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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Health Studies Major

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Major Requirements: (40-46 Hours)

(19 hours)

HLSC 101 - Introduction to Health Sciences Credit Hours: 1
HLSC 151 - Global Health Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 315 - Public Health and Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 322 - Health Policy Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 496 - Seminar in Public Health Studies Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 304 - Statistics for the Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3
or
PSYC 231 - Applied Statistics Credit Hours: 3
or
PSYC 232 - Behavioral Statistics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 305 - Biomedical Ethics Credit Hours: 3

Electives: (21-27 hours)

Choose a total of seven of the following courses with at least three from category A and at least one each from categories B and C.

A: Social, Behavioral and Environmental Determinants of Health

CHEM 235 - Environmental Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CRMJ 342 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3
CVSC 331 - Conservation Biology Credit Hours: 4
HIST 385 - American Environmental History Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 312 - Social Gerontology Credit Hours: 3
NUTR 131 - Introduction to Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
or
NUTR 231 - Nutrition Across the Lifespan Credit Hours: 3
or
HLSC 331 - Nutrition and Health Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 208 - Lifespan Development Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 281 - Physiological Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 321 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 363 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 216 - Social Problems in Contemporary America Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 320 - Racial and Cultural Minorities Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 330 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 345 - Sociology of the Family Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 370 - Environmental Sociology Credit Hours: 3

B: Health Program Planning and Assessment

GEOG 310 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 307 - Health Communication and Promotion Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 308 - Community Health Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 345 - Personal Health Credit Hours: 3
HLSC 415 - Advanced Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3
POLS 322 - Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
POLS 328 - Applied Policy: Occupational Safety and Health Credit Hours: 3

C: Physiologic and Molecular Determinants of Health

BIOL 112 - Organismal Biology II Credit Hours: 3 and
BIOL 108 - Biology Laboratory II Credit Hours: 1
or
BIOL 121 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
or
BIOL 122 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
or
EXSC 131 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 305 - Human Genetics Credit Hours: 3
or
BIOL 306 - Genetics Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 312 - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 346 - Pathophysiology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 375 - Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 4

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