Curriculum
General Education and BSPH Checklist (PDF)
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.