- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Veterinary medicine
- Public health
- Physician assistant studies
- Nurse practitioner
- Pharmacy
- Physical therapy
- Social work
- Speech-language pathology
- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Public Health Core
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHTH 1260 | The American Healthcare System | 4 |
| or PHTH 1261 | Comparative Healthcare Systems | |
| PHTH 2210 | Foundations of Biostatistics | 4 |
| PHTH 2300 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions | 4 |
| or PHTH 2301 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global | |
| PHTH 2350 | Community and Public Health | 4 |
| or PHTH 2351 | Community and Public Health - Global | |
| PHTH 2515 | Healthcare Policy and Administration | 4 |
| PHTH 4120 | Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health | 4 |
| PHTH 4202 | Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | 4 |
| PHTH 4540 | Health Education and Program Planning | 4 |
Science Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | 5 |
| BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | General Biology 2 and Lab for BIOL 1113 | 5 |
| CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
| MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
Selectives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete at least three courses from the groups listed below with at least two in one category. At least one of the courses must be at the 2000 level or higher. Students may complete additional courses to fulfill a minor, such as global health, nutrition, and exercise science. | 9-13 | |
| Society and Health | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Psychology of Crime | ||
| The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society | ||
| Introduction to Health and Humanities | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
or AFCS 1270 | Introduction to Global Health | |
| Environmental Health | ||
| Rural Health: An Interdisciplinary Seminar | ||
| Health Advocacy | ||
| Economic Perspectives on Health Policy | ||
| Sociology of Poverty | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| Sociology of Gender | ||
| Drugs and Society | ||
| Sociology of Disability | ||
| Gender and Reproductive Justice | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
| Policy and Administration | ||
| Healthcare and Medical Economics | ||
| International Food Policy | ||
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression | ||
| Social Policy | ||
| Global Social Enterprise | ||
| Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society | ||
| Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design | ||
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Healthcare Management | ||
| Evaluating Healthcare Quality | ||
| Economic Perspectives on Health Policy | ||
| Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Public Policy | ||
| Law and Social Justice | ||
| Violence and Society | ||
| Nutrition and Wellness | ||
| Introduction to Mindfulness | ||
| Personal Behavior Change | ||
| Health Psychology: An Introduction | ||
| Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Health Problems in the 21st Century | ||
| Games for Change | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Introduction to Exercise, Fitness, and Health | ||
| Exercise Physiology 1 and Lab for EXSC 4500 | ||
| Cardiopulmonary Physiology | ||
| Advanced Exercise Physiology | ||
| Human Nutrition | ||
| Contemporary Issues in Nutrition | ||
| Advanced Nutrition in Health and Disease | ||
| Public Health Nutrition in the Community | ||
| Drugs and Behavior | ||
| Digital Health | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and Lab for CS 2500 | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum | ||
| Information Presentation and Visualization | ||
| Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems | ||
| Theoretical Foundations in Personal Health Informatics | ||
| Personal Health Interface Design and Development | ||
| Principles of Information Science | ||
| Empirical Research Methods | ||
| Health Data Science | ||
| Ethnographic Field Experience | ||
| Mapping and Building Health | ||
| Social Network Analysis | ||
| Bioethics in the Age of Big Data | ||
| Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | ||
| Introduction to Epidemiology | ||
| Research Methods in Political Science | ||
Capstone Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Health Science Capstone | ||
| Complete capstone through a capstone course, a capstone project, or through an Honors Project. | 3-4 | |
| Capstone Course Options | ||
| Evaluating Health Technologies | ||
| Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy | ||
| Addressing Rural Health Inequities | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Food, Nutrition, and Health | ||
| Qualitative Methods | ||
| Capstone Project Options | ||
| Health Science Capstone—Service (must complete 0-credit HSCI 4700 as pre-requisite) | ||
| Health Science Capstone—Research (must complete 0-credit HSCI 4700 as pre-requisite) | ||
| Honors Project Option | ||
| Must meet GPA requirement and complete both courses:* | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
*HSCI 4970 will count as 4 semester hours toward general electives. | ||
Other Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HSCI 1000 | College: An Introduction | 1 |
| HSCI 2000 | Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op | 1 |
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| ENGW 3306 | Advanced Writing in the Health Professions | 4 |
| PHIL 1165 | Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare | 4 |
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete a minimum of 41 semester hours of general electives. Total elective semester hours required to meet degree completion requirement will depend on student's choice of selectives above. | 41 | |
Health Science Major Requirement
A grade of C or higher is required for all BIOL, CHEM, HLTH, HSCI, MATH, and PHTH courses.
Academic Policies and Procedures
Please visit Bouvé College of Health Sciences Undergraduate page for academic policies and procedures, including Academic Appeals.
Program Requirement
132 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| HSCI 1000 | 1 | PSYC 1101 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| PHTH 1260 | 4 | Elective | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
| MATH 1241 | 4 | BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | 5 | ||||
| BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | 5 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PHTH core course | 4 | HSCI 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Electives | 8 | PHTH 2210 | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
| PHIL 1165 | 4 | Electives | 12 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3306 | 4 | Elective or selective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Elective or selective | 4 | Elective or selective | 8 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
| PHTH core course | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Capstone course | 4 | ||||
| Elective or selective | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||||
| Elective or selective | 8 | ||||||
| 4 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| HSCI 1000 | 1 | BIOL 1113 | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | Vacation | |
| PHTH 1260 | 4 | BIOL 1114 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | MATH 1241 | 4 | ||||
| BIOL 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| BIOL 1112 | 1 | CHEM 1161 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | CHEM 1162 | 1 | ||||
| CHEM 1163 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| HSCI 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | PHIL 1165 | 4 |
| PHTH 2210 | 4 | Elective | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
| PHTH core course | 4 | ||||||
| Electives | 8 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 3306 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective or selective | 4 |
| Elective or selectives | 8 | Elective or selective | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
| PHTH core course | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| PHTH core course | 4 | Electives or selectives | 16 | ||||
| Elective or selectives | 8 | ||||||
| Capstone course | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||
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Credit count of selective/elective is dependent on credit count of selective/elective in same term to avoid unintended credit overload.