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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Public Health (B.A.)

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Student Learning Outcomes for Public Health (B.A.):

Students will be able to:

Explain how social environments impact decisions and behaviors affecting public health
Explain the legislative process and demonstrate the ability to conduct analysis of bills, policies and laws related to public health
Complete an independent research project analyzing an issue related to public health
Explain the processes by which public health issues are administered or managed within an organization

Required Courses

BIO 111 - Molecules, Cells, & Animal Systems 4.00 credits.
COM 282 - Health Communication 4.00 credits.
MA 250 - MA Sports Analytics 4.00 credits. or
MA 251 - MA Probability and Statistics 4.00 credits.
PBH 111 - NPS Principles of Public Health 4.00 credits.
PBH 211 - Introduction to Global Health 4.00 credits.
PBH 311 - Public Health Interventions 4.00 credits.
PBH 330 - Determinants of Health and Health Equity 4.00 credits.
PBH 335 - Epidemiology 4.00 credits.
PBH 474 - Public Health Field Instruction Variable (0.00 - 4.00 credits).
PBH 495 - Public Health Senior Seminar 4.00 credits.
SO 204 - SSC Population and Global Issues 4.00 credits.
PH 235 - HUM Bioethics 4.00 credits. or
PH 255B - Advanced Ethics: Medicine 4.00 credits.

One Course in Social Determinants of Health

PSY 220 - Health Psychology 4.00 credits.
SW 366 - Addiction and Society 4.00 credits.
SO 235 - Medical Sociology 4.00 credits.

One Course in Public Policy Analysis

PS 363 - American Domestic Policy 4.00 credits.
SW 380 - Social Policy 4.00 credits.

One Public Health Elective

PS 361 - Public Administration 4.00 credits.
SO 331 - Statistical Analysis 4.00 credits.
CJ 355 - Emergency Operations in Disaster Response 4.00 credits.
SW 344 - Aging: Social Response and Implications 4.00 credits.
Any additional electives from Public Policy Analysis, Social Determinants of Health, or Administration of Public Services

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