Apr 04, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Public Health Major (BS)

Foundations (7 courses)

PB 101 - Introduction to Public Health Credits: 4
BI 152 - Introduction to Health Science Credits: 4
BI 153 - Introductory Cell Biology and Genetics Credits: 4
BI 215 - Epidemiology Credits: 4
SO 215 - Social Determinants of Health Credits: 4
PH 233 - Healthcare Ethics Credits: 4 (Preferred) OR Approved Equivalent (see below)
ST 140 - Biological Data & Statistics Credits: 4 (Preferred) OR Approved Equivalent (see below)

Approved Equivalents:

Equivalent to PH-233:

Equivalent to ST-140:

Experiential Requirements

Experiential Learning (Choose 1):

PB 299 - Community Health Action Practicum Credits: 4
PB 497 - (IS) Independent Study/Research Credits: Variable
PB 499 - (INT) Internship Credits: Variable
BI 420 - Biological Research Credits: Variable
HS 160 - Emergency Medical Technician Credits: 4
HS 260 - Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Credits: 4
JS 318 - CAN Research and Action Practicum Credits: 4
Director-approved research experience

Senior Experience (Choose 1):

BI 410 - Senior Seminar Credits: 4 (director approval of topic)
ES 411 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Science Credits: 4 (director approval of topic)
Director-approved second experience (paired with summative reflection)

Electives: Biological-Environmental Health Science & Biostatistics (Choose 3)

BI 219 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Credits: 4
BI 222 - Population and Evolutionary Genetics Credits: 4
BI 235 - Topics in Biology Credits: Variable (Topic: Infectious Disease)
BI 230 - General Microbiology Credits: 4
BI 259 - Nutrition Credits: 4
BI 335 - Advanced Topics in Biology Credits: 4 (Topic: Cancer Biology)
BI 365 - Immunology and Parasitology Credits: 4
DS 202 - Computational Methods for Data Science Credits: 4
DS 203 - Introduction to Data Science Credits: 4
DS 303 - Statistical Learning Credits: 4
ES 211 - Water Resources Credits: 4
ES 225 - Food Systems & Sustainable Agriculture Credits: 4
ES 260 - Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4
JS 304 - Data Visualization Credits: 4
PS 310 - Drugs and Behavior Credits: 4
PS 350 - Psychology of Health and Illness Credits: 4
ST 201 - Intermediate Statistics Credits: 4
ST 351 - Applied Regression Analysis Credits: 4
ST 451 - Applied Statistical Methods Credits: 4

Electives: Health Policy, Social & Behavioral Sciences (Choose 1)

ED 350 - Trauma-Informed Educational Practice Credits: 4
EM 101 - Fundamentals of Emergency Management Credits: 2 AND EM 102 - Emergency Management and Government Credits: 2
ES 306 - Environmental Justice Credits: 4
ES 327 - Environmental Policy Credits: 4
HI 345 - The Black Death Credits: 4
JS 300 - Media, Technology, Health & Happiness Credits: 4
JS 316 - Medicine, Environment, and the Body Credits: 4
JS 325 - Economics of Health Care Credits: 4
PO 255 - Health Policy Credits: 4
PO 325 - The Politics of Food Credits: 4
PO 351 - Politics of the Global AIDS Pandemic Credits: 4
SO 107 - Social Problems Credits: 4