begins Fall 2023
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Semester Hours: 59-62 SH
Required Courses: Foundational Public Health and Science Courses (31 SH)
BIOL 145 Nutrition - 4
BIOL 173/174 Concepts in Biology - 5
BIOL 205 Microbiology OR *BIOL 327 Advanced Microbiology - 3
CHEM 105 Chemistry for Life Sciences AND BIOCH 152 Human Biochemistry - 2 OR CHEM 223 General Chemistry I - 4
NRSL 350 Health Care Policy - 4 OR NURS 515 The Health Care Delivery System - 3 OR HCML 220 Healthcare Policy - 3
NURS 432 Community Health - 3
NURS 436 Population Health Colloquium - 2
PH 175 Introduction to Public Health - 3
*PH 231 Foundations of Public Health Immunology - 3
*PH 356 Epidemiology - 3
Required Courses: Statistics and Research Design (9 SH)
SOC 336 Methods of Social Research - 3
STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics OR or *STAT 150 Data Visualization - 2
STAT 220 Inferential Statistics - 2
STAT 230 Regression and ANOVA - 2
Required Courses: Social Justice and Ethics (11 SH)
BIOL 485 Faith, Science and Ethics OR *ENVS 325 Environmental Ethics - 2
PXD 375 Globalization and Justice - 3
Choose 2 courses from the following:
*PSYC 382 Health Psychology - 3
SOC 201 Sociology of Health - 3
*SOC 430 Environmental Justice - 3
Required Courses: Environmental Health (7 SH)
*BIOL 364 Entomology: Vector Biology Control - 3
*ENVS 365 Environmental Risk and Policy - 2
*ENVS 372 Toxicology for Public Health - 2
Required Courses: Data Analytics (10 SH)
CS 145 Introduction to Programming - 2
CS 155 Programming in Python - 2
CS 265 Databases and Information Management - 2
*CS 460 Big Data Analytics - 4
Required Courses: Practicum (1+ SH)
Choose one of the following:
Computer Science internship
Biology internship
WCSC semester