These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Summary of Requirements
University Requirements
All students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
All 澳门六合彩官网 students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are 厂叠厂听3496 and 厂叠厂听3596.
College Requirement
All College of Public Health undergraduates must successfully complete听the College Core Course, 贬搁笔搁听1001 Public Health: The Way We Live, Work and Play.
Clearance Requirements
Please note the Public Health program requires students to complete clinical/field education experiences at facilities both on and off the University campus. These placements may require criminal background checks, Act 33/34 clearances and perhaps a drug screen. Placements may also require the student to maintain personal health insurance. The results of these requirements may limit and potentially eliminate placement options which can, in turn, result in an inability to meet graduation requirements. See for information about credentialing in public health.
Public Health Program Requirements
Students must complete a set of specific courses in the major, including the College Core course and Public Health Major courses, including one credit-earning internship (厂叠厂听4185). Also required are three public health electives, two Cognate electives and three general (free) electives. The major requires a minimum of 120 total credits.
All Public Health College and Major Core course work (those courses with an ENVH, EPBI, HPM, or SBS designation and courses approved as a cognate elective) must be completed with a grade of C or higher.听
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Electives | ||
| Three courses are required. These may be the choice of the student. | 9 | |
| College Core Requirement | ||
| 贬搁笔搁听1001 | Public Health: The Way We Live, Work and Play | 3 |
| Public Health Major Core | ||
| Lower-Division Public Health Coursework | ||
| 1000 Level Courses | ||
| SBS听1003 | Public Health Careers | 1 |
| HIM听1055 | IT Applications for Health | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
SBS听1104 | Nutrition and Health | |
SBS听1105 | Substance Use and Society | |
SBS听1106 | Human Sexuality | |
| 2000 Level Courses | ||
| SBS听2001 | Biological Foundations of Population Health | 3 |
| SBS听2003 | Introduction to Public Health Writing | 1 |
| SBS听2101 | Disease Prevention and Control | 3 |
| ENVH听2102 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| SBS听2103 | Health Psychology and Human Behavior | 3 |
| SBS听2201 | Health Communication | 3 |
| HPM听2214 | Politics and Payments in US Healthcare System | 3 |
| SBS听2216 | Ethnicity, Culture and Health | 3 |
| EPBI听2219 | Biostatistics and Public Health | 3 |
| Upper-Division Public Health Coursework | ||
| 3000+ Level Courses | ||
| EPBI听3101 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| EPBI听3102 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
| SBS听3104 | Professional Seminar | 2 |
| SBS听3105 | Fundamentals of Health Education | 3 |
| 厂叠厂听3496 | Community-Based Health Program Planning I (WI) | 3 |
| 厂叠厂听3596 | Community-Based Health Program Planning II (WI) | 3 |
| 厂叠厂听4185 | Public Health Internship | 6 |
| Public Health Electives | ||
| Select three of the following: 1 | 9 | |
SBS听1114 | Cultural Nutrition | |
SBS听1201 | Contemporary Health Issues | |
SBS听2104 | Nutrition in the Lifecycle | |
SBS听2203 | AIDS and Society | |
SBS听2204 | Diet and Weight Management | |
SBS听2205 | Coping with Life Stress Workshop | |
SBS听2301 | Contemporary Slavery and Public Health | |
SBS听2302 | Maternal and Child Health | |
SBS听2304 | HEART Peer Educator Training | |
SBS听3001 | Community-Based Participatory Research I | |
SBS听3103 | Counseling Techniques for Health Professionals | |
ENVH听1103 | International Health | |
or听ENVH听1903 | Honors International Health | |
EPBI听2301 | Public Health Beyond Borders | |
EPBI听2361 | Epidemiology 360: Determinants, Disease and Health-related Outcomes | |
EPBI听3203 | Survey Design and Methods: Agree or Disagree and Everything in Between | |
EPBI听3205 | All This Data, Now What? Introduction to Statistical Computing | |
HPM听2202 | Man-Made Disasters: Radiological, Chemical & Biological Terrorism | |
HPM听2208 | Natural Disasters: Response and Recovery | |
HPM听3207 | Principles of Emergency Management: A Public Health Perspective | |
HPM听3215 | Special Populations: Strategic Community Outreach | |
HRPR听1005 | Introduction to Mindfulness | |
| Cognate Electives | ||
| Select two courses with approval of a departmental academic advisor: | 6 | |
AAAS听2248 | Public Policy and the Black Community | |
AOD听1016 | Introduction to Adult Learning and Training | |
AOD听1166 | Interpersonal Processes through the Life Span | |
CDEV听2255 | Environmental Justice in Communities | |
CDEV听3113 | Nonprofit Management | |
CDEV听3155 | Healthy Community Design and Development | |
CJ听3406 | Youth and Crime | |
CSCD听1002 | American Sign Language II | |
CSCD听1003 | American Sign Language III | |
CSCD听2011 | American Deaf Culture | |
CTRP听2251 | Sustainable Food Systems Planning | |
EES听2096 | Climate Change: Oceans To Atmosphere | |
ENST听2051 | The Urban Environment | |
ENST听2157 | Environmental Ethics | |
GUS听1021 | Urban Society: Race, Class, and Community | |
GUS听1025 | World Urban Patterns | |
or听GUS听1961 | Honors World Urban Patterns | |
GUS听1961 | Honors World Urban Patterns | |
GUS听3062 | Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems | |
GSWS听3259 | Women and Poverty | |
GSWS听3722 | Women and Political Violence | |
HCM听3502 | Healthcare Financing and Information Technology (Fall 7B only) | |
HCM听4596 | Healthcare Quality and Risk Management (Spring only) | |
HIM听1101 | Medical Terminology | |
HRPR听1101 | Contemporary Aspects of Disability | |
HRPR听1444 | Movement Injuries: Prevention and Care | |
KINS听2203 | Physiology of Physical Activity | |
KINS听2362 | ||
LGBT听2400 | Topics in LGBT Studies | |
PHIL听2157 | Environmental Ethics | |
or听PHIL听2957 | Honors Environmental Ethics | |
PHIL听3249 | Ethics in Medicine | |
POLS听3124 | Politics of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity | |
PSY听2301 | Foundations of Developmental Psychology | |
REL听2006 | Death and Dying | |
or听REL听2996 | Honors Death and Dying | |
SSWU听4302 | Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents | |
SSWU听4309 | Societal Responses to Aging | |
SSWU听4312 | Loss and Grief | |
SOC听2553 | ||
SOC听2565 | Race, Science, Health, and Medicine | |
SOC听3249 | Social Inequality | |
SOC听3511 | Environmental Sociology: The End of the World as We Know It? | |
SOC听3525 | Urban Health | |
SPAN听3601 | Spanish for Health Professions | |
RCTH听1102 | Inclusive Recreation and Sports Services | |
RCTH听2103 | Foundations of Recreational Therapy Practice | |
ARBC听1002 | Arabic Elements II | |
CHI听1002 | Chinese Elements II | |
FREN听1003 | Introduction to French III | |
GER听1002 | Introduction to German II | |
HEBR听1002 | Elements II | |
HIN听1002 | Hindi Elements II | |
ITAL听1002 | Italian Language II | |
JPNS听1002 | Japanese Elements II | |
KRN听1002 | Korean Elements II | |
LAT听1002 | Latin 2 | |
PORT听1002 | Basic II | |
RUS听1002 | First-Year Russian II | |
SPAN听1003 | Intermediate | |
VTNM听1002 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 85 | |
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