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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Public Health Major, BS in Public Health - Population Health Sciences Concentration
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The Public Health major with an emphasis in Population Health Sciences provides students with a broad-base of science, math and social sciences curriculum grounded in a public health core. Population health is an organizing framework that integrates the healthcare delivery system with the broader public health, social, economic and political systems that contribute to health. Students develop the knowledge and skills needed to apply an evidence-based approach to address complex problems.
This major is appropriate for students planning to enter the workforce in public health, research, healthcare, social justice and social services, non-profit, community-based or policy-focused careers as well as preparation for graduate training in public health, pre-med, pre-health professional, allied health, or other related fields.
Students have opportunities to integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge through cumulative and experiential activities that may include but are not limited to volunteering, internships, service-learning projects or research.
Progression Requirements
Progression to the BSPH requires a 2.8 cumulative GPA after Term 4. Students admitted to the program must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 while in the program. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all Public Health courses and professional electives to graduate. Students who do not meet milestones for the program will be re-directed to other options. Students who fail to meet the standards for professional conduct during the practice experience or who do violate UT’s Student Conduct and Community Standards will not be retained in the major.
Academic advising occurs in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences’ Office of Advising and Student Services.
As a graduation requirement, BSPH majors will complete a practice experience that integrates, synthesizes and applies knowledge from prior courses and experiences and demonstrates mastery of the foundational and concentration degree competencies.
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Foundational public health courses (24 credit hours) – all BSPH students complete eight foundational courses:
Intermediate Foreign Language (6 credit hours)
Population Health Sciences concentration courses - (12 credit hours):
Practice Experience – (3 credit hours)
uTrack Requirements
Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.
Term 3
- Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours * (Intermediate Level)
- 4 Professional Elective 3 Credit Hours
Term 3 Milestone Notes
- 2.6 GPA
- 7 hours of Biology Courses from the Volunteer Core Natural Sciences list including at least one lab
Term 4
- Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours * (Intermediate Level)
Term 6
- 3 Engaged Inquiries Elective 3 Credit Hours *
- 4 Professional Electives 6 Credit Hours
Term 7
- 4 Professional Electives 6 Credit Hours
- 1 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours
Term 8
- 4 Professional Electives 3 Credit Hours
- 1 Unrestricted Electives 5 Credit Hours
Footnotes
- Unrestricted Electives. Select any courses (14 credit hours) not already required for the major.
- Any student who completes ASL 211 and ASL 212 for the language requirement will have met the Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS) requirement and will need to complete a Global Citizenship - International (GCI) course. Students who complete any other language will have met the Global Citizenship - International (GCI) requirement and will need to complete a Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS) course.
- Engaged Inquiries (EI) course. At least 9 credits are required from at least two departments.
- Professional Electives. Choose any courses (18 credit hours) from this list: AGNR 101 ; ANTH 480 ; BIOL 105 *, BIOL 106 , BIOL 150 *, BIOL 159 *, BIOL 160 *, BIOL 220 , BIOL 229 , BIOL 240 ; BCMB 230 , BCMB 330 , BCMB 401 , BCMB 402 , BCMB 412 , BCMB 440 ; CHEM 122 , CHEM 123 , CHEM 132 , CHEM 133 , CHEM 260 , CHEM 269 , CHEM 360 , CHEM 359 ; EEB 250 and EEB 251 , EEB 310 *; ENT 410S ; EPP 425 *; GEOG 311 , GEOG 344 , GEOG 409 ; INPG 100 , INPG 210 ; JMED 455 ; KNS 380 , KNS 350 ; MATH 125 *, MATH 141 *; MICR 210 , MICR 305 , MICR 330 , MICR 420 ; NURS 319 ; NUTR 285 ; PHYS 221 *, PHYS 222 *; POLS 240 ; PSYC 110 *, PSYC 430 , PSYC 434 *, PSYC 435 , PSYC 440 ; PUBH 330 ; SOCI 110 , SOCI 120 *, SOCI 341 *, SOCI 345 *, SOCI 361 , SOCI 375 *, SOCI 410 , SOCI 465 ; completion of a minor (from any academic unit). Accelerated BS/BA-MPH students should choose PUBH 510, PUBH 520, PUBH 530. Students must earn a C or better in professional electives courses. Other courses not listed here may be petitioned to count as public health professional electives with approval of the assigned advisor. Check with advisor prior to taking the course. Courses selected as professional electives cannot be used to fulfill additional requirements in the program.
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .
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