Public Health Sciences Concentration

Course Requirements

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
HLTH 194	HUMAN PATHOGENS AND DEFENSE	4
HLTH 195	HUMAN FORM AND FUNCTION	4
HLTH 250	HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES	4
or SOC 221	INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HLTH 310	FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY	4
HLTH 335	COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT	4
HLTH 336	PROGRAM EVALUATION	4
HLTH 360	INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH	4
SOC 351	HEALTH DISPARITIES	4
CMNS 315	HEALTH COMMUNICATION	4
ANT 272	INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	4
PSY 354	COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY	4
Select one Statistics course from the following:		4
BIO 206	BIOSTATISTICS
HLTH 240	HEALTH STATISTICS
MAT 242	ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS
PSY 240	STATISTICS I
SOC 279	INTRO STATS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Select four (4) electives from the following list to provide additional focus to their studies:		16
HLTH 229	ETHICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
HLTH 230	FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH EDUCATION
HLTH 236	GAY MEN'S HEALTH MATTERS
HLTH 315	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
HLTH 318	HEALTH OF AGING POPULATIONS
HLTH 325	PHYSIOLOGY OF POVERTY
HLTH 329	HEALTH HUMANITIES
HLTH 330	HEALTH LEADERSHIP
HLTH 339	BIOETHICS IN SOCIETY CAPSTONE SEMINAR
HLTH 341	DEATH AND DYING
HLTH 345	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HLTH 380	TOPICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES
HLTH 399	INDEPENDENT STUDY
ECO 326	HEALTH ECONOMICS
ENV 355	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PE 273	HEALTH AND NUTRITION
or SOC 370	SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD, IDENTITY, AND INEQUALITY
PRAD 338	HEALTH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
PSY 215	HUMAN SEXUALITY
SOC 223	SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
SOC 321	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
PSY 302	PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
or PSY 353	ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
or SOC 353	SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
SOC 307	SOCIOLOGY OF DRUGS
or PSY 363	ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION AND RECOVERY
PSY 345	CULTURAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY
ORGC 212	SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
or ORGC 251	ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
or PSY 355	GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
or SOC 342	ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
SOC 373	PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.