This
program is designed to accommodate the needs of transfer and
nontraditional students. For admissions requirements and academic
policies, please visit the professional schools site http://ucc.rutgers.edu/professional-schools and click on Academic
Policies (policy opens in a PDF format).
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.
This information in this section is for students who are currently
pursuing an
undergraduate degree from a two- or four-year institution outside of
Rutgers University who are seeking to transfer to Rutgers University, or for those students currently holding an
associate's degree from a two-year institution.
This option allows students with at least 30 credits, who are
already
in a career track (i.e., dental hygiene, radiation technology, medical
assistant, registered nurse, or other allied health profession) or who
otherwise hold an associate of arts (A.A.), associate of science (A.S.), or
associate in applied science (A.A.S.) degree, to apply directly to the
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Successful applicants will have completed the pre-major requirements with a grade of C or
better in each course and have achieved an overall GPA of at least 2.5. Upon
completing the major and core requirements, the student will receive
the preprofessional bachelor of science (B.S.) degree from the Bloustein
School.
Prerequisites (15 credits)
Expository Writing (3)
A 200-level or higher basic statistics course (3)
A two-semester biology sequence (3,3)
A chemistry course or sequence (3)
Major Requirements (46 credits)
Core (31 credits)
10:832:201 Principles of Public Health (3)
10:832:212 Health Disparities (3)
10:832:240 Global Health Perspectives (3)
One of the following intensive writing courses (3):
10:775:300 Writing for Professionals (3)
10:832:339 Public Health Literature (3)
10:832:335 Epidemiology (3)
10:832:356 Public Health Law and Ethics (3)
10:832:395 Research Methods (4) (Open to majors only)
10:775:450 Leadership Seminar (3) (Open to majors only)
10:775:499 Internship (6) Prerequisites: 10:832:395, 10:832:450, and 100 credits*
Required Electives (15 credits of 832 electives, 9 credits of which must be at the 300-level or higher)
Students interested in select career paths should consider clustering their electives and seek advising early in their program of studies.
.
General Education Requirements (24 credits)
Course
| Credits
| Note
|
Expository Writing or Equivalent
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite
|
An Intensive Writing Course
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite |
College-Level Math
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite |
Science
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite |
Science
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite |
| Arts and Humanities | 3
|
|
Arts and Humanities
| 3
|
|
History
| 3
|
|
PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Certificate
programs are open to students in any major and are awarded only with, or subsequent to receiving a bachelor's degree. Only courses with a C or better may be
applied toward a certificate program. Students must declare their intention to pursue a
certificate program with the Bloustein School prior to their last semester of
studies in order to qualify to receive a certificate. Awarded certificates will
appear on the student transcript. Contact undergrad@ejb.rutgers.edu for more information.
A. Health Disparities
Certificate (18-credit minimum)
Core (12 credits)
10:832:212 Health Disparities (3)
10:832:240 Global Health Perspectives (3)
10:832:413 Issues in Health Disparities (3)
10:832:414 Culture and Health (3)
Required Electives (at least 6 credits)
10:832:252 Health and Social Justice
(3)
10:832:302 Sexual and
Reproductive Health Policy
(3)
10:832:332 Public Health
Economics (3)
10:832:338 Health and Public
Policy (3)
10:832:340 Aging and Public
Policy (3) or 10:762:340
10:832:341 Public Health and
Aging (3)
10:832:415 Women and Health (3)
10:832:416 Mental Health and
Society (3)
10:832:440 Global Public Health
(3)
10:762:230 Global Poverty
(3)
10:762:231 Poverty in the United
States (3)
10:762:331 U.S. Social Policy (3)
10:762:419 Immigration Policy (3)
Other elective courses may be substituted with permission of the program director.
B. Public Health
Advocacy/Education Certificate (18-credit minimum)
Core (12 credits)
10:832:241 Principles of Health Education (3)
10:832:345 Health Program Development (3)
10:832:346 Health Program Evaluation (3)
10:832:352 Community Health Promotion (3) Prerequisite: 10:832:241
Required Electives(at least 6 credits)
10:832:262 Peer Education Advocacy (3)
10:832:301 Sexual Health Advocacy (3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor;
course not open to seniors
10:832:350 Drugs, Culture, and Society (3)
10:832:351 Addictions Policy (3)
10:832:353 Science of Prevention (3) Prerequisite: 10:832:350
Other elective courses may be substituted with permission of the program director.
C. Public Health Management Certificate (18-credit minimum)
Core (15 credits)
10:832:260 Health Care Systems (3)
10:832:332 Public Health Economics (3)
10:832:333 Financial Aspects of Public Health (3)
10:832:334 Public Health Management (3)
10:832:356 Public Health Law and Ethics (3)
Required Electives (at least 3 credits)
10:833:360 Principles of Public
Management (3)
10:833:362 Nonprofit Management
(3)
Other elective courses may be substituted with permission of the program director.
D. Public Health Preparedness Certificate (18-credit minimum)
Core (15 credits)
10:832:201 Principles of
Public Health (3)
10:832:320 Protecting
Public Health and the Environment (3)
10:832:321
Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
10:832:401
Public Health Preparedness I (3)*
10:832:402 Public Health Preparedness II (3)
Required Electives (at least 3 credits)
10:832:334 Public Health
Management (3)
10:832:335 Epidemiology
(3)
10:832:356
Public Health Law and Ethics (3)
Other elective courses may be substituted with permission of the program director.
Articulated 3-1-1 Program (B.A. or B.S./M.P.H.)Exceptional, well-prepared
students from with at least 60 credits and a GPA of 3.2, and who wish to pursue
graduate studies at the Rutgers School of Public Health are encouraged to seek
advising about the
articulated 3-1-1 (B.A. or B.S./M.P.H.) program. Contact
undergrad@ejb.rutgers.edu for more information.
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy 
