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.
| 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 and Methods | 3 |
| 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. 20 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 |
| AHLT 4820 | Directed Research | 2 |
| GEOG 2611 | Geospatial Foundations | 3 |
| GEOG 5810 | Geographic Information Science 1 | 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 2631 | Environmental Ethics | 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 AG 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 |
| Basic Skills | Course name | s.h. |
|---|---|---|
| 3. A total of 13 General Education Courses (General Education Program), which must include the identified required and prerequisite hours listed above and identified with the prefix *. | ||
| 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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