PublicHealth,BS
Program:
PublicHealth SummaryofRequirements
College:
Degree
CalendarYear:
HealthandHumanServices
BachelorofScience
2021‐2022
Website: https://www.iup.edu/public‐health/
Summaryof
Requirements:
Therequiredpublichealthcorecoursesaredesignedtointroducestudentstoessentialpublichealthcore
competencies:communityhealtheducation,occupational‐environmentalhealthsciences,epidemiologyand
biostatistics,researchmethods,advocacy,networking,culturalcompetence,ethicaldecisionmaking,community
dynamics,andexperientiallearning.Theprogramprovidesastrongfoundationforstuden
tswhowanttopursue
graduatestudy. The120‐credithourmajorrequires43creditsofliberalstudies,43ofPublicHealthcore,with6‐
8controlledelectives,and26‐28openelectives,Aminorisrecommendedtocomplementthemajor(see
suggestionsbelow).Theprogramalsorequiresa2.5cumulativeGPA&“C
”orbetterincorePublicHealth
courses.
LiberalStudies
(43credits)
PublicHealthCoreRequirements
(43credits)
Course Credits Grade Course Credits Grade
LearningSkills:EnglishComposition(6credits) PUBH122FoundationsofPublicHealth 3
ENG101Composition 3 PUBH306ResearchDesignandAnalysis(WI) 3
ENGL202CompositionII 3 PUBH493Internship 6
BIOL301FundamentalsofEpidemiology 3
LearningSkills:Mathematics(3credits)
ANTH240GlobalHealthORSOC454Rural
3
MATH217ProbabilityandStatistics 3
ANTH444MedicalORSOC442MedicalSoc
3
ECON360HealthEconomics(WI)
3
Humanities(9credits)
FDNT422PublicHealthNutrition&Epidemiology
3
HIST196or197or198 3
NURS101DisasterAwareness
1
ENGL121HumanitiesLiterature 3
NURS410HealthPromotionandSocialIssues
3
PHIL130IntrotoBiomedicalEthics 3
NURS455HealthCareInformatics
3
NURS314orELR314HealthPolicy&Law
3
FineArts(3credits)
PSYC332CommunityPsychology&Prevention
3
Selectonefromthelist 3
SOC448SocialWelfarePolicy
3
NaturalSciences(7credits)
ControlledElectives(seelistofoptions) 6‐8
BIOL104HumanBiology 4
BIOL119EmergingDiseases 3
OpenElectives 26‐28
SocialSciences(9credits)Choosethreecoursesfrom
SuggestedMinorstoassistchoiceofelectives:Anthropology,Applied
Statistics,Biology,Child&AdultAdvocacyStudies,CommunityHealth,
Economics,ExerciseScience,Geography,GlobalHealth,LGBT&Q
Studies,Nutrition,Psychology,RegionalPlanning,Safety,Health,and
EnvironmentalSciences,Sociology,Spanish,Women’s&Gender
Studies
PSYC101GeneralPsychology 3
SOC151OR161Principles/Foundationsof
Sociology(GMA)
3
ECON101basicOR122Microeconomics 3
HealthandWellness(3credits)
Selectfromthelistof143courses 3
LiberalStudiesElectives(6credits)
Global/Multicultural(GMA),3creditsrequired(SOC161fulfillsthis
requirementwhichoverlapswithSocialSciences)
FDNT145PersonalNutrition
3
WritingIntensive(WI),6creditsrequiredisbuiltintothePUBHCore
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