Public Health BS

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Director: Karen Lutfey, Professor of Public Health

Office: Administration Building, 280

Telephone: 303-556-4301

Fax: 303-556-8501
E-mail: Karen.Lutfey@ucdenver.edu

Website: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/CLAS/Departments/hbsc/Programs/Bachelors/Pages/Bachelors.aspx

The Bachelor of Science in Public Health consists of 71 credit hours in required classes. Each class must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or higher to count for the major. The major classes for the BS degree are organized into five categories: (1) public health core, (2) quantitative methods, (3) biological sciences, (4) additional math and science and (5) electives.

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Program Requirements

Public Health Required Courses

Seven courses (two still in development):

Total: 23 Hours

Quantitative Methods

This one-course requirement may be fulfilled with a wide array of statistics courses offered in a number of disciplines. Examples include:

, PSYC 2090,

The particular class chosen to fulfill the quantitative methods requirement should be cleared with the undergraduate program director/advisor in advance.

Total: 3 Hours

Electives

The two-course electives requirement may be fulfilled from a wide array of over 100 courses offered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. A listing of pre-approved classes is available online. Other classes may be chosen to fulfill the electives requirement, but must be cleared with the undergraduate program director/advisor in advance.

Total: 6 Hours

Public Health Core Total: 32 Hours

Biological Sciences Ancillary Courses

Take all of the following lecture/lab courses (also fulfill the campuswide core requirement in biological and physical sciences):

Total: 8 Hours

Additional Math and Science Ancillary Courses

Take all of the following:

CHEM 2031 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 2038 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 2061 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 2068 - General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 3411 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 3421 - Organic Chemistry II
MATH 1401 - Calculus I
(fulfills the math requirement for the campuswide core)
PHYS 2010 - College Physics I
PHYS 2030 - College Physics Lab I
PHYS 2020 - College Physics II
PHYS 2040 - College Physics Lab II

Total: 31 Hours

Major Total: 71 Hours

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