Requirements for BA/BS Public Health

Only grades of C- or above may be used to satisfy major and minor requirements. Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the major or minor. 

Core Courses Credits
PH 101 - Public Health 4
PH 200 - Epidemiology 4
PH 310 - Social Foundations of Health 4

PH 352 Program Development & Evaluation

4

PH 370 - Pre-field Experience Seminar

1
PH 380 - Public Health Field Experience 4
PH 491 and PH 492 - Senior Capstone 2/2
Statistics Requirement Credits

SOC 301 Social Statistics

or

MATH 207 General Elementary Statistics

4
Biology Requirement (need 8 credits among the following) Credits
BIOL 200 Intro Biology: Flow of Energy 4
BIOL 201 Intro Biology: Flow of Information 4
HBIO 110 Human Biology 4
HBIO 230 Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 4
PH 340 Human Health & Disease 4
BIOL 170 Human Genetics 4
BIOL 160 Selected Topics for Non-Science Majors (by approval) 4

International and Diverse Perspectives (6 credits, BA and BS)

Take at least 6 credits of courses designated IP and/or DP or study abroad (SA 476 credits).

6 credits or more

Ethics (at least 2 credits, BA and BS): Take one of the following courses.      

PHIL 202 - Ethics and Society 4
PHIL 240 - Human Rights 2
PHIL 307 - Ethics, Medicine, and Health Care 4

Additional Electives (12 credits)

Additional requirements for Bachelor of Arts Electives from the list below. At least 4 credits must have PH prefix and at least 4 must be upper division. 12 credits

Total Credits Required: 57-59                                 

Specific Courses Needed for the Bachelor of Science (BS)

In addition to the courses for the BA, students must complete the following four courses:

  • BIOL 200 Intro Biology: Flow of Energy
  • BIOL 201 Intro Biology: Flow of Information
  • CHEM 220 General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 230 General Chemistry II

For the BS degree, 8 elective credits are required instead of the 12 for the BA.

Total Credits for BS - 45 credits

Electives                          

Course Credits

PH - All Public Health (PH) elective courses

varies
ANTH 302 - Designing Ethnography 4
BA 309 - Marketing 4
CIV 233 - Healthy Communities 2
CIV 317 - Grant-writing/Non-profits 2
CIV 320 - Leadership in Community Engagement 2
ENV 270 - Geospatial Analysis using GIS 4
ENV 344 - Environmental Toxicology Methods 2
ENV 361 - Environmental Toxicology Methods 1
ENV 390 - Community Engaged Research 2
EXIP 281 - Nutrition 4
EXMB 303 - Medical Terminology 1
HBIO 230 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4
HBIO 231 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4
MEDA 109 - Intro to Communication Design 2
MEDA 122 - Intro to Digital Media  2
POLS 304 - Community Politics 4
POLS 310 - Markets, Politics, and Justice 4
POLS/PSJ 321 - Protest, Dissent, and Social Change 4
PSJ 215 - Conflict Resolution 2
PSY 202 - Health Psychology 4
PSY 208 - Addictions and Society 4
PSY 310 - Community Psychology 4
SOC 300 - Qualitative Research 4
SOC 302 - Survey Research 4
SOC 319 - Sociology of Medicine 4
SOCWK 320 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 4