BSAS in Public Health - Environmental Health & Safety Track 2016/2017 Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, Public Health (Environmental Health & Safety Track) online degree:

  • All development courses such as ENGL 1539/1540, RSS 1510A/1510B, MATH 1500/1501/1504 do not count toward degree requirements.
  • No minor is required for this major.
  • To continue enrollment in the major, a GPA of 2.0 must be maintained.
  • Courses in the major require a grade of "C" or better.
  • Courses taken under the Credit (CR)/No Credit (NC) option may not be counted toward the major. (You must confer with your advisor before electing this option. Refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.).
  • Total minimum hours required for the Degree = 120 semester hours.
2016/2017 Curriculum
Catalog # Course name S.H.
1. 65 Semester Hours of Required Public Health Content Courses
PHLT 3725 Topics in Public Health 1
PHLT 3702 Health Education Theory & Methods 3
AHLT 3708 Preventive Public Health Care 3
PHLT 3757 Health & Disease 4
PHLT 3791 Community Health 3
AHLT 4808 Environmental Health 3
AHLT 4810 Management Skills for Health Professionals 3
PHLT 4826 Community Health Planning & Promotion 4
PHLT 4827 Program Evaluation 3
PHLT 4828 Grant Writing 3
AHLT 5807 Epidemiology 3
PHLT 4892 Environmental Health & Safety Internship 8
PHLT 4898 Environmental Health & Safety Senior Seminar 3
PHLT 5810 Agents of Mass Casualty 3
PHLT 5812 Crisis Management in Public Health 3
PHLT 2607 Ethical Issues in Public Health 3
AHLT 4831 Industrial Hygiene 3
PHLT 3709 Elements of Urban Environmental Health Practices 3
AHLT 5816 Environmental Regulations 3
PHLT 5804 Multicultural Health 3
2. 12 Semester Hours of Required Support Courses
Must take all of the following courses:
AHLT 3755 Principles of Occupational Health & Safety 3
AHLT 4806 Research Methods 3
Take 1 of the following courses:
AHLT 3740 Pathology of Infectious Diseases 3
BIOL 1560* Paramedical Microbiology 3
Take 1 of the following societal/cultural issues courses:
AFST 2600* Introduction to Africana Studies 1 (SS Gen Ed) 3
AFST 2601* Introduction to Africana Studies 2 (AH Gen Ed) 3
AMER 2601* American Identity (SS Gen Ed) 3
AMER 3701 Approaches to American Studies 3
ANTH 3705 Cultural Anthropology (prereq is ANTH 1500*) 3
TCOM 2610 Intercultural Communication 3
GERO 3756 Aging & Ethnicity (prereq is SOC 1500* or GERO 1501*, SS courses) 3
PHIL 3725 Biomedical Ethics (prereq is one 2600-level PHIL course or SOC 3703 or 3745 or PSYCH 3780) 3
PHIL 3727 Environmental Ethics 3
PHIL 3735 Ethics & Scientific Research (prereq is PHIL 2600* an AH Gen Ed course) 3
SCWK 5823 Cultural Diversity 3
SOC 3700 Minority Groups 3
SOC 3703 Aging & Society 3
SOC 3720 Applied Sociology 3
SOC 3745 Sociology of Health, Illness & Healthcare 3
SOC 3756 Aging and Ethnicity 3
SOC 3760 Sociology of Death & Dying (prereq for each identified SOC course is SOC 1500* an SS Gen Ed) 3
TCOM 1595* Survey of American Mass Communication (SS Gen Ed) 3
WMST 2601 Introduction to Women's Studies (SS Gen Ed) 3
2016/2017 Curriculum (Continued)
Basic Skills Course name S.H.
Writing ENGL 1550 - Writing 1 AND
ENGL 1551 - Writing 2		 3
3
Speech CMST 1545 - Communication Foundations 3
Quantitative MATH 2623 - Survey of Mathematics OR
MATH 2625 - Math Literacy Critical Reason		 3
4
Knowledge Domains:
Natural Science (NS) BIOL 2601 - General Biology: Molecules and Cells AND
GEOL 1500/L - Environmental Geology		 4
4
Arts & Humanities (AH) PHIL 1560 - Introduction to Philosophy OR
PHIL 2625 - Introduction to Professional Ethics AND
1 other course from the approved list		 3
3
3
Social Science (SS) PHLT 1531 - Fundamentals of Public Health AND
SOC 1500 - Introduction to Sociology		 3
3
Social & Personal Awareness (SPA) PHLT 1568 - Healthy Lifestyles AND
PHLT 1513 - Introduction to Environmental Health & Safety		 3
3
General Education Electives (NS, AH, SS or SPA) BIOL 1545/L - Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology 3

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