BSAS in Public Health - Health Education/Health Promotion Track 2013/2014 Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science in Applied Science, Public Health (Health Education/Health Promotion track) online degree:

  • does not count development courses, such as ENGL 1539/1540, RSS 1510A/1510B, MATH 1500/1501/1504, toward degree requirements.
  • does not require a minor.
  • requires a GPA of 2.0 be maintained to continue enrollment in the major.
  • requires a grade of "C" or better in all major courses.
  • may not count courses taken under the Credit (CR)/No Credit (NC) option (You must confer with your advisor before electing this option. Refer to the Undergraduate Bulletin for more information.).
  • requires all courses to be taken online.
  • requires a total minimum of 124 semester hours.
2013/2014 Curriculum
Catalog # course name s.h.
1. 62 Semester Hours of Required Public Health Content Courses
PHLT 3725 Topics in Public Health 1
PHLT 3702 Health Education Theory and Methods 3

One of the following courses:

AHLT 3740 - Pathology of Infectious Diseases - 3 S.H.

*BIOL 1560 and Lab - Paramedical Microbiology - 3 S.H.

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 and Promotion 4
PHLT 4827 Program Evaluation 3
PHLT 4828 Grant Writing 3
AHLT 5807 Epidemiology 3
PHLT 4891 Community Health Internship 8
PHLT 4899 Senior Seminar 3
PHLT 5810 Agents of Mass Casualty 3
PHLT 5812 Crisis Management 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
2. 23 Semester Hours of Required Support Courses
Must take all of the following courses:
AHLT 4804 Stress and the Health Care Practitioner 3
AHLT 4806 Research Methods 3
AHLT 4820 Directed Research 2
GEOG 2611 Geospatial Foundations 3
GEOG 5810 Geographic Information Science 1 3
GEOG 1501 Introduction to Gerontology 3
Take 2 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
GERO 3756 Aging and 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 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 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
2013/2014 Curriculum (Continued)
Basic Skills course name s.h.
Basic Skills:
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 1545/L - Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology  AND
 1 other course from the approved list
5
3
Arts & Humanities (AH)  PHIL 2600 - 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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