CAPITAL UNIVERSITY

PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
JANUARY, 2019

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME CREDIT HOURS

CORE REQUIREMENTS:
XXX? Introduction to Public Health 3
Consider overlap with POLS
205 ?
SOC 115/120 Introduction to Sociology 3/4
PSCYH 121/120 Introduction to Psychology 3/4
HTTPS or HIST ? Global Health 3 (history uses 4 hours,
wasn’t sure about this.)
Statistics, Choose one:
SOCSCI 210
BIO 215 OR MA 215 Social Science Statistics (4)
Elementary Statistics (3) 4/3
Research Methods, Choose one:
SOCSCI 220 Social Science Research
Methods (4)
ENVS 315 Research Methods in
Environmental and Biological
Sciences (3)
NURS 366 Nursing Research (3) 4/3
HSPTS 333 Public Health and Epidemiology 3
HTTPS 495 or SOC 495 Internship/Capstone 3/4

TOTAL HOURS, CORE 24-29

Additional relevant 100 and 200

level courses:
GEOG 111 World Geography 3
HSPTS 133 Health and Sexuality (fall even
years) (4) 4
HSPTS 131 Community Health (every third
semester) 2
PHIL 207 Philosophy and Health Care 3
COMM 251 Communication and Culture
(offered spring) (3) 3

CONCENTRATIONS:
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PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
JANUARY, 2019
ALLIED HEALTH
*HSPTS 230 Human Nutrition 3
*BIO 280 / 290 General 4
Microbiology/Immunology
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 100 or
BIOL 152; CHEM 102 or CHEM
150. Corequisite(s): BIOL-280L.
Offered fall semester.
*Human Development
Choose one:
NURS 201 Human Development Across
the Life Span (3)
Prerequisite(s): PSYCH 120 or
PSYCH 121, NURS 110 or
NURS110H.
PSYCH 310 Developmental Psychology (4) 3/4
Total Required for Concentration 10/11
Electives:
Chem 101 OR Chemical Principles (4)
Chem 150 General, Organic and Biological
Chemistry (4) 4

BIOL 150 OR Human and Applied Genetics 3/4

BIOL 270 (3)
Genetics (4)
Requirements: BIOL 152; CHEM
102; MATH 121 or higher;
Corequisite(s): BIOL-270L.
BIOL 231 Anatomy & Physiology I (4)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 100 or 4
BIOL 151; or CHEM 102 or
CHEM 150 or permission of
instructor. Corequisite(s):
BIOL-231L. Offered fall
semester.

BIOL 232 Anatomy & Physiology II (4)

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 231;
CHEM 102 or CHEM 150.
Corequisite(s): BIOL-232L.
Offered spring semester.
BIOL 240 Medical Terminology 2
ENVS 250 or BIOL 250 Environmental Science 4
HSPTS 410 Health Promotion
Prerequisite(s): HSPTS 132 or
HSPTS 134, HSPTS 231 and 4
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
JANUARY, 2019
Junior Standing.
NURS 420 Community Health Nursing
Prerequisite(s): NURS 326,
NURS 364, and NURS 321 /
NURS 322 or NURS 365. 4
HSPTS 400? Disaster Response 4

*Required for Concentration

GLOBAL HEALTH
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PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
JANUARY, 2019
*SOC 360 Social Problems 4
(Has experiential learning and
health policy components)

Choose two other courses from

the following areas:

Inequality
SOC 390 Social Stratification -Race, 4
Ethnicity, Class, Gender
SOC 310 Sociology of Sex and Gender 4

World Systems and Policy

SOC 320 Sociology of Law 4
SOC 430 Social Change 4
IS 493 International Law 4

Criminology and Justice:

SOC 330 Sociology of Deviance 4
CRIM 340 The Criminal Justice System 4
(Prerequisites: SOC 115/120
and CRIM 230)
CRIM 350 Juvenile Justice 4
(Prerequisites: SOC 115/120
and CRIM 230)
CRIM 380 Victimology 4
(Prerequisites: SOC 115/120
and (CRIM 230 OR SOC 330))
TOTAL HOURS GLOBAL
CONCENTRATION
*Required for Concentration