Public Health: Health Science (BS)

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Public Health Bachelors BS

Variable Credit Min

57.5

Variable Credit Max

Major Academic Plan

Learning Outcomes

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Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations

Learning Outcome

Summarize the major health issues barriers and challenges affecting health equity health status and health practices in vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Title

Social Determinants of Health

Learning Outcome

Create a conceptual framework on how to align and integrate public health and primary care to address the social determinants of health inequities in the access quality and delivery of care.

Title

Cultural Competency

Learning Outcome

Explain the role of cultural competency and design of culturally-appropriate communication (e.g. motivational interviewing) care and policies in addressing health disparities in diverse populations and settings.

Title

Upstream Approach to Health

Learning Outcome

Analyze an upstream team approach to health by critiquing points at which integration between public health and primary care can occur including opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across sectors to improve population health.

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Statistical Methods and Software

Learning Outcome

Use statistical methods and statistical software to manage and analyze health-related data arising from epidemiologic or clinical samples in order to make inferences regarding the health of populations in public health and/or primary care settings.

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 —Complete 10 Courses

Note 1: Prior to taking HLTH 495, the student must complete HLTH 210, 312, 313, 314, 315, and 316. This class may be taken concurrently with HLTH 425 and HLTH 447.

course - Foundations of Public Health 3.0

course - Intro to Plan, Interv, Eval 3.0

course - Intro to Data Coll & Analysis 3.0

course - Hlth, Disease & Determinants 1 3.0

course - Hlth, Disease & Determinants 2 3.0

course - Health Systems and Policy 3.0

course - Clinical Data Sys in Pub Hlth 3.0

course - Vulnerable & Diverse Poplns 3.0

course - Introduction to Biostatistics 3.0

course - Public Health & Primary Care 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 3 hours

Applied Learning Experience

course - Global Health Experiences - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Applied International Health - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 1.0v

course - Mentored Research - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Academic Internship: EH/OH - You may take up to 3.0 credits 0.5v

Requirement 3 —Complete 27 hours

Option 3.1 — Complete at least 3 hours up to 18 hours

course - Environmental Health 3.0

course - Occupational Health & Safety 3.0

course - Health Behavior Change 3.0

course - Principles of Epidemiology 3.0

course - Mind/Body Health 3.0

course - Special Topics - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Sexual and Reproductive Health 3.0

course - Statistical Computing in Epi 3.0

course - Women's Health 3.0

course - Families and Public Health 3.0

course - Population Mental Health 3.0

course - Hlth & the Aging Process 3.0

course - International Health 3.0

course - Medical Geography 3.0

course - Directed Pub Hlth Readings - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 1.0v

Option 3.2 — Complete at least 9 hours up to 24 hours

course - Science of Biology 3.0

course - Human Physiology 4.0

course - Advanced Physiology 3.0

course - Adv Physiology Lab 1.0

course - Pathophysiology 4.0

course - Gen College Chem 1+Lab Integr 4.0

course - General College Chemistry 2 3.0

course - Gen Coll Chem Lab 1.0

course - Organic Chemistry 1 3.0

course - Organic Chemistry 2 3.0

course - Organic Chem Lab-Nonmajors 1.0v

course - Biochemistry 3.0

course - Intro to City Planning 3.0

course - Gen Biology: Health & Disease 3.0

course - General Microbiology 3.0

course - Gen Micro Lab 1.0

course - Molecular Biology 3.0

course - Molecular & Cellular Bio Lab 1.0

course - Infection & Immunity 3.0

course - Essentials of Human Nutrition 3.0

course - Genetics 3.0

Option 3.3 —Complete up to 4 hours

course - Human Anatomy (w/ virtual lab) 3.0

course - Human Anatomy (with lab) 4.0

Recommended Courses are not required to complete the program

MCAT Prep Course (if taking MCAT)

course - General Physics 1 3.0

course - General Physics 2 3.0

course - General Physics Lab 1 1.0

course - General Physics Lab 2 1.0

course - Psychological Science 3.0

course - Introductory Sociology 3.0