2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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Public Health, B.S.

General Education 32

Foundation Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1
OR
GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1
 
ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3
 
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3
OR
MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3
OR
MATH 1016STATISTICS

3
OR
MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3
OR
MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3
 
COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3
GE 2026RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

 

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19

Humanities 6

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Take one GE Approved course:
PHIL 1100INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

3
OR
PHIL 2300INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

3

Social Sciences 6

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3
PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Science and Mathematics 7

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3
AND
BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

BIO 1000 requires a grade of "C" or higher.

Additional Required Courses 12-13

Additional Required Courses 12-13

** Students applying for Occupational Therapy (OT) or Physical Therapy (PT) should take BIO 2403 and BIO 2404.
Additional Science, 1000-2000 Level, with or without Lab 3-4
PSY 3200PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

3
PSY 3110LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3
SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3
 

Academic Major 39

All major courses require a grade of C or higher.

Major Required Courses 30

HLTH 1225CRITICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH

3
HLTH 2100PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

3
HLTH 3100ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

3
HLTH 3233INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

3
HLTH 3270HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

3
HLTH 3300COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

3
HLTH 4105EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS

3
HLTH 4400ESSENTIALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH

3
HLTH 4810PUBLIC HEALTH INTERNSHIP

3
HLTH 4860HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

3

HLTH 2100: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

Major Electives 6

Select 6 credits from the following courses:

HLTH 1996INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

1
HLTH 3160HEALTH PERSPECTIVES IN WOMEN

3
HLTH 3200HOLISTIC HEALTH

3
HLTH 3232/HED 3232EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER

3
HLTH 3400HUMAN SEXUALITY

3
HLTH 3460WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH

3
HLTH 3534METHOD AND MATERIALS IN PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION

3
HLTH 3600NUTRITION

3
HLTH 3635INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH

3
HLTH 3725DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE

3
HLTH 4231/HED 4231FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR

3
HLTH 4333DRUG USE AND ABUSE

3
HLTH 4650COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNSELING

3
PHIL 3314MORAL PROB/MED & HLTH CARE

3
Any Approved HLTH Course not Listed

3
HLTH*1996 Research Initiative in Public Health (Optional)

Major Capstone Course 3

HLTH 4900SENIOR SEMINAR AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN PUBLIC HEALTH

3

Free Electives 36-37

(50% of free electives must be at the 3000-4000 level)

 

Total Credit Hours: 120