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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2009 Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Programs of Study Public Health  

Public Health*

The public health major prepares students for graduate education in public health and the health professions, and for entry-level positions in a broad spectrum of private and public health organizations. Students receive a conceptual understanding of interrelated health, environmental, economic, educational, and social welfare issues. To pursue the major, students must apply to and be admitted to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (see guidelines under Admission). Completion of the public health major leads to a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree. Students seeking the minor may declare it with their matriculating unit and are not required to apply for admission to the Bloustein school.

Prerequisites for the Major in Public Health (6-7 credits)

  01:762:101  Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health (3) 

  10:762:205  Basic Statistical Methods for Policy, Planning, and Health (4) or a 200-level or higher basic statistics course (3-4)

Major Requirements (48 credits)

Core Courses (36 credits)

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

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

   01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1) 

   10:762:395  Research Methods (4)***

   10:832:232  Principles of Public Health (3)

   10:832:335  Epidemiology (3) 

   10:832:499  Internship with Seminar (6)***

At least one of the following:

  01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3) or 01:355:303 Writing for Business and the Professions (3) or 01:355:315 Writing Grant Proposals (3) or 10:832:339 Public Health Literature (3) or a preapproved professional writing course (3)

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Students must complete 12 credits of electives, of which 9 credits must be at the 300 level or higher. Students completing a minor or second major may count only one course from that minor or major as an elective for the public health major or minor.

Any 832 course counts as an elective as do the following preapproved courses:

  01:070:307  Medical Anthropology (3)****

  01:119:150  Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3)

  01:220:316  Health Economics (3)**** Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:332 (4)

  01:377:304  Exercise and Aging (3)

  01:450:321  Geographic Information Systems (3)

  01:730:105 or 106  Current Moral and Social Issues (3 or 4)

  01:730:249  Medical Ethics (3)

  01:830:331  Infant and Child Development (3)****

  01:830:333  Adolescent Development (3)****

  01:830:335  Adult Development and Aging (3)***

  01:830:377  Health Psychology (3)***

  01:920:210  Sociology of Medicine and Health Care (3)

  01:920:303  Social Gerontology (3)***

  01:920:307  Sociology of Mental Illness (3)***

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

  11:374:430  Topics: Risk, Health, and Safety (3)

  11:374:431  Topics: New and Reemerging Diseases (3)

  11:375:301  The Environment and Health (3)

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

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

  11:375:403  Principles of Epidemiology (3)** Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:335 (3)

  11:375:406  Public Health Practice and Administration (3)

  11:375:421  Air Pollution (3)

  11:709:255  Nutrition and Health (3)

Minor Requirements (24-26 credits)

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

  a 200-level or higher basic statistics course (3-4)

  a basic human biology course (3-4)

Five additional 832 courses of at least 3 credits each (15 credits) excluding 10:832:395, 400, 490,491, and 499, which are restricted to majors only.

Preparing for Careers in Public Health

Students seeking a career in health education should plan on taking a psychology or sociology minor and seek advising about becoming a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).

Students seeking a career in health administration should complete Calculus I, microeconomics, and health economics, and plan on graduate study.

Students seeking careers in health and safety, environmental and occupational health, or sanitary inspection should take 10:832:438 Environmental and Public Health Practice (6 credits, offered summer only) and seek advising about becoming a Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS).

Students seeking a career in long-term care should plan to complete the Nursing Home Administration Certificate (see below).

Certificate Programs

Nursing Home Administration Certificate (24 credits)*****

To become a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) in the state of New Jersey, an individual must be a college graduate, complete 1,700 hours of postgraduate fieldwork, and pass the state LNHA examination. The Nursing Home Administration (NHA) Certificate reduces the number of postgraduate hours required to 1,200 and covers much of the material necessary for students to prepare for the state licensing examination.

Students seeking the NHA certificate must be public health majors. Some of the required courses for the NHA certificate are offered during Summer Session only.

Core Courses (21-22 credits)

  01:920:303  Social Gerontology (3)**

  10:832:332  Public Health Economics (4) or 01:220:316 Health Economics (3)**

  10:832:333  Financial Aspects of Public Health (3)

  10:832:334  Principles of Health Administration (3) or 11:375:406 Public Health Practice and Administration (3)

  10:832:356  Public Health Law and Ethics (3) or 01:730:249 Medical Ethics (3)

  10:832:499  Internship with Seminar (NHA placement only) (6)

Elective Courses (3 credits)

   01:070:307  Medical Anthropology (3)**

   01:377:304  Exercise and Aging (3)

   01:830:335  Adult Development and Aging (3)**

   10:832:414  Culture and Health (3)

   11:709:255  Nutrition and Health (3)

Independent study for elective credits may be applied if the student contracts with a faculty member knowledgeable about aging or administration or both.

Public Health Preparedness Certificate (15 credits)

The Public Health Preparedness Certificate is issued jointly by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the UMDNJ-School of Public Health.

It is available to students in any major and is issued only with or subsequent to earning a bachelor's degree. Only courses with a grade of C or better may be applied toward the certificate program.

Core Courses (15 credits)

  10:832:232  Principles of Public Health (3)

  10:832:335  Epidemiology (3)

  10:832:401  Public Health Preparedness I (3)

  10:832:402  Public Health Preparedness II^ (3)

  10:832:437  Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (3)

^A basic biology course is strongly recommended for this course.

Bloustein Research Fellows (Honors Program)

The Bloustein Research Fellows Program offers an opportunity for a select group of students to align with the applied research done by the faculty, centers, and institutes at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Students may explore applications of planning and public policy related to community development; energy, health, or transportation policy; urban planning; or workforce development. Students may apply for the Research Fellows Program if they have completed the prerequisite courses for a Bloustein school major and hold at least a 3.4 cumulative grade-point average. Applications are available in th Bloustein school dean's office and online at http://policy.rutgers.edu.

Major Requirements (34 credits)

Core Courses (16 credits)

  10:762:101  Introduction to Policy, Planning, and Health (3)

  10:762:395  Research Methods (4)***

  10:762:463,464  Bloustein Research (3,3)***

The Protection of Human Subjects course offered by Rutgers University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (no credit).

At least one of the following:

  01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3) or 01:355:303 Writing for Business and the Professions (3) or 01:355:315 Writing Grant Proposals (3) or a preapproved professional writing course (3)

Elective Courses (18 credits)

Students must complete 18 credits of 762 or 832 electives, of which 12 credits must be at the 300 level or higher. Students completing a minor or second major may count only one course from that minor or major as an elective for the public health major or minor.

* School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students have additional requirements. See the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences section of this catalog for the public health major.
** See prerequisites in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences section of this catalog.
*** Course open to students in the major only.
**** See prerequisites in the Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students section of this catalog.
***** NHA certificate is available only to 832 majors and awarded only with or subsequent to earning a bachelor's degree.

 
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