BSAS in Public Health - Health Education/Health Promotion Track 2018/2019 Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, Public Health (Health Education/Health Promotion 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 the Program Director before electing this option. (Refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for more information.).
  • Total minimum hours required for the degree = 120 semester hours.
2018/2019 Curriculum
Catalog # Course name s.h.
1. 65 Semester Hours of Required Public Health Content Courses
PHLT 3702 Health Education Theory and Methods 3
PHLT 3725 Topics in Public Health 1
AHLT 3708 Preventive Public Health Care 3
PHLT 3757 Health and 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 4891 Public Health Internship 8
PHLT 4899 Public Health 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
PHLT 2692 Human Sexuality 3
PHLT 3709 Elements of Urban Environmental Health Practices 3
PHLT 3731 Drug Use and Abuse 3
PHLT 5804 Multicultural Health 3
2. 12 Semester Hours of Required Support Courses
Must take all of the following courses:
*PHLT 1513 Introduction to Environmental Health 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
CMST 2610 Intercultural Communication 3
GERO 3756 Aging and Ethnicity (prereq is SOC 1500* or GERO 1501*, SS courses) 3
PHIL 3725 Biomedical Ethics (prereq is PHIL 2600* an AH Gen Ed course) 3
PHIL 3727 Environmental Ethics (prereq is PHIL 2600* an AH Gen Ed course) 3
PHIL 3735 Ethics and 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 and 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 Communications (SS Gen Ed) 3
WMST 2601 Introduction to Women's Studies (SS Gen Ed) 3
2018/2019 Curriculum (Continued)
Basic Skills Course name s.h.
Writing ENGL 1550 - Writing 1  AND
ENGL 1551 - Writing 2
3
3
Speech CMST 1545 - Communications Foundations 3
Quantitative MATH 2623 - Survey of Mathematics  OR
MATH 2625 - Math Literacy Critical Reason
3
4
Knowledge Domains:
Natural Science (NS) BIOL 1545/L - Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology  AND
1 other course from the approved list
5
3
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
FNUT 1551 - Normal Nutrition
3
3
General Education Electives (NS, AH, SS or SPA) 1 other course from the approved list 3

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