B.S. in Public Health & Health Sciences
Description
The B.S. in public health and health science program provides students with foundational public health knowledge and skills that can be applied across many settings. The program prepares students to enter the workforce or continue their education into areas such as public health, community, collegiate or worksite health, pre-professional and allied health programs. Students must complete one of the two concentrations offered in the program: community health promotion and/or health science studies.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
General Education Requirements
See General Education/Core Curriculum for the School of Applied Sciences.
An additional 9 hours is required in the following related subjects:
- HP 203
- Spch 102 or Spch 105 or Bus 271
- Writ 250
Course Requirements
The B.S. in public health and health sciences degree requires 54-57 core semester hours. The following 30 hours of coursework are required of all public health students:
- HP 191: Personal and Community Health (3 hours)
- PH 195: Foundations of Public Health (3 hours)
- PH 300: Environmental Health (3 hours)
- HP 312: Behavior Aspects of Weight Management (3 hours)
- ES 350: Research Methods in HESRM (3 hours)
- PH 352: Basic Epidemiology (3 hours)
- HP 440: Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity (3 hours)
- PH 528: Public Health Policy (3 hours)
- IMC/Jour 585: Health Communications (Consumer Communications) (3 hours)
- PH 595: Human Health and Illness (3 hours)