Health Policy

The health policy emphasis prepares graduates to be decision makers, critical thinkers, and future leaders in both the public and private sectors of the health system. The health care industry offer students a vast array of opportunities. Since the health care industry represents nearly one-seventh of the entire US economy and is still growing, job opportunities are excellent. Such opportunities are with the state and local health departments, hospital systems, government agencies, health insurance companies, research institutions, and consulting firms, to name a few.

Health Policy Emphasis Courses

  • HSA-405 Health Care Systems: Issues and Trends (3 credits)
  • HSA-406 Jurisprudence and Ethics in Health Care (3 credits)
  • HSA-414 Health Care Management Theory and Human Resources (3 credits)
  • HSA-420 Health Care Planning and Marketing (3 credits)

Public Health Core Courses

  • NUTR-304 Nutrition Concepts and Controversies (3 credits)
  • PH-190 Intro to Public Health (3 credits)
  • PH-195 Global Health Issues (3 credits)
  • PH-360 Community Health & Social Justice (3 credits)
  • PH-401 Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • PH-409 Environmental Health (3 credits)
  • PH-415 Health Behavior (3 credits)
  • PH-425 Biostatistics (3 credits)
  • PH-480 Programs, Probs, & Policies in Ph (3 credits)
  • PH-490 Integrative Experience (3 credits)

12 hours from the following Courses

  • COMM-380 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
  • COMM-410 Health Communication (3 credits)
  • EDUC-385 Multicultural Understanding (3 credits)
  • ETH-200 Social Justice Movements (3 credits)
  • GT-401 Biology, Health, & Personality Dimensions of Aging (3 credits)
  • GWS-101 Intro to Gender/Women's, and Sexuality (3 credits)
  • HE-100 Concepts of Health and Wellness (1 credit)
  • PHIL-121 Introductory Ethics (3 credits)
  • PHIL-316 Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
  • PSYC-229 Social Psychology (3 credits)
  • SOC-230 Social Problems in the Modern World (3 credits)
  • SOC-460 Aging and Society (3 credits)

Required General Education Choices for Public Health Major

  • PSYC-121 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
  • SOC-105 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)