Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Public Health BS


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Introduction

Please click here  to see Health and Behavioral Sciences department information.

These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Director: Meng Li, Associate Professor   
Office:
North Classroom 3018
Telephone: 3033157150
Fax: 303­556­8501
E­mail: meng.li@ucdenver.edu

 

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Program Delivery

  • This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Major

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General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

Program Requirements


  1. Students must complete a total of 73 credit hours, including a minimum of 26 PBHL credit hours and a minimum of 47 credit hours in ancillary coursework.
  2. Students must complete a minimum of 16 upper-division (3000-level and above) PBHL credit hours.
  3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C-(1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
  4. Students must complete a minimum of 26 PBHL credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations


  1. Students must complete PBHL 3020, 3001, 3030, 3070, 4040 and 4099 with CU Denver faculty.
  2. Intro Experimental Physics labs I and II (PHYS 2321 and PHYS 2341) are specifically designed for students in non-Physics majors and can be paired with either College Physics (PHYS 2010 and PHYS 2020) or General Physics (PHYS 2311 and PHYS 2331) lectures. Students pursuing a second major in Physics should complete General Physics lectures (PHYS 2311 and PHYS 2331) and Applied Physics Labs (PHYS 2351 and PHYS 2361).

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