Curriculum: Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Curriculum: Bachelor of Science in Public Health
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The Public Health 100% online program at the University of Cincinnati is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of career opportunities within the public health field.

Bachelor of Science Public Health Online CurriculumBS in Public Health curriculum breakdown by credit hour

Total: 120 credits

*Bachelor’s degree-seeking students at the University of Cincinnati are required to complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours for graduation. Up to 90 semester credit hours of prior college coursework taken at an accredited institution can be transferred in and applied to the program.

Public Health Internship Opportunities:

Students in the Bachelor’s in Public Health program can get real-world experience through a senior year internship. This experience helps students entering the workforce apply what they have learned in the program to a professional environment. Read all about the internship opportunities across the nation that have made students successful after graduating from UC Online.

Course Title / Description Credit
AFST3052
Community Health and Minorities: Yeserday, Today, and Tomorrow
Course: AFST3052
Credit: 3
This course is designed to provide students with theoretical foundations, methods, and skills essential to professional community health education practice in minority populations. Through field observations, students determine the ways in which health providers, community leaders,and community residents view health problems in underserved communities, and compare these views with more objective data as a means to develop health intervention strategies.
3
HPE1002
Introduction to Public/Community Health
Course: HPE1002
Credit: 3
This course will examine the public health system in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on how public health data is collected; the various roles and responsibilities of public health departments; principles of population health; evidence based public health practice; current public health issues and trends; preventing disease, disability and death; and public health across the lifespan. Topics will address elements of society and culture and how they impact the population health approach. Students should gain an appreciation for public health and develop an understanding of various public health career options.
3
HPE1004
Introduction to Epidemiology
Course: HPE1004
Credit: 3
This course is an introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods used to evaluate the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations. Intended topics include measures of disease occurrence, common sources and types of data, important study designs and sources of error in epidemiological studies, and epidemiological methods.
3
COMM2004
Communicating About Health, Environment and Science
Course: COMM2004
Credit: 3
This course surveys theoretical and applied dimensions of communication issues pertaining to environmental, health, and science issues facing contemporary society. Students will learn about the symbolic and material dimensions of environment and health issues, ways in which risk is evaluated and communicated in a variety of contexts, and about the parameters of scientific argument in various technical and political arenas.
3
POL3023
Health Politics & Policy in the U.S.
Course: POL3023
Credit: 3
This course will give a provide an overview of domestic health policy in the United States and the politics that contribute the development of health policy outcomes. As such, it will combine public policy and political science approaches. The course will begin with a review of the institutions involved crafting health policy (e.g., Congress, state government, the courts, and the bureaucracy) and their roles in the policymaking process. Case studies such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act will be discussed. In addition to understanding the institutions and policy process, the course will also engage public opinion, elections, and interest group activity. Students investigate the formation of health care policy preferences, exploring data from national surveys, as well as assess efforts to mobilize health politics in national and state contexts.
3
HPE3071
Health Education Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation I
Course: HPE3071
Credit: 3
This course will provide students with the skills to conduct needs assessments in targeted communities; develop goals and objectives for needed programs; and conduct process, impact and outcome evaluations.
3
NBSN3087
Health Issues of Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations
Course: NBSN3087
Credit: 3
In this interdisciplinary course, students will have the opportunity to examine the interplay between vulnerability, health status, and health care access and quality. Physical, psychological, demographic, environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural issues influencing the health status of and health care delivery to vulnerable populations are examined. Students will develop essential skills needed to work effectively as members of interprofessional teams and explore ways to improve the quality of health care delivery and health outcomes for vulnerable and marginalized groups.
3
NBSN3090
Global Health
Course: NBSN3090
Credit: 3
A seminar on factors influencing health and delivery of health care in countries outside the United States with a primary focus on those of the developing world.
3
HLTH3098
Research Methods in Health Sciences
Course: HLTH3098
Credit: 3
In this course, students will learn about variables, hypothesis testing, and study design inhealth science fields. Students will explain typesof methods, evaluated conclusions, design studies,locate and use evidence-based literature, write/present a research proposal, and use ethicalguidelines for research decisions. This interdisciplinary course prepares students for their senior experience.
3
HPE4048
Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health
Course: HPE4048
Credit: 3
Students will be introduced to major social and behavioral science theories which inform and influence the health and wellness of individuals, groups, and populations. The importance of evidence-based community and public health programs will be discussed, and students will have an opportunity to apply theories to public health practice and interventions.
3
MEDS4053
Evidence-Based Public Health
Course: MEDS4053
Credit: 3
This course will include an orientation to the US public health system, current concepts and issues,and major contemporary public health problems. A second content theme will include a brief overview of the development of the quality improvement movement in medicine, resulting in the evidence-based public health movement. These two segments will be integrated as students learn to apply the principles of an evidence-based approach to current public health problems in the greater Cincinnati area. A seminar style of teaching, employing small-group discussion of cases will be employed.
3
HPE5091
Internship: Health Education
Course: HPE5091
Credit: 4
This course is to provide students the opportunityto place into practice the theory and skills obtained through their professional health promotion and education studies.
4
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