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New Brunswick/Piscataway Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2007 Cook College Programs of Study Public Health 832 Entry Requirements for the Major  

Entry Requirements for the Major

To declare a major in public health, students must apply to the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy after they have completed 40 credits and achieved a 2.5 grade-point average in the required introductory expository writing and statistics courses, 01:119:150 Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3) and 10:832:101 Introduction to Policy, Planning, and Health (3).

I. College Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (5-6 credits)

  11:015:101  Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment (2)

  11:015:400  Junior/Senior Colloquium (3)

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences

A. Life Sciences (8 credits)

  01:119:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

B. Physical Sciences (9 credits)

  01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)

  10:975:303  Urban Poverty in Developing Nations or 10: 975:304 Urban Poverty (3) or 11:374:341 Social and Ecological Aspects of Health and Disease (3) or courses from those suggested in the Degree Requirements chapter

V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes

A. Human Behavior (3 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

B. Economic Systems (3-9 credits)

For students interested in environmental health:

  11:373:101  Economics, People, and Environment (3)

For students interested in health policy:

  10:832:332  Public Health Economics (4)

For students interested in health administration:

  01:220:102  Introduction to Microeconomics (3)

  01:220:103  Introduction to Macroeconomics (3)

  01:220:316  Health Economics (3)

C. Political Processes (3 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

  01:355:101  Expository Writing I (3) or equivalent

One of the following:

  01:355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3)

  01:355:303  Writing for Business and the Professions (3)

  01:355:315  Writing Grant Proposals (3)

VII. Experience-Based Education (6 credits)

  10:832:499  Internship with Seminar (6)

VIII. Proficiency in Public Health (35-40 credits)

A. REQUIRED COURSES (20-24)

Quantitative Skills (4-7)

A term of statistics at the 200 level or above (requires precalculus or placement in calculus) or 10:975:205 Basic Statistical Methods (4)

Computer and Information Technology Competence (4)

  10:832:395  Research Methods (4)

Professional Ethics (3)

  01:119:150  Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3) or other approved course

Additional Requirements (9-10)

  11:375:403  Principles of Epidemiology (3) or 10:832: 335 Epidemiology (3)

  10:832:101  Introduction to Policy, Planning, and Health (3)

  10:832:338  Health and Public Policy (3) or 10:832: 332Public Health Economics (4) or 01:220:316 Health Economics (3) or 10: 832:333Financial Aspects of Public Health (3)

B. ELECTIVES (15-16)

Five additional public health (10:832) courses (three of which must be at the 300 level or above) or courses drawn from the following:

  11:374:341  Social and Ecological Aspects of Health and Disease (3)

  11:375:302  Elements of Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)

  11:375:307  Elements of Solid Waste Management and Treatment (3)

  11:375:336  Occupational and Community Noise Control (3)

  11:375:407  Environmental Toxicology (3)

  11:375:411  Environmental Microbiology (3)

  11:375:421  Air Pollution (3)

  11:680:390  General Microbiology (4)

  10:975:303  Urban Policy in Developing Nations (3)

  10:975:304  Urban Poverty (3)

  10:975:417  Introduction to Population Tools and Policy (3)

  10:975:456  Housing and Health Care (3)

  10:975:462  Human Rights, Health, and Violence (3)

  10:975:477  Immigration, Urban Policy, and Public Health (3)

  10:975:483  Urban Revitalization and Public Health (3)

See adviser for approved alternatives from current offerings.

IX. Unspecified Electives (29-39 credits)


 
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