A. Major Requirements (54-55 credits)
The major in public health is offered by the Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. It involves a total of
7-8 credits in prerequisite courses that students must complete (with
grades of C or better in each of them) prior to declaring the major,
plus 10 additional required courses (36 credits), plus four public health
elective courses (12 credits). The prerequisite courses for the major are as
follows:
10:762:101 or 10:832:101 Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Public Health (3)
10:762:205 Basic Statistical Methods for Policy,
Planning, and Health (4) or a 200-level or higher statistics course (3-4)
The four other courses required of all students in the major
are:
01:355:302
Scientific and Technical Writing (3) or 01:355:303 Writing for
Business and the Professions (3) or 01:255:315 Writing Grant Proposals
(3) or 10:832:339 Public Health Literature (3) or other
preapproved writing course
10:762:395
Research Methods (4)
10:832:499
Internship with Seminar (6)
The four elective courses (at least
three of which must be at the 300 level or above) must be either public health
(subject code 832) courses, or preapproved public health electives. Students
should contact the program director, Anton Nelessen (nelessen@rutgers.edu)
for a current list of these preapproved electives.
For additional information about the major in public health,
please refer to the Edward J. Bloustein School section of the catalog.
B. Additional SEBS Core Requirements for Students Majoring in Public Health (30 credits)
SEBS majors in public health matriculating fall 2015 or after and transfer
students matriculating in 2016 must complete a goal-based Core Curriculum: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core. A current
list of certified courses can be found here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core.
SEBS majors in public health matriculating prior to the fall semester 2015 must complete additional course
requirements associated with the SEBS core. This involves a maximum total
of 32 additional credits; however, with appropriate selection of courses in
Areas IV and VIII below, a total of 9 of these 32 SEBS core requirement
credits may also be used toward the fulfillment of the requirements of the
major (item A above). Students are strongly urged to consult both with
their academic adviser and with an assistant dean at SEBS for guidance in
developing a plan of coursework.
I. School Mission:
Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)
One 3-credit
Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)
II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
This requirement is automatically fulfilled by the
prerequisite courses to the major (see item A above).
III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter. IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6
credits)
See suggested courses in the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter. Students should note
that this SEBS requirement could be fulfilled with any two of the following
courses that could also be used in fulfillment of the requirements for the
public health major:
10:832:414 Culture and Health (3)
10:832:462 Human Rights and Health (3)
10:832:476 Immigration Policy and Health
(3)
11:374:341 Social and Ecological Aspects
of Health and Disease (3)
V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)
A. Human Behavior (3 credits)
See suggested courses in the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter.
B. Economic Systems
(3 credits)
See suggested courses in the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter. Students should consult with
their academic adviser before selecting an economics course, because the
appropriate course to take depends on whether the student is interested in
environmental health, health policy, or health administration. With careful planning in consultation with an
adviser, it may be possible for a student to meet this 3-credit SEBS
requirement with an economics course that could also be used in fulfillment
of the requirements for the public health major.
C. Political Processes (3 credits)
See suggested courses in the SEBS Degree Requirements chapter.
VI. Oral and Written Communication (3 credits) 01:355:101
Expository Writing I (3)
Note: A second writing course is included in the
requirements for the major (see item A above).
VII. Experience-Based EducationThis requirement is automatically fulfilled by the required
Internship with Seminar (10:832:499).
VIII. Professional Ethics in Public Health (3 credits)
01:730:249 Medical
Ethics (3) or 10:832:356 Public Health Law and Ethics (3)
Students should note that the 10:832:356 course could also
be used toward the fulfillment of the major requirements (see item A above).
IX. Unspecified Electives (43-53 credits)
In addition to courses meeting the above requirements,
students can take any other courses offered by the university, for which they
meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of
credits to the minimum of 128 required for graduation.
