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2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Community Health Sciences (Health Policy and Administration), B.S.


Degree Plan (CHSHPABS)


General Education Curriculum


GEC 01. Written Communication (6 hours)


GEC 02. Basic Science and Mathematics (11 hours)


Mathematics Requirement (3 hours)

GEC 03. Global History and Culture (12 hours)


Social Sciences Requirement (3 hours)

Select 1 course:

Humanities Requirement (9 hours)

GEC 05. Decision-Making and Responsibility (3 hours)


Select 1 course:

GEC 06. Computer Competency Requirement* (3 hours)


GEC 07. Writing-Intensive Requirement* (3 hours)


GEC 08. Oral Communication Requirement* (3 hours)


GEC 09. Capstone Requirement* (Major Area)


Note:


**These particular GEC course are the available options for this major.

For full description of the GEC, see here .

Program Curriculum


Choose 3 additional hours of CHS electives

Students interested in careers in long-term care should take

DEG 03. Electives


Choose electives as needed with adviser’s approval. (See Hours to Degree below.)

Hours to Degree


124 hours are needed to graduate with a BS in Community Health Sciences with an emphasis in Health Policy and Administration. At least 50 percent of the hours applied to a degree at The University of Southern Mississippi must be earned from a senior college, and 45 of these hours must be in courses numbered 300 or above. The last 25 percent of course work must be earned from Southern Miss. The student must earn at least 12 hours in the major area of study from Southern Miss.

Semester-by-semester guide


Freshmen


Sophomore


Junior


Senior