Bachelor of Public Health
Year 1 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1xx or 2xx | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I+Lab | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II + Lab | 4 | |
| COM 101 | Academic Reading and Writing (1/2 cohort) | 3 | COM 120 | Public Speaking (1/2 corhot) | 3 | |
| PSY 101 | Psychology | 3 | SOC 101 | Sociology | 3 | |
| PBH 120 | Intro to Public Health | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| PBH 102 | First Year Experience | 1 | ||||
| Total | 17 | Total | 16 | |||
Year 2 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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HUM 2xx or HUM 220 |
Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective or Medical Humanities | 3 | PBH 245 | Intro to Health Systems | 3 | |
| MAT 121 | Calculus 1 or another Math Course | 4 |
PBH 210 |
Persuasion | 3 | |
| PBH 230 | Statistics for Public Health | 3 | PBH 210/211 | Intro to Data & Lab | 4 | |
| SOC 335 | Global Health | 3 | PBH 220 | Environmental Health | 3 | |
| PHI 2xx | Critical Thinking | 3 | Applied Biological Science Selective | 3 | ||
| PBH 225 | Seminar in Health Professions | 1 | ||||
| Total | 16 | Total | 17 | |||
year 3 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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SOC 301/ETH 320 |
Research Methods and Research Ethics | 4 | PBH 345 | Community Health Practice | 3 | |
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ETH 310 |
Bioethics | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| PBH 350 | Epidemiology | 3 | COM 312 or PSY 321 | Health Promotion or Health Psychology | 3 | |
| PBH 365 | Service Learning Experience | 1 | Elective | 3 | ||
| PBH 335 | Determinants of Health | 3 |
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Applied Research Methods | ||
| PBH 365 | Service Learning Experience | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14 | Total | 16 | |||
year 4 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| SOC 420 | Health and Public Policy | 3 | PBH 401 | Capstone or Elective | 3 | |
| Capstone or Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | |||
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Elective | 3 | Critical Reflection Selective | 3 | ||
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Culture and Communication Selective |
3 | Health Care Systems Selective | 3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | ||||
Total Credits: 126
Electives
Applied Biological Sciences Selective
- BHS 360 Clinical Anatomy
- BIO 210 Microbiology
- BIO 213 Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIO 215 Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIO 225 Genetics
- BIO 315 Public Health Microbiology
- BHS 365 Intro to Human Pathology
Culture and Communication Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- COM 330 Intercultural Communication in Health Care
- HUM 386 Culture, Customs and Health of Belize
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- COM 315 Health Campaigns
- HUM 345 Race and Health or permission of program director
Applied Research Methods Selective
- PBH 340 Survey Research Methods
- PBH 360 Field Epidemiology
- COM 350 Qualitative Research Methods
- PBH 310 Medical Anthropology
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- PBH 320 Geography of Health
Health Care Systems Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- ECN 317 Health Economics
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- PHI 360 MBSR for Health
Critical Reflection in Health Selective
- PSY 440 Death and Dying
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- PHI 350 Nature and Wellness
- ETH 315 Health, Disease, and Authority
- PBH 3xx Vaccines and Public Health or permission of program director
Bachelor of Public Health Pre-Pa (3.5 Years)
Year 1 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1xx or 2xx | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I + Lab | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II + Lab | 4 | |
| COM 101 | Academic Reading and Writing (1/2 cohort) | 3 | COM 120 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| PSY 101 | Psychology | 3 | SOC 101 | Sociology | 3 | |
| PBH 120 | Intro to Public Health | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I or another Math Course | 4 | |
| PBH 102 | First Year Experience | 1 | PBH 245 | Intro to Health Systems | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | Total | 19 | |||
Year 2 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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HUM 2xx or HUM 220 |
Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective or Medical Humanities | 3 | PBH 220 | Environmental Health | 3 | |
| PHI 2xx | Critical Thinking | 3 |
PBH 210 |
Persuasion | 3 | |
| PBH 230 | Statistics for Public Health | 3 | PBH 210/211 | Intro to Data & Lab | 4 | |
| BIO 213/214 | Anatomy & Physiology I (replaces PBH 335) | 4 | BIO 215/216 | Anatomy & Physiology II (bio selective) | 4 | |
| Chemistry I (Elective) | 4 | Chemistry II (Elective) | 4 | |||
| PBH 225 | Seminar in Health Professions | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 19 | |||
year 3 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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SOC 301/ETH 320 |
Research Methods and Research Ethics | 4 | PBH 345 | Community Health Practice | 3 | |
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ETH 310 |
Bioethics | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| SOC 335 | Global Health | 3 | COM 312 or PSY 321 | Health Promotion or Health Psychology | 3 | |
| PBH 350 | Epidemiology | 3 | PBH 320 | Geography of Health | 3 | |
| Service Learning | 1 | Survey of Organic Chemistry (Elective | 4 | |||
| Microbiology (Elective) | 4 | Service Learning | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
year 4 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| SOC 420 | Health and Public Policy | 3 | ||||
| PBH 401 | Capstone | 3 | ||||
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Culture and Communication Selective | 3 | ||||
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Critical Reflection Selective |
3 | |||||
| Health Care Systems Selective | 3 | |||||
| COM 315 | Health Campaigns | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | Total | ||||
Total Credits: 126
Note: Some students will reduce the semester credits by taking courses over the summer or bringing in college credit from High School.
Electives
Applied Biological Sciences Selective
- BHS 360 Clinical Anatomy
- BIO 210 Microbiology
- BIO 213 Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIO 215 Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIO 225 Genetics
- BIO 315 Public Health Microbiology
- BHS 365 Intro to Human Pathology
Culture and Communication Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- COM 330 Intercultural Communication in Health Care
- HUM 386 Culture, Customs and Health of Belize
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- COM 315 Health Campaigns
- HUM 345 Race and Health or permission of program director
Applied Research Methods Selective
- PBH 340 Survey Research Methods
- PBH 360 Field Epidemiology
- COM 350 Qualitative Research Methods
- PBH 310 Medical Anthropology
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- PBH 320 Geography of Health
Health Care Systems Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- ECN 317 Health Economics
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- PHI 360 MBSR for Health
Critical Reflection in Health Selective
- PSY 440 Death and Dying
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- PHI 350 Nature and Wellness
- ETH 315 Health, Disease, and Authority or permission of program director
Bachelor of Public Health Pre-Med Option I
Year 1 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1xx or 2xx | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I + Lab | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II + Lab | 4 | |
| COM 101 | Academic Reading and Writing | 3 | COM 120 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| CHE 101 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 102 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PBH 120 | Intro to Public Health | 3 | PBH 245 | Intro to Health Systems | 3 | |
| PBH 102 | First Year Experience | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
Year 2 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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HUM 2xx or HUM 220 |
Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective or Medical Humanities | 3 | SOC 101 | Intro to Sociology | 3 | |
| PSY 101 | Psychology | 3 |
PBH 225 |
Seminar in Health Professions | 1 | |
| PBH 230 | Statistics for Public Health | 3 | PBH 210/211 | Intro to Data & Lab | 4 | |
| BIO 213 | Anatomy & Physiology I | 3 | BIO 215 | Anatomy & Physiology II | 3 | |
| Organic Chemistry I (PM Elective) | 4 | Organic Chemistry II (Elective) | 4 | |||
| PHI 2xx | Critical Thinking | 3 | ||||
| Total | 19 | Total | 15 | |||
year 3 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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SOC 301/ETH 320 |
Research Methods and Research Ethics | 4 | PBH 220 | Environmental Health | 3 | |
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PHY 212 |
Physics I (PM Elective) | 4 | PHY 222 | Physics II (PM Elective) | 4 | |
| MAT 125 | Calculus or another math | 4 | Elective | |||
| PBH 350 | Epidemiology | 3 | PBH 210 | Persuasion | 3 | |
| Service Learning | 1 | Service Learning | 1 | |||
| Biochemistry (PM Elective) | 3 | Selective | ||||
| Total | 19 | Total | 17 | |||
year 4 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| SOC 420 | Health and Public Policy | 3 | HHS 401 | Capstone | 3 | |
| ETH 310 | Bioethics | 3 | Critical Reflection Selective | 3 | ||
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SOC 335 |
Global Health | 3 | Health Care Systems Selective | 3 | ||
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Microbiology (Elective) |
4 | PBH 345 | Community Health Practice | 3 | ||
| Culture and Communication Selective | 3 | COM 312/PSY 321 | Health Promotion or Health Psychology | 3 | ||
| Total | 16 | Total | 15 | |||
Total Credits: 126
Note: Some students will reduce the semester credits by taking courses over the summer or bringing in college credit from High School.
Electives
Applied Biological Sciences Selective
- BHS 360 Clinical Anatomy
- BIO 210 Microbiology
- BIO 213 Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIO 215 Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIO 225 Genetics
- BIO 315 Public Health Microbiology
- BHS 365 Intro to Human Pathology
Culture and Communication Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- COM 330 Intercultural Communication in Health Care
- HUM 386 Culture, Customs and Health of Belize
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- COM 315 Health Campaigns
- HUM 345 Race and Health or permission of program director
Applied Research Methods Selective
- PBH 340 Survey Research Methods
- PBH 360 Field Epidemiology
- COM 350 Qualitative Research Methods
- PBH 310 Medical Anthropology
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- PBH 320 Geography of Health
Health Care Systems Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- ECN 317 Health Economics
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- PHI 360 MBSR for Health
Critical Reflection in Health Selective
- PSY 440 Death and Dying
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- PHI 350 Nature and Wellness
- ETH 315 Health, Disease, and Authority or permission of program director
Bachelor of Public Health Pre-Med Option II
Year 1 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1xx or 2xx | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| BIO 111 | General Biology I + Lab | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II + Lab | 4 | |
| COM 101 | Academic Reading and Writing | 3 | COM 120 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| PSY 101 | Psychology | 3 | SOC 101 | Intro to Sociology | 3 | |
| SOC 120 | Intro to Public Health | 3 | PBH 245 | Intro to Health Systems | 3 | |
| PBH 102 | First Year Experience | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 16 | |||
Year 2 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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HUM 2xx or HUM 220 |
Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective or Medical Humanities | 3 | PBH 210/211 | Intro to Data & Lab | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | Physics I (Elective) | 4 |
PHY 222 |
Physics II (Elective) | 4 | |
| PBH 230 | Statistics for Public Health | 3 | MAT 125 | Calculus | 4 | |
| PHI 2xx | Critical Thinking | 3 | CHE 102 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| CHE 101 | General Chemistry I | 4 | PBH 225 | Seminar in Health Professions | 1 | |
| PBH 210 | Persuasion | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 19 | |||
year 3 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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SOC 301/ETH 320 |
Research Methods and Research Ethics | 4 | COM 312/PSY 321 | Health Promotion or Health Psychology | 3 | |
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PBH 350 |
Epidemiology | 3 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | ||
| SOC 335 | Global Health | 3 | PBH 210 | Environmental Health | 3 | |
| Organic Chemistry I | 4 | Service Learning | 2 | |||
| Microbiology (Elective) | 4 | Selective | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 15 | |||
year 4 |
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Fall Semester |
Credits |
Spring Semester |
Credits |
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| SOC 420 | Health and Public Policy | 3 | HHS 401 | Capstone | 3 | |
| Biochemistry (Elective) | 3 | Health Care Systems Selective | 3 | |||
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ETH 310 |
Bioethics | 3 | Critical Reflection Selective | 3 | ||
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Culture and Communication Selective |
3 | A & P II | 4 | |||
| A&P I | 4 | PBH 345 | Community Health Practice | 3 | ||
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
Total Credits: 126
Note: Some students will reduce the semester credits by taking courses over the summer or bringing in college credit from High School.
Electives
Applied Biological Sciences Selective
- BHS 360 Clinical Anatomy
- BIO 210 Microbiology
- BIO 213 Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIO 215 Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIO 225 Genetics
- BIO 315 Public Health Microbiology
- BHS 365 Intro to Human Pathology
Culture and Communication Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- COM 330 Intercultural Communication in Health Care
- HUM 386 Culture, Customs and Health of Belize
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- COM 315 Health Campaigns
- HUM 345 Race and Health or permission of program director
Applied Research Methods Selective
- PBH 340 Survey Research Methods
- PBH 360 Field Epidemiology
- COM 350 Qualitative Research Methods
- PBH 310 Medical Anthropology
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- PBH 320 Geography of Health
Health Care Systems Selective
- COM 320 Patient-Provider Communication
- ECN 317 Health Economics
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- COM 318 Health Teamwork
- PHI 360 MBSR for Health
Critical Reflection in Health Selective
- PSY 440 Death and Dying
- SOC 325 Medical Sociology
- HIS 330 History of Public Health and Medicine
- SOC 330 Culture of Disability
- PHI 350 Nature and Wellness
- ETH 315 Health, Disease, and Authority or permission of program director
Humanities Methods and Approaches Selective
- ART 105 Introduction to Drawing
- HIS 141 Modern American History
- LIT 2XX African Literature, Film, and Music
- PHI 250 Religion as the Search for Meaning
Science and Health Through Humanities Lenses Selective
- HUM 220 Medical Humanities
- LIT 220 Suicide and/as Literature: East-West
- PHI 280 The Philosophy and Practice of Yoga