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Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) Degree Program Curriculum

Pathway General Education Courses (Total: 45 Credits)

Discourse (9 credits)

  • ENGL 1105 & 1106 First-Year Writing (3 credits each)
    • OR
  • COMM 1015 & 1016 Communication Skills (3 credits each)
  • Choose Advanced Course (2000+) (3 credits)

Critical Thinking in the Humanities (6 credits)

  • Choose Humanities Course (3 credits)
  • Choose Humanities Course (3 credits)

Reasoning in the Social Sciences (6 credits)

  • PSYC 1004 Introductory Psychology (3 credits)
  • SOC 1004 Introductory Sociology (3 credits)

Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (6 credits)

  • BIOL 1105 Principles of Biology (3 credits)
  • BIOL 1106 Principles of Biology (3 credits)

Quantitative and Computational Thinking (9 credits)

  • MATH 1014 Precalculus with Transcendental Functions (3 credits)
  • MATH 1025 Elementary Calculus (3 credits)
  • STAT 3604 Statistics for the Social Sciences (3 credits)

Critique and practice in Design and the Arts (6 credits)

  • Choose Art Course or Integrated Art/Design Course (3 credits)
  • Choose Design Course or Integrated Art/Design Course (3 credits)

Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States (3 credits)

Public Health Core Requirements (Total: 43 Credits)

  • HNFE 1004 Foods, Nutrition, and Exercise (3 Credits)
  • PHS 1514 Personal Health (3 credits)
  • PHS 1984 First Year Experience (1 credit)
  • PHS 2004 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
  • ADV 2134 Introduction to Health Communication (3 credits) OR ADV 4324 Issues in Health Communication (3 credits)
  • HNFE 2664 Behavioral Theory and Health Promotion (3 credits)
  • PHS 3014 Introduction to Environmental Health (3 credits)
  • PHS 3534 Drug Education (3 credits)
  • PHS 3634 Epidemiologic Concepts of Health and Disease (3 credits)
  • PHS 4014 Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation (3 credits)
  • SOC 3314 Social Movements OR SOC 3504 Population Trends and Issues OR SOC 4414 Drugs and Society OR STS 3124 Societal Health (3 Credits, Junior Standing)
  • PHS 4044 Public Health Policy and Administration (3 credits, Junior Standing)
  • PHS 4054 Concepts in One Health (3 credits, Junior Standing)
  • PHS 4064 Modeling Infectious Diseases (3 credits, Senior Standing)
  • PHS 4074 Practicum in Public Health (3 credits, Senior Standing)

Additional Major/Minor/Free Electives  (Total: 33 Credits)

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