Major Requirements (58-61 credits)
The major in public health is offered by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. It involves a total of 12-15 credits in prerequisite courses that students must complete (with grades of C or better in each of them) prior to declaring the major, plus 9 additional required courses (31 credits), plus five public health elective courses (15 credits).
The prerequisite courses for the major are as follows:
- 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)
The major core requirements are as follows:
- 10:832:201 Principles of Public Health (3)
- 10:832:212 Health Disparities (3)
- 10:832:240 Global Health Perspectives (3)
- 10:832:335 Epidemiology (3)
- 10:832:339 Public Health Literature (3) or
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 other preapproved writing course - 10:832:356 Public Health Law & Ethics (3)
- 10:775:395 Research Methods (4)
- 10:775:450 Leadership Seminar (3)
- 10:775:499 Professional Practice Internship (6)
The five elective courses (at least three of which must be at the 300 level or above) must be public health (
subject code 832) courses.
For additional information about the major in public health, please refer to the Edward J. Bloustein School section of the catalog.
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