Public Health BS Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs. or higher
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Electives 3 hrs.

Select 1:

2nd semester (15 hours)

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
HUM 201 - Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World 3 hrs.
HUM 202 - Colloquium on the Modern World 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Sophomore

Junior

1st semester (15 hours)

DPH 305 - Introduction to Public Health 3 hrs.
DPH 420 - Preventing Communicable and Chronic Diseases 3 hrs.
DPH 425 - Health Administration 3 hrs.
DPH 428 - Introduction to Health Systems 3 hrs.
Electives 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

DPH 321 - Community Health 3 hrs.
DPH 375 - Health Education Foundations 3 hrs.
DPH 427 - Health Policy 3 hrs.
DPH 329 - Introduction to Environmental Health 3 hrs.
Electives 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

DPH 412 - Measurement and Evaluation in Health Education 3 hrs.
DPH 432 - Introduction to Epidemiology 3 hrs.
DPH 440 - Introduction to Biostatistics 3 hrs.
Electives 6 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

DPH 409 - Community Health Education Planning 3 hrs.
DPH 485 - Communication in Public Health 3 hrs.
DPH 493 - Practicum 3 hrs.
Electives 6 hrs.

Notes:

*BSC 250 and BSC 250L and BSC 251 and BSC 251L are recommended to fulfill GEC02 Natural Science requirements. Consult with your advisor if you have taken other natural science courses.

*PSY 110 is recommended to fulfill GEC 05 Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement. Consult with your advisor if you have taken other social and behavioral science courses.