• Understand the methods by which public health identifies potential causes of population health status, and identifies potential targets for intervention.
• Describe the fundamental roles of public health and how those roles are operationalized in public health organization, funding, workforce, and regulations.
• Demonstrate the importance of public health data in understanding health and disease in populations.
• Explain the foundations of public health.
• Identify environmental health hazards and their potential effects on human health.
• Describe how behavioral factors contribute to specific individual and community outcomes.
• Differentiate the relationship between local, state, and federal public health systems and their roles in the US public health system.
• Effectively communicate public health information in both oral and written forms through a variety of media and to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrate ability to locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Major Core
H 100	INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH	4
H 206	PROJECTS (take 3 times)	3
H 210	*INTRODUCTION TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	3
H 220	INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH DATA ANALYSIS	3-4
or ST 201	PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS
H 225	*SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH DETERMINANTS	4
H 319	INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH POLICY	3
H 320	INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DISEASE	3
H 344	FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH	3
H 425	FOUNDATIONS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY	3
Required Option		44-63
Remaining Bacc Core and Electives		87-107
Total Credits		180

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)