Public Health - B.S.P.H. Program Requirements

• Environmental/Sanitation Concentration
• Health Care Administration Concentration
• Health Promotion and Education

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (43 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	PH	10001	Introduction to Public Health	3
		10002	Introduction to Global Health	3
		20003	Public Health Policy and Decision-Making	3
		20004	Public Health Research	3
		20005	Social and Behavioral Science Theories in Public Health	3
		20006	Environmental Health Science	3
		20007	Prevention and Control of Diseases	3
		30001	Essentials of Epidemiology	3
		30002	Introductory Biostatistics	3
WIC		44000	Health Disparities*	3
		44001	Integrative Seminar in Public Health	3
		44092	Internship in Public Health	6
	SOC	32220	Data Analysis	3
		32221	Data Analysis Laboratory	1
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (62 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)    6 credits may be fulfilled in Environmental/Sanitation concentration			6-7
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)      3 credits fulfilled in Health Care Administration concentration			3-6
	Advisor-Approved Electives (see suggested courses below)			12
	General Electives			9-17
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
	Environmental/Sanitation (15)
	Health Care Administration (15)
	Health Promotion and Education (15)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

ADVISOR-APPROVED ELECTIVES (12 Credits) suggested groupings of courses
Type	Course		Title
	Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention
	HED	32530	Drug Use and Misuse (3)
		44550	Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (3)
	PSYC	40111	Abnormal Psychology (3)
		41532	Social Psychology (3)
		41581	Health Psychology (3)
	SOC	42577	Sociology of Family Violence (3)
	Gerontological Studies
WIC	GERO	44030	Adult Development and Aging (3)
	HED	46070	Health-Related Aspects of Aging (3)
	PSYC	30656	Psychology of Aging (3)
DD	SOC	42879	Aging in Society (3)
	Global/International Health
	COMM GEOG	35852 22040	Intercultural Communication (3)   or Introduction to Global Tourism (3)
	GEOG	42052	Medical Geography (3)
	PH	40092	International Health Practicum (6)   or Foreign Language (same language) (6)
	Health Disparities
	HDFS	34031	Cultural Diversity: Implications for the Helping Profession (3)
	POL	40560	Human Rights and Social Justice (3)
DD	PSYC	22221	Multicultural Psychology (3)
DD	SOC	32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
	HIV, STDs and Sexuality Studies
	HED	47070	AIDS: Issues, Education and Prevention (3)
		32544	Human Sexuality (3)
		46057	Advanced Human Sexuality (3)
DD	SOC	32565	Sociology of Gays/Lesbians (3)
	Public Health Nutrition (3)
	NUTR	33512	Nutrition (3)
		33522	Applied Nutrition (3)
		43515	Community Nutrition (3)
		43518	Maternal and Child Nutrition (3)

 

Environmental/Sanitation Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Choose five courses from the following:			15
KBS	GEOG	21062	Physical Geography (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
KBS	GEOL	21062	Environmental Geology (3)
	HM	13022	Sanitation and Safety Principles and Practices (3)
	PH	20012	Sanitation and Hazardous Materials Management (3)
	POL	40440	U.S. Environmental Politics and Policies (3)
TOTAL				15

 

Health Care Administration Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ECON	42086	Economics of Health Care	3
KSS	JUS	26704	Issues in Law and Society	3
	PHIL	40005	Health Care Ethics	3
	POL	30301	Introduction to Public Administration	3
	SOC	42563	Sociology of Health and Health Care	3
TOTAL				15

 

Health Promotion and Education Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	HED	21050	Health Education Theories	3
		32565	Marketing in Health Education	3
		34050	Program Planning and Evaluation in Health Education	3
		42041	Health Counseling	3
	PH	30003	Public Health Strategies	3
TOTAL				15