Public Health Concentration
Recommended Course Sequence
Core Requirements
- HSC 215* Biology for the Health Sciences w/Lab - 4 credits
- HSC 225 Medical Terminology - 4 credits
- PSY 212 Lifespan Development - 3 credits
- Choose one course:
- HPE 430/HSC 430 Statistics in Health and Exercise Science - 3 credits
- MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis - 3 credits
- BIO 304/314*** Genetics and Society w/Lab - 4 credits
- BIS 362 Healthcare Informatics - 3 credits
- Choose one course:
- ANT 302/HSC 302 Research Methods for Health Sciences - 3 credits
- HSC 400 Quantitative Research Methods - 4 credits
- HSC 438^^ Current Topics in Health Sciences Seminar - 3 credits
Subtotal: 27-28 credits
Required Courses
- PBH 228 Introduction to Public Health - 3 credits
- PBH 206 Epidemiology for the Liberal Arts - 3 credits
- PBH 209 Nutrition and Public Health Issues - 3 credits
- PBH 494 Field Internship in Public Health - 3 credits
- BIO 301/302 Microbes and Your Health w/Lab - 4 credits
Subtotal: 16 credits
Electives
- Choose three (3) courses:
- COM/HSC 255 Health Communication - 3 credits
- COM 464 Public Relations Crisis Management - 3 credits
- EES 323 Drinking Water Management - 3 credits
- HPE 326 Stress Management - 3 credits
- HSC 235 Conflict in Native American Health - 3 credits
- HSC 306 Health Policy - 3 credits
- HSC 404 Infection, Immunity and Inflammation - 3 credits
- PBH 330 Principles of Global Health - 3 credits
- PSY 301 Abnormal Psychology - 3 credits
- PSY 302 Psychopathology of Childhood - 3 credits
- SOC 312 Sociology of Mental Illness - 3 credits
- SWK 344 Substance Abuse - 3 credits
- SWK 365 Health Promotion and Prevention - 3 credits
Subtotal: 9 credits
Concentration total: 52-53 credits
*approved substitution to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Natural Science
**approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology
***approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier II Natural Science
^meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement
^^meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement
