Requirements for the Major (52 credits)

I. Core Courses (32 credits)

Complete all of the following:

• course - Principles of Public Health

• course - Introduction to Statistics

• course - Microbes in Health and Disease OR course - Human Health and Disease OR BIOL220 - Nutrition OR BIOL256 - Anatomy and Physiology I OR course - Microbiology OR BIOL258 - Anatomy and Physiology II

• course - Global Health OR course - Health Policy

• course - Medical Anthropology OR course - Sociology of Health and Illness

• course - Epidemiology

• course -  Research Methods in Public Health and Medicine

• course - Capstone in Public Health

II. Electives (20 credits)

Complete 20 credits, selected from the following:

The elective offerings provide an opportunity to explore the field of public health from a wide range of perspectives. In order to continue building upon the foundation established in the core courses, students must select at least one elective from the Bioscience/Quantitative category and at least one from the Social Science/Humanities category. The remaining coursework may be tailored to the individual’s personal interests and career goals.

A. Bioscience and Quantitative Electives (at least 4 credits)

• course - Environmental Health

• course - Topics in Public Health: Bioscience

• course - Independent Study in Public Health

• course - Emerging Infectious Disease (Same as course)

• course - Advanced Topics in Public Health: Bioscience

• course - Immersive Research/Creative Projects in Public Health

• course- Specialized Honors I

• course - Specialized Honors II

• course- Human Health and Disease

• course - Nutrition

• course - Anatomy and Physiology I

• course - Anatomy and Physiology II

• course - Immunology

• course - Diseases of the Brain (Same as course)

• course- Virology

• course - Great Challenges in Environmental Science

• course - Geographic Information Systems (Same as course)

• course - Advanced GIS

• course - Diseases of the Brain

• course - Abnormal Psychology

• course - Statistical Computing in R

• course - Intermediate Statistics

Note: course, course - Topics in Biology may be applied to the Public Health major when the topic is appropriate.

B. Social Science and Humanities Electives (at least 4 credits)

• course - Topics in Public Health: Social Science and Humanities

• course - ShortTREC- Health & Human Development in Africa: Lessons from the South African Experience

• course - Independent Study in Public Health

• course - Medical Geography

• PH333 - Housing and Health

• course - Global Health (Same as course)

• course - Health Policy (Same as course)

• course - Advanced Topics in Public Health: Social Science and Humanities

• course- Health Psychology (Same as course)

• course - Immersive Research/Creative Projects in Public Health

• course - Specialized Honors I

• course - Specialized Honors II

• course - Medical Anthropology

• course - Ethnographic Research Methods

• course - Food For Thought: Nutritional Anthropology

• course - The Non-Profit Sector

• course - Leadership in Practice OR course - Drew Action Seminar II: Exploring Solutions OR course - Innovation Action Lab

• course - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender (Same as course)

• course - Environment, Society and Sustainability

• course - Disease in History

• course- Introduction to Ethics

• course - Biomedical Ethics

• course - Comparative Political Systems

• course - American Government and Politics

• course - International Relations

• course - Race and Politics

• course - Stress and Coping

• course - Sociology of Health and Illness

• course - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

• course - Sociology of Reproduction

• course - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender (Same as course)

Note: course Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology, and course Selected Topics in History: International Diversity may be applied to the Public Health major when the topic is appropriate.