Public Health

Minor in Public Health

The minor in Public Health is offered through the Department of Health Sciences in Sargent College (SAR). The minor consists of six courses, completed with a minimum grade of C: four required courses (Introduction to Public Health, Epidemiology, one course in statistics, and one course in international health) and two courses from the list of public health electives. Students may fulfill some public health minor course requirements through two BU Study Abroad Programs; Geneva Public Health and Dublin Health Science tracks.

Requirements

A. Four required courses:

• SPH PH 510 Introduction to Public Health (4 cr)

One of the following statistics courses:

• CAS MA 113 Elementary Statistics (4 cr)
• CAS MA 115 Statistics I (4 cr)
• CAS MA 213 Statistics I (4 cr)
• CAS PS 211 Introduction to Experimental Design (4 cr)
• SMG SM 221 Probabilistic and Statistical Decision Making for Management (4 cr)
• SPH BS 704 Biostatistics (3 cr)

One of the following epidemiology courses:

• SAR HS 300 Epidemiology I (4 cr)
• SPH EP 713 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 cr)

One of the following international health courses:

• SAR HS 363 Global Health: Beyond Germs and Genes (4 cr)
• SPH PH 506 E International Health at the World Health Organization (4 cr) (Geneva Program only)
• SPH PH 507 E Controversies in International Health (4 cr) (Geneva Program only)
• SPH PH 511 Pathogens, Poverty, and Populations: An Introduction to International Health (4 cr)

B. Two of the following public health electives (minimum of 6 cr):

• CAS SO 215 Sociology of Health Care (4 cr)
• SAR HP 353 Organization and Delivery of Health Care in the U.S. (4 cr) (cannot be taken in combination with SPH PM 702)
• SAR HS 345 Global Environmental Public Health (4 cr)
• SAR HS 363 Global Health: Beyond Germs and Genes (4 cr) (if not taken to fulfill the International Health course requirement)
• SAR HS 395 Food, Dietary Supplements and Consumer Health (4 cr)
• SAR HS 425E Health Care Policy and Practice in Ireland (4 cr) (Dublin Program only)
• SAR HS 440 Qualitative Research Strategies in Global Public Health (4 cr)
• SAR HS 470 Topics in Public Health (4 cr)
• SAR HS 475 Disability Advocacy and the Law (4 cr)
• SPH EH 717 Introduction to Environmental Health (3 cr) or
• SPH EH 765 Survey of Environmental Health (4 cr)
• SPH LW 719 Essentials of Health Law (3 cr) or
• SPH LW 740 Health and Human Rights (4 cr) or
• SPH LW 751 Public Health Law (4 cr)
• SPH MC 705 Safe Sex in the City: From Biology to Policy (4 cr)
• SPH MC 725 Women, Children, and Adolescents: Public Health Approaches (4 cr)
• SPH PH 506 E International Health at the World Health Organization (4 cr) (Geneva Program only) (if not taken to fulfill the International Health course requirement)
• SPH PH 507 E Controversies in International Health (4 cr) (Geneva Program only) (if not taken to fulfill the International Health course requirement)
• SPH PH 511 Pathogens, Poverty, and Populations: An Introduction to International Health (4 cr) (if not taken to fulfill the International Health course requirement)
• SPH PH 709 The Biology of Public Health (4 cr)
• SPH PM 702 Introduction to Health Policy and Management (3 cr) (cannot be taken in combination with HP 353)
• SPH SB 721 Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health (3 cr)