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Public Health - BS

Program Overview:

Program Contacts:

Public Health Program Director

Email: bennetts@strose.edu

Program Webpage: Public Health, BS

Program Requirements:

PBH 111Intro to Public Health

3

PBH 212How Pub Hlth Takes on Inf Dis

3

or

PBH 370Global Health

3

PBH 272Medical Sociology

3

MAT 184Elementary Statistics

4

or

SOC 288Social Statistics

4

PBH 312Epidemiology

4

PSY 352Health Psychology

3

PHI 381Medical Ethics

3

PBH 495Internship

4

or

PBH 499Independent Study

1 to 4

PBH 496Senior Sem in Public Health

4

POS 328Soc Movemnts,Power,& the State

4

SOC 360Power, Privilege & Inequality

3

SWK 254Child Abuse & Maltreatmnt

3

SWK 255Interpersonal Violence

3

SWK 364Substance Abuse

3

SWK 489Understand Policy

3

HIS 228US Environmental History

3

HIS 229Prob of Nature:US Environ Hist

4

PHI 303Environmental Ethics

3

POS 218Intro to GlobalEnvironPolitics

3

POS 219Global Environmental Politics

4

PBH 260Urban & Community Health

3

BIO 127Human Biology

3 or 4

BIO 127LHuman Biology Lab

1

or

BIO 190Principles of Biology 1

3

BIO 190LPrinciples of Biology 1 Lab

1

or

BIO 191Principles of Biology 2

3

BIO 191LPrinciples of Biology 2 Lab

1

BIO 118Biology of Aids

4

or

BIO 210Anatomy and Physiology

3

BIO 210LAnatomy and Physiology Lab

1

or

BIO 236Environmental Technology

3

BIO 236LEnvironmental Technology Lab

1

or

BIO 240Aquatic Ecology

4

or

BIO 242Terrestrial Ecology

4

or

BIO 350General Microbiology

3

BIO 350LGeneral Microbiology Lab

1

CJS 260Drugs, Crime, & Crim Jstce

3

HIS 207Urban America

4

HIS 228US Environmental History

3

HIS 229Prob of Nature:US Environ Hist

4

PBH 212How Pub Hlth Takes on Inf Dis

3

PBH 260Urban & Community Health

3

PBH 272Medical Sociology

3

PBH 370Global Health

3

PBH 380Spec Top: Public Health

1-3

PED 173International Wellness

3

PED 175Wellness

3

PED 176Career Wellness

3

PED 177Wellness for Women

3

POS 215Race&Mass Incarceration in US

4

POS 280Intro Global Health Inequal

3

POS 281Global Health Inequalities

4

POS 340Politics of Race & Ethnicity

4

POS 364The Politics of AIDS

4

PSY 210Lifespan Developmental PSY

3

PSY 250Developmental Psych: Childhood

3

PSY 252Devel Psy:Adoles & Emerg Adult

3

PSY 254Devel Psy: Adulthood & Aging

3

SOC 223Creating Social Justice

3

SOC 260Inst'l Racism & Ethnic Oppr

3

SOC 262Sociology Of Sex & Gender

3

Internship/Field Experiences/Service:

This internship allows for experience in a field of public health.  Entry into the internship is after completing the 200 and 300 level required/core courses with a C or better.

PBH 495Internship

4

Culminating Academic Experiences:

PBH 496Senior Sem in Public Health

4

Suggested 4 Year Course Plan:

Career Opportunities and Graduate Study:

Some examples of the many fields of public health (from the American Public Health Association):

  • First responders
  • Restaurant inspectors
  • Health educators
  • Scientists and researchers
  • Nutritionists
  • Community planners
  • Social workers
  • Epidemiologists
  • Public health nurses
  • Occupational health and safety professionals
  • Public policymakers
  • Sanitarians

 

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