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Public Health Sciences Concentration

Course Requirements

Concentration Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
HLTH 194HUMAN PATHOGENS AND DEFENSE4
HLTH 195HUMAN FORM AND FUNCTION4
HLTH 310FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY4
HLTH 335COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT4
HLTH 336PROGRAM EVALUATION4
HLTH 360INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH4
Select one of the following Health Disparities courses:4
HLTH 325
PHYSIOLOGY OF POVERTY
or HLTH 345
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
CMNS 315HEALTH COMMUNICATION4
ANT 272INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY4
PSY 354COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY4
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

Concentration Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select four (4) electives from the following list to provide additional focus to their studies:16
HLTH 220
INTRO TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
HLTH 229
ETHICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
HLTH 230
FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH EDUCATION
HLTH 236
GAY MEN'S HEALTH MATTERS
HLTH 312
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS
HLTH 315
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
HLTH 318
HEALTH OF AGING POPULATIONS
HLTH 325
PHYSIOLOGY OF POVERTY
HLTH 327
PHYSIOLOGY AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF DRUG USE
HLTH 329
HEALTH HUMANITIES
HLTH 330
HEALTH LEADERSHIP
HLTH 339
BIOETHICS IN SOCIETY CAPSTONE SEMINAR
HLTH 341
DEATH AND DYING
HLTH 343
CANNABIS STUDIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
HLTH 345
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HLTH 370
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE
HLTH 380
TOPICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES
HLTH 397
MENTORED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCES
HLTH 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY
ANT 361
GLOBAL ISSUES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH
or ANT 362
GLOBAL HISTORY OF HEALTH
BIO 192
GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
BIO 193
GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
ECO 326
HEALTH ECONOMICS
ENV 355
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
NEU 201
INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE
KNES 273
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
or SOC 370
SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD
KNES 351
KINESIOLOGY
PRAD 338
HEALTH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
PSY 215
HUMAN SEXUALITY
SOC 321
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
PSY 302
PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
or PSY 353
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL SCIENCE
or SOC 353
SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
SOC 307
SOCIOLOGY OF DRUGS
or PSY 363
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND RECOVERY
PSY 105
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY I
or PSY 106
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY II
PSY 345
CULTURAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY
CMNS 212
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS
or CMNS 251
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
or PSY 355
GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
SOC 373
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR

Open Electives

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

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