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Students in the Department of Public and Community Health may receive an Associate in Science or Arts with an emphasis in Community Health: an Integrated Studies Bachelor of Science or Arts with a Community Health Emphasis; a Bachelor of Science in Community Health in one of the following areas: Community Health Emphasis, Health Services Administration Emphasis, or School Health Education. A minor in Community Health Education is available, as well as an endorsement for School Health Education.
Total Program Credits: 120
Matriculation Requirements: | |||
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General Education Requirements: | 36 Credits | ||
ENGL 1010 | Introduction to Academic Writing | 3 | |
or | ENGH 1005 | Literacies and Composition Across Context (5.0) | |
ENGL 2010 | Intermediate Writing Academic Writing and Research | 3 | |
MATH 1050 | College Algebra | 4 | |
or | MATH 1055 | llege Algebra with Preliminaries (5.0) | |
Complete one of the following: | 3 | ||
HIST 2700 | US History to 1877 (3.0) | ||
and | HIST 2710 | US History since 1877 (3.0) | |
HIST 1700 | American Civilization (3.0) | ||
HIST 1740 | US Economic History (3.0) | ||
POLS 1000 | American Heritage (3.0) | ||
POLS 1100 | American National Government (3.0) | ||
Complete the following: | |||
PHIL 2050 | Ethics and Values | 3 | |
HLTH 1100 | Personal Health and Wellness | 2 | |
or | PES 1097 | Fitness for Life (2.0) | |
Distribution Courses | |||
BIOL 1010 | General Biology | 3 | |
or | BIOL 1610 | College Biology I (4.0) | |
Physical Science | 3 | ||
Additional Biology or Physical Science | 3 | ||
Humanities Distribution | 3 | ||
Fine Arts Distribution | 3 | ||
Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
Discipline Core Requirements: | 74 Credits | ||
HLTH 1200 | First Aid | 3 | |
HLTH 2400 | Concepts of Stress Management | 3 | |
HLTH 2600 | Drugs Behavior and Society | 3 | |
HLTH 2800 | Human Sexuality | 3 | |
HLTH 3200 | Principles of Community Health | 3 | |
HLTH 3220 | Foundations of Health Education | 3 | |
HLTH 3230 | Professional Development for Community Health | 3 | |
HLTH 3260 | Theory-Based Approaches to Modifying Health Behavior | 3 | |
HLTH 3400 | Human Diseases | 3 | |
HLTH 3450 | Public Health and the Environment | 3 | |
HLTH 4100 | Health Education Curriculum for Secondary Teachers | 3 | |
HLTH 4200 | Health Education Teaching Methods WE | 3 | |
NUTR 1020 | Foundations of Human Nutrition | 3 | |
ZOOL 1090 | Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology | 3 | |
Secondary Education Courses: Must be completed with a grade of B- or higher | |||
EDEL 1010 | Introduction to Education | 2 | |
EDSC 3000 | Educational Psychology | 3 | |
EDSC 3250 | Instructional Media | 2 | |
EDSC 4200 | Classroom Management I (Dance Education majors take DANC 4430 in place of EDSC 4200 | 2 | |
EDSC 4250 | Classroom Management II | 2 | |
EDSC 4440 | Content Area Literacies (English Education majors take ENGL 4210, 4220, 4230 in place of EDSC 4440 | 3 | |
EDSC 445G | Multicultural Instruction ESL | 3 | |
EDSC 455G | Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment | 3 | |
EDSC 4850 | Student Teaching--Secondary | 8 | |
EDSC 4990 | Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE | 2 | |
EDSP 340G | Exceptional Students | 2 | |
Elective Requirements: | 10 Credits | ||
Complete 10 credits of any course 1000 or higher | 10 |
Graduation Requirements:
This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track. (Note: Last updated May, 2015. See department for changes.)
Milestone courses (pre-requisites for a course in one of the subsequent semesters) are marked in red and Italicized.
Semester 1 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 | Introduction to Writing or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts | 3 |
HLTH 1100 or PES 1097 | Personal Health and Wellness or Fitness for Life | 2 |
American Institutions | see catalog | 3 |
Fine Arts | see catalog | 3 |
Physical Science | see catalog | 3 |
Unrestricted Electives | see catalog | 2 |
Semester total: | 16 | |
Semester 2 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
ENGL 2010 | Intermediate Writing | 3 |
HLTH 2600 | Drugs, Behavior, & Society | 3 |
MATH 1050 or MATH 1055 | College Algebra or College Algebra with Preliminaries | 4 |
Social Science | see catalog | 3 |
NUTR 1020 | Foundations of Nutrition | 3 |
Semester total: | 16 | |
Semester 3 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
BIOL 1010 or BIOL 1610 | General Biology or College Biology | 3 |
PHIL 2050 | Ethics and Values | 3 |
HLTH 2800 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
Humanities | see catalog | 3 |
HLTH 3200 | Principles of Community Health | 3 |
Semester total: | 15 | |
Semester 4 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
HLTH 3220 | Foundations of Health Education | 3 |
HLTH 1200 | First Aid | 3 |
ZOOL 1090 | Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology | 3 |
3rd Science | See catalog (NUTR 2020-Nutrition through the Life Cycle Strongly recommended) | 3 |
HLTH 2400 | Stress Management (meets elective) | 3 |
Semester total: | 15 | |
Semester 5 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
HLTH 3230 | Professional Development for Community Health | 3 |
HLTH 3260 | Theory-Based Approaches to Modifying Health Behavior | 3 |
HLTH 3400 | Human Diseases | 3 |
HLTH 3450 | Public Health & the Environment | 3 |
HLTH 4100 (Fall Only) | Health Education Curriculum for Secondary Education | 3 |
EDEL 1010 | Intro to Education | 2 |
Semester total: | 17 | |
Semester 6 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
EDSP 340G | Exceptional Students | 3 |
HLTH 4200 (Spring Only) | Health Education Teaching Methods WE | 3 |
EDSC 3000 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
EDSC 4440 | Content Area Literacies | 3 |
EDSC 445G | Multicultural Instruction/ESL | 2 |
Semester total: | 14 | |
Semester 7 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
EDSC 3250 | Instructional Media | 2 |
EDSC 455G | Secondary Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment | 3 |
EDSC 4200 | Classroom Management I | 2 |
Electives | see catalog | 8 |
Semester total: | 15 | |
Semester 8 | Course Title | Credit Hours |
EDSC 4250 | Classroom Management II | 2 |
EDSC 4850 | Student Teaching-Secondary | 8 |
EDSC 4990 | Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE | 2 |
Semester total: | 12 | |
Degree total: | 120 |
The Public Health department is in the College of Health and Public Services . To find the most up-to-date information from the Public Health department, visit their website.