Requirements
Course of Study
- 60 credits as listed below, with Undergraduate Curriculum requirements and electives to total 120
Four Public Health Core Courses (16 credits)
- PBH 110 Introduction to Public Health
- PBH 250 Epidemiology: The Science of Public Health
- PBH 260 Research and Bio-Statistical Methods in Public Health
- PBH 320 Policy in Public Health
Four Global Health Concentration Courses (16 credits)
- PBH 120 Global Public Health
- PBH 220 Biological Foundations of Global Public Health
- PBH 330 Applied Perspectives in Global Public Health
- PBH 360 The Global Environment: Sustainability, Climate Change and the Built Environment
Three Public Health Practicum and Capstone (12 credits)
- PBH 489 Global Health Service Learning
- PBH 495 Capstone Seminar I
- PBH 496 Capstone Seminar II
Two Public Health Elective Courses (8 Credits)
Examples of elective course options that may count for the Public Health Major:
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AN 282 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
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AN 361 Social Change: Globalization and Culture
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BI 215 Principles of Nutrition
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EN 374 Grant Writing for Non-Profits
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HS 226 Plague Times: Epidemics in History, From the Black Death to Covid-19
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ID 252 Laughing Matters
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ID 330 Inside Out
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IS 225 Conflict and Inequality in Latin America
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IS 320 Global Poverty and Inequality
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PBH 377 Emergency Planning and Response
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PBH 380 International Maternal and Child Health
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PBH 382 Introduction to Social Justice and Health Equity
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PBH 380 International Maternal and Child Health
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PBH 385 Contemporary Topics in Public Health
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PL 350 Social Justice
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PY 203 Health Psychology
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PY 212 Developmental Psychology
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PY 331 Social Psychology
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SO 250 Sex and Society
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SO 260 Sociology of Health Care
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SO 280 The Sociology of AIDS and HIV
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SO 286 Health and Human Rights
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SO 320 Homes, Housing and Homelessness
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SP 101M: Beginning Medical Spanish I
Note: Offerings vary per year.
Two Related Courses (8 credits)
- HA 150 Introduction to Healthcare Services
- MA 141 Elementary Statistics
