Public Health

Recommended Course Sequence

Health Sciences Major Core Requirements

• HSC 215 Biology for the Health Sciences (with lab)
• HSC 225 Medical Terminology
• PSY 212 Lifespan Development
• MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis
• BIO 304/314 Genetics and Society (with lab)
• BIS 362 Healthcare Informatics
• HSC 302 Research Methods for Health Sciences
  or
  HSC 400 Quantitative Research Methods
• HSC 438 Current Topics in Health Sciences Seminar
  

Public Health Concentration Required Courses

• PBH 228 Introduction to Public Health
• PBH 206 Epidemiology for the Liberal Arts
• PBH 209 Nutrition and Public Health Issues
• PBH 494 Field Internship in Public Health
• BIO 301/302 Microbes and Your Health

Public Health Concentration Elective Courses

(must take 9 credits)

• HSC 235 Conflict in Native American Health
• HSC/COM 255 Health Communications
• HSC 306 Introduction to Health Policy
• HSC 404 Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
• PBH 330 Global Health
• PBH 333 Principles of Healthcare Systems
• PBH 350 Principles of Community Health
• PBH 414 Violence & Injury in Public Health
• PBH 441 Regulatory Affairs in Public Health
• COM 494 Public Relations Crisis Management
• EES 323 Drinking Water Management
• HPE 326 Stress Management
• PSY 301 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 302 Psychopathology of Childhood
• SOC 312 Sociology of Mental Illness
• SWK 344 Substance Abuse
• SWK 365 Health Promotion and Prevention