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Undergraduate Program Emphasis Areas

The concentration requires seven courses in emphasis areas:

  1. One course from each of the following three emphasis areas:
    1. United States Health Care Organization and Policy
    2. International Health
    3. Behavioral and Social Sciences/Prevention
  2. Two elective courses [4,5] that relate to community health, selected with the approval of the concentration advisor.
  3. One course from each of the following emphasis areas:
    1. Human Biology/Physiology
    2. Statistics

  1. U.S. Health Care Organization and Policy
    Courses meeting this emphasis area:
    • PHP1520  Emergency Medical Systems: Anatomy of Critical Performance
    • PHP1680E  Issues in Health Policy: Occupational/Environmental Health
    • PHP1680P  Case Studies in Public Health
    • SOC1030  Organizational Theories of the Public and Private Sector
    • SOC1540  Human Needs and Social Services
    • SOC1550  Medical Sociology
    • ECON1360  Health Economics
  2. International Health
    Courses meeting this emphasis area:
    • PHP1070  Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
    • PHP1100  Comparative Health Care Systems
    • ANTH1020  AIDS in International Perspective
    • ANTH0230  Culture and Health
    • ANTH1310  International Health: Anthropological Perspectives
  3. Social and Behavioral Science/Prevention
    Courses meeting this emphasis area:
    • PHP1010  Doctors and Patients – Clinical Communication
    • PHP1680B  Alcohol Use and Misuse
    • PHP1680C  Bearing Witness to Cancer
    • PHP1680N  Tobacco, Smoking, and the Evil Empire
    • PHP1680Q  Behavioral/Social Science Theory for Health Promotion
    • PHP1740  Principles of Health Behavior and Health Promotion Interventions

    4/5. Two Elective Courses: These two courses must reflect a clear relationship with community health.  They can come from the above courses in emphasis areas 1,2,3 and/or from those in the following list of approved electives.  Also, see Notes 2 and 3, below.  Electives must be approved by the concentration advisor.

    • PHP0030  Health of Hispaniola
    • PHP1680D  Ethical Perspectives on Environmental Health
    • PHP1680I  Disability, Health and Community
    • PHP1680L  Science and Power: A Bioethical Inquiry
    • PHP1680M  Epidemiology of Violence and its Consequences
    • BIOL0100  Race in Medicine and Public Health
    • BIOL0850  Biological and Social Context of Human Disease
    • BIOL0860  Diet and Chronic Disease
    • BIOL0180  Biology of AIDS
    • BIOL1820  Environment, Health and Disease
    • BIOL1920A  Colonialism/Imperialism/Public Health in Africa
    • PPAI1700J  GIS and Public Policy
    • PPAI1700D  Social Science Data Techniques
    • PPAI1700L  Issues Facing Health Care
    • SOC1250  Perceptions of Mental Illness
    • SOC1871F  Geographic Information Systems
    • ANTH0310  Human Evolution

    The two final requirements are one course each in:

  4. Human Biology/Physiology
    Courses meeting this emphasis area:

    • AP Credit for Biology
    • BIOL0030  Principles of Nutrition
    • BIOL0200  The Foundation of Living Systems
    • BIOL0470  Genetics
    • BIOL0800  Principles of Physiology
    • NEUR0010  The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience
  5. Statistics
    Courses meeting this emphasis area:
    • SOC1100  Introductory Statistics for Social Research
    • ECON1630  Introduction to Econometrics
    • POLS1600  Political Research Methods
    • MATH1610  Probability
    • APMA0650  Essential Statistics

NOTE 1:  Concentrators are eligible to enroll in 2000-level courses, given the Instructor's permission.  2000-level courses can be included on a concentration plan, but are always contingent on Instructor approval.

NOTE 2:  The courses listed are not always available every year.  Non-PHP courses may have pre-requisites.  Also, admission to non-PHP courses is at the discretion of the home Department and individual instructors.

 

NOTE 3:  New courses appear each year.  Other courses on health and health care issues may be considered for concentration credit, even if they are not listed here.  Consult with the concentration advisor about the acceptability of a course that is not listed.  If it is not a Community Health (PHP) course, bring the syllabus with you.

NOTE 4:  Although required for Honors track concentrators, PHP1970 is also a general independent study number that can be used for examining "special topics" that are not covered by existing courses.  Consult with the concentration advisor if you want to have a PHP1970 in your concentration plan.