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Jan 28, 2025
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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
Public Health, BS
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Public Health is the applied science of protecting and promoting the health and wellness of individuals, families, and populations using evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs and policies. The field of public health is charged with assessing, understanding, and responding to the behavioral and ecological factors that influence the health of communities.
Public Health challenges individuals to consider the biological, environmental, and social determinants of health. Within the interdisciplinary curriculum, students will explore health behaviors and policies through courses in personal health, global health, nutrition, psychology, biology, communication, research methods, and health promotion programming. Majors address contemporary health issues and the factors that influence them, including advocacy and equity.
BS in Public Health requires completion of a second major or minor.
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Major Requirements (42 hours)
Required courses in the major: Major Electives
Choose 3 electives from those listed below (9 hours): Minor or Second Major is Required
The BS in Public Health requires completion of a second major or a minor. General Elective Credits
General Electives (37 hours) as needed to reach 120 hours overall. The minor or second major hours will count as general electives. Total Credit Hours - Minimum 120 hours
On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific General Education requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly. All bachelor’s degree programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 120 credit hours. If, in combination, General Education, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 120 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 120 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major. General Education Requirements (37 hours)
Graduation Requirements (4 hours) |
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