Curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Public Health
The courses below reflect requirements for the major. The requirement for graduation with any degree is at least 120 credit hours.
General Education: 34 hours
College of Health Professions requirements: 13 hours
- UNV 101: First Year Student Experience (1 hour)
- MAT 133: Precalculus (4 hours)
- BIO 171: Introduction to Biology I (4 hours)
- BIO 172: Introduction to Biology II (4 hours)
Public Health Studies: 39 hours
- PBH 101: Systems and Services of Public Health (3 hours)
- PBH 105: Population Health and the Environment (3 hours)
- PBH 200: Rural Health in the U.S. (3 hours)
- PBH 202: Biostatistics (3 hours)
- PBH 301: Dissemination of Public Health Information (3 hours)
- PBH 305: Epidemiology (3 hours)
- PBH 307: Health Behavior (3 hours)
- PBH 402: Public Health Across the Life Span (3 hours)
- PBH 404: Population Health and Diversity (3 hours)
- PBH 405: Health Programming (3 hours)
- PBH 407: Public Health Research Methods (3 hours)
- PBH 408: U.S. Health Systems and Policy (3 hours)
- PBH 490: Public Health Capstone (3 hours)
Public Health Electives: 6 hours
- PBH 304: Introduction to Health Informatics (3 hours)
- PBH 306: The Natural History of Disease: A Public Health Perspective (3 hours)
- PBH 399: Mercer on Mission or Study Abroad (offered as available) (3 hours)
- PBH 403: Poverty and Development (3 hours)
- PBH 406: Community & Public Health Nutrition (3 hours)
- PBH 409: Climate Change & Health (3 hours)
Experiential Requirement†: 0 credit hours
†A minimum of 30 clock hours in public health community service hours must be met to graduate.