Public Health Pathway

The pathway in Public Health is designed for students interested in health-related careers who wish to develop skills and knowledge about global public health challenges. It also offers important courses for students on a pre-health/pre-med track beyond the pre-health/pre-med pathway.

Requirements:

To complete this integrative pathway, students must choose a minimum of 12 credits as described. Only four (4) credits from the HASS Inquiry (INQR) courses listed below can be applied to the pathway. Students who are interested in undertaking the compatible minor in Public Health should also pay careful attention to the required courses of that program before making their course selections for this pathway.

Choose 12 credits from the following:

COGS 4610 - Stress and the Brain Credit Hours: 4
COGS 4700 - Hormones, Brain, and Behavior Credit Hours: 4
COMM 4288 - Health Communication in Practice Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1100 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4
INQR 1150 - The Genome and You Credit Hours: 4
PSYC 1200 - Introduction to Psychological Science Credit Hours: 4
PSYC 4610 - Stress and the Brain Credit Hours: 4
PSYC 4700 - Hormones, Brain, and Behavior Credit Hours: 4
PSYC 4500 - Drugs, Society, and Behavior Credit Hours: 4
STSO 1100 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSO 2520 - Sociology Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4250 - Bioethics Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4260 - Food, Farms, and Famine Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4400 - Medicine, Culture, and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4420 - History of Medicine Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4430 - Drugs in History Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4440 - History of Mental Health Credit Hours: 4
STSO 4560 - Gender, Science, and Technology Credit Hours: 4
STSO 496X - Politics: Epidemics and Pandemics Credit Hours: 4

STSO 496X - History or Race, Science, and Medicine Credit Hours: 4

Compatible minor:

Public Health Minor