Major Requirements include:

• PBH 101 - Introduction to Public Health
• BI 110 - Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing

• or

• BI 331 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I
• BI 108 - Microbiology

• or

• BI 318 - Microbiology for Majors
• PBH 301 - Environmental Health
• PY 101 - General Psychology
• SO 101 - Introduction to Sociology
• SO 228 - Sociology of Health & Illness

• or

• SO 300 - Epidemics & Society
• PBH 375 - Health Policy and Economics
• PBH 449 - Community/Public Health
• PBH 451 - Public Health Capstone
• PBH 452 - Public Health Experiential Learning

Five Electives, one from each of the following categories:

Statistics/Data Analytics:

• BI 345 - Biostatistics
• BU 121 - Business Statistics
• CJ 390 - Statistical Techniques for Criminal Justice
• CS 345 - Foundations of Data Science and Analytics
• MA 345 - Foundations of Data Science and Analytics
• PY 301 - Behavioral Statistics
• SO 212 - Social Statistics

Research Methods:

• BI 423 - Directed Research in Biology - One Semester Option
• PY 302 - Foundations of Research Methods
• PY 320 - Research Methods in Applied Psychology
• SO 211 - Research Methods
• NU 348 - Nursing Research (only if also completed NU 238 and NU 239)

Cultural & Social Determinants of Health:

• HI 110 - African Health and Healing
• PY 211 - Liberation Psychology
• SO 255 - Social Welfare: Poverty and Public Policy
• SO 342 - Social Inequality

Human Health & Disease:

• BI 105 - Infectious Diseases
• BI 211 - Genetics for Healthcare
• BI 209 - Nutrition
• NU 238 - Pathopharmacology I
• PY 204 - Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
• PY 205 - Psychology of Addiction and Dependency
• PY 206 - Health Psychology
• PY 307 - Abnormal Psychology
• PY 322 - Behavioral Pharmacology
• PY 325 - Brain Aging and Dementia
• SO 204 - Sociology of Aging, Dying, & Death

Structures, Policy and Communications:

• PO XXX-Health and Social Policy Making in the US

• PY 210 - Special Topics in Psychology
• PY 330 - Communicating Science
• SO 229 - Media & Society

Major Course Sequence:

Public Health students typically begin with Intro to Public Health, Anatomy and Physiology, and Introduction to Sociology in the first year, followed by Microbiology, General Psychology, and Research Methods in their sophomore year. Their senior year includes the two course capstone that includes an experiential learning/internship.

Sample Course Sequence for Public Health Majors: