Entry Requirements for the Major

Entry Requirements for the Major

To declare a major in public health, students must apply to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. To be accepted, a student must have a GPA of 2.00 or higher, and must have completed the following prerequisite courses with grades of C or better in each course:

• 01:355:101 Expository Writing or equivalent (3)
• 10:775:205  Basic Statistical Methods (4) or any 200-level or higher statistics course
• One human biology course (3-4) (see approved human biology courses in Degree Navigator)
• One chemistry course (3-4)
• 160:127 Impact of Chemistry (3)
• 160:128 Chemistry of Life (3)
•  160:161 or 162 General Chemistry I or II (4)

Applications to the Bloustein School are available online from the website:  https://pppolicy.rutgers.edu/mcladmin/ugapp_add.php.

See the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy section of this catalog or visit http://bloustein.rutgers.edu/undergraduate.