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

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 04104Medical Terminology

3
COM 29374Health Communication

3
COM 29420Crisis Communication

3
CSIS 44155Introduction to Data Science and Data Mining

3
 
EDM 36305Disaster Response and Recovery

3
OR
GEOG 32370Natural Disasters

3
 
HIST 33303Global Health in History

3
HPER 22114Wellness *

3
HPER 22470Profession Based Experience in Applied Health Science

3 to 6
HPER 22550Community Health

3
HPER 22552Health Promotion

3
HPER 22555Intervention and Strategies for Health Behavior Change

3
MATH 17114General Statistics *

3
NUTR 47234Nutrition and Diet Behavior

3
 
NUTR 47334Lifespan Nutrition

3
OR
NUTR 47335Community Nutrition

3
 
PBHL 59223Introduction to Public Health

3
PBHL 59332Introduction to Epidemiology

3
PBHL 59334Introduction to Healthcare Systems

3
PBHL 59336Global Public Health

3
PBHL 59340Environmental Health

3
PBHL 59380Disease Management and Education

3
PSYC 08103General Psychology *

3
PSYC 08345Disaster Psychology

3
REC 45547Grant Writing

3
SOC 35101General Sociology *

3

Notes: 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.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours