Public Health Major

The interdisciplinary public health major consists of 15 courses.  Seven of these courses are required and four courses meet distribution requirements.  An additional four advisor- approved and program-approved elective courses are intended to deepen student learning in a key area of public health.

(44-47 semester hours)

• PUBH 101 Introduction to Public Health
• PUBH 248 Epidemiology
• PUBH 295 Public Health Seminar
• PUBH 395 Advanced Seminar in Public Health
• ECON 241 Health Economics and Health Policy
• PHIL 212 Ethical Dimensions of Health Care
• SOC/SOWK 250 Diversity and Inequality in the United States
• One course from: 
  • MATH 145 Biostatistics
  • MATH 143 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
  • PSYC 255 Statistics and Research Design
  • SOC/SOWK 255 Social Science Statistics
• One course from:
  • HE 265 Basic Health Concepts: Mental Health, Fitness, Sexuality, Aging, Addictive Behaviors, and Death
  • HE 266 Basic Health Concepts: Diseases, Substance Abuse, Community, and Evironment
  • PSYC 335 Health Psychology
• One course from:
  • POLS 212 American Public Policy
  • SOWK 360 Social Welfare Policy Analysis
  • POLS 295 Special Topics: Evaluating Health Care Reform
• One course from:
  • BIOL 364 Global Health, Environment, and Sustainability
  • ENST 210 Human Modifications of the Global Environment
  • IDIS 212 Global Health
• Four 200- or 300-level advisor- approved and program-approved electives