Public Health (BS)
Program requirements for the Public Health (BS) degree.
University Core – 36 credits
Area I: Writing (6)
- ENG 101 English Composition I
- ENG 102 English Composition II: Research & Argument
Area II: Quantitative Reasoning (6)
- STA 201 Introduction to Statistics (3)
- MAT 115 College Algebra (3)
Area III: Computing & Information Literacy (6)
- UNI 110 Information Literacy & Research (3)
- UNI 120 Data & AI Literacy (3)
Area IV: Communication (3)
- COM 110 Public Speaking / Professional Communication (3)
Area V: Civics/Global/Ethics (9)
- POL 101 American Government (3)
- PHI 120 Ethics (3)
- GEO 120 Global Systems & Cultures (3)
Area VI: Humanities/Social Science/Arts (6)
- Choose any two 3-credit courses from College of Arts & Humanities, College of Social &
- Behavioral Sciences, College of Creative & Performing Arts
HLS Methods Core – 6 credits
- HLS 210 Scienti c Inquiry & Evidence in Health (3)
- HLS 220 Health Writing & Communication (3)
Public Health Core – 30 credits
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- PUH 101 Foundations of Public Health (3)
- PUH 210 Epidemiology I (3)
- PUH 220 Biostatistics for Public Health (3)
- PUH 230 Environmental & Occupational Health (3)
- PUH 240 Health Policy & Systems (3)
- PUH 250 Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health (3)
- PUH 310 Program Planning & Evaluation (3)
- PUH 320 Global Health (3)
- PUH 330 Health Communication (3)
- PUH 490 Public Health Capstone (3)
- Concentration Requirements – 12 credits – Choose ONE Concentration:
- Concentration: Public Health (General)
- Choose 4 PUH courses (12), at least 2 courses must be upper-division (300–400) PUH
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- Concentration: Healthcare Administration
- HCA 210 Healthcare Administration & Operations (3)
- HCA 220 Healthcare Finance (3)
- HCA 310 Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (3)
- HCA 320 Healthcare Information Systems (3)
- Concentration: Health Informatics
- HIN 210 Health Informatics Foundations (3)
- HIN 220 Healthcare Data Standards & Interoperability (3)
- HIN 310 Clinical Data & Analytics (3)
- HIN 320 Privacy, Security & Compliance in Health IT (3)
Electives – 36 credits
- 12 credits upper-division (300–400 level) HLS courses
- 6 credits upper-division (300–400 level) College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences or
- College of Computing & Data Sciences courses
- 18 credits free electives (100–400 level)