Public Health, major

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Last updated: Feb 22, 2024 by Amber Tobey
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Contact: Kate Clark
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Semester Hours: 58-61 SH
Core Intensives: Fulfills CE and TI. May fulfill WI and CI.

Foundational Public Health and Science Courses (30 SH)

  • BIOL 145 Nutrition (4)

  • BIOL 173 Concepts in Biology (4)

  • BIOL 205 Microbiology (3) OR *BIOL 327 Advanced Microbiology (3) 

  • CHEM 105 Chemistry for Life Sciences (2) AND BIOCH 152 Human Biochemistry (2) OR CHEM 223 General Chemistry I (4) 

  • 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)

  • SOWK 330 Social Policy Analysis (3)

Statistics and Research Design (9 SH)

  • SOC 336 Methods of Social Research (3)

  • STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics (2) OR *STAT 150 Data Visualization (2)

  • STAT 220 Inferential Statistics (2)

  • STAT 230 Regression and ANOVA (2)

Social Justice and Ethics (11 SH)

  • BIOL 485 Science and Ethics (2) OR *ENVS 325 Environmental Ethics (2)

  • PXD 485 Globalization and Development (3)

  • Choose two courses from this list:

    • *PSYC 382 Health Psychology (3)

    • SOC 201 Sociology of Health (3)

    • *SOC 430 Environmental Justice (3)

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)

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)

Practicum (1+ SH)
Choose one of the following:

  • BIOL 429 Biology Internship (1-3 SH)

  • CS 488 Computer Science Internship (1-3 SH)

  • WCSC 385 WCSC Internship (6 SH)

* indicates the course is offered in alternate years