Kent State University Catalog 2011

University Catalog

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

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 (36 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	PH	10001	Introduction to Public Health	3
		10002	Introduction to Global Health	3
		20001	Essentials of Epidemiology	3
		20003	Public Health Policy and Decision-Making	3
		20005	Social and Behavioral Science Theories in Public Health	3
		20006	Environmental Health Science	3
		30002	Introductory Biostatistics	3
		30003	Public Health Strategies	3
		30004	Public Health Research	3
		30007	Prevention and Control of Diseases	3
		30012	Communicable Diseases	3
WIC		44000	Health Disparities*	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (21 or 33 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) Students pursuing Global Health concentration should take GEOG 22061			6
	Suggested Advisor-Approved Electives see courses below; Not required for the Pre-Medicine, Dental, Osteopathy Concentration			0 or 12
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (51-63 credits)
	Environmental and Occupational Health (51)
	Global Health (51)
	Health Care Administration (51)
	Health Promotion and Education (51)
	Pre-Medicine, Dental, Osteopathy (63)
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 and Occupational Health Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15-18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	PH	44092	Internship in Public Health	3-6
	Choose four courses from the following:			12
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)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (33-36 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) may be fulfilled with options GEOG 21062 and GEOL 21062			1-7
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	General Electives			15-26
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				51

Global Health Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	GEOG	42052	Medical Geography *	3
		40092 41092	International Health Practicum or Field Experience in Meeting the Basic Health and Human Needs	3
		44003	Environmental Health Issues in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	3
	Choose one course from the following:			3
	ANTH	48250	Culture and Curing (3) *
	COMM	35852	Intercultural Communications (3)
	ECON	42086	Economics of Health Care *
	GEOG	40195	Special Topics: GIS Applications in Health Research (3)
	HED	34050	Program Planning and Evaluation in Health Education (3) *
	NUTR	33512	Nutrition (3) *
	PHIL	40005	Health Care Ethics (3)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language (Elementary I and II)			8-10
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	General Electives			11-16
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				51

* Course has prerequisites outside of the program requirements, please check course descriptions in this catalog.

Health Care Administration Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the2011-2012 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15-18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ECON	42086	Economics of Health Care *	3
	PH	44092	Internship in Public Health	3-6
	PHIL	40005	Health Care Ethics	3
	POL	30301	Introduction to Public Administration *	3
	SOC	42563	Sociology of Health and Health Care *	3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (33-36 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	General Electives			15-21
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				51

* Course has prerequisites outside of the program requirements, please check course descriptions in this catalog.

Health Promotion and Education Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15-18 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	44092	Internship Public Health	3-6
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (33-36 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	General Electives			15-21
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				51

* Course has prerequisites outside of the program requirements, please check course descriptions in this catalog.

Pre-Medicine, Dental, Osteopathy Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the2011-2012 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (56-59 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		30171	General Microbiology	4
		30030 40430	Human Physiology (4) or Animal Physiology (3)	3-4
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I *	4
KAD		10061	General Chemistry II *	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry Laboratory I *	1
		10063	General Chemistry Laboratory I *	1
		20481 30481	Basic Organic Chemistry I (4) or Organic Chemistry I (3)	3-4
		20482 30482	Basic Organic Chemistry II (2) or Organic Chemistry II (3)	2-3
		30475	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	1
		30476	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II	1
KMC	MATH	12002 12021	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5) or Calculus for Life Sciences (4)	4-5
		12022 30011	Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences (3) or Basic Probability and Statistics (3)	3
	PH	44092	Internship in Public Health	3-6
	PHY	13001 13021 23101	General College Physics I (4) *and* General College Physics Laboratory I (1) or General University Physics I (5)	5
		13002 13022 23102	General College Physics II (4) and General College Physics Laboratory II (1) or General University Physics II (5)	5
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (4-7 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			2
	General Electives			2-5
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				63

* General Chemistry series may be substituted with honors General Chemistry (CHEM 10960, 10961)
** If Chem 20481 is taken student must take CHEM 20482. If CHEM 30481 is taken student must take CHEM 30482