 - Lifespan Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
OR
NUTR 47335 - Community Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59223 - Introduction to Public Health Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59332 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59334 - Introduction to Healthcare Systems Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59336 - Global Public Health Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59340 - Environmental Health Credit Hours: 3
PBHL 59380 - Disease Management and Education Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08103 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08345 - Disaster Psychology Credit Hours: 3
REC 45547 - Grant Writing Credit Hours: 3
SOC 35101 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3

Note:

PSYC 08103 and EDM 36305 are prerequisites for PSYC 08345 . EDM 36305 is offered fall, even years. GEOG 32101 and GEOL 27114 & GEOL 27115 are prerequisites for GEOG 32370 .

If any courses in this program are also used to fulfill a Northwest Core or Institutional Requirement, the number of credits may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Public Health Major, 72 hours: B.S.-No Minor Required

Location(s): On Campus

Requirements

Required Courses (72 hours)

Note:

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours