Description:
The Public Health Professional track provides you with a comprehensive education. It includes a variety of courses that are designed to provide you with a deeper understanding of the principles and practices of public health. Additionally, fieldwork allows students to develop their skills and prepare them for future employment
| Core Curriculum Courses | ||
| Concentration 1: Public Health Professional | ||
| See the Core Curriculum Requirements | 42 | |
| Public Health Core | ||
| HHPH 1304 | Introduction to Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| HHPH 1364 | Substance Use & Abuse | 3 |
| HHPH 210 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 220 | Foundation of Mental Health Promotion | 3 |
| HHPH 250 | CONSUMER HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 301 | Foundations of Public Health Practice and Professionalism | 3 |
| HHPH 331 | * | 3 |
| HHPH 385 | Current Issues in Health | 3 |
| HHPH 495 | Applied Practice Experience | 3 |
| or HHPH 395 | ||
| Required courses for track #1 | ||
| HHPH 362 | Survey of Human Diseases | 3 |
| HHPH 382 | Health in Society | 3 |
| HHPH 410 | Program Planning in Public Health | 3 |
| HHPH 416 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| HHPH 420 | Program Implementation and Evaluation in Public Health | 3 |
| HHPH 430 | Health and Healthcare Disparities | 3 |
| HHPH 492 | Health Policy | 3 |
| MATH 453 | Essentials of Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 443 | Psychology of Death & Dying | 3 |
| Required support courses | ||
| Hum Anatomy/Physiology I * | ||
| Hum Anatomy/Physiology II * | ||
| Minor and/or Additional Electives required: | 24 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
This course can be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum Requirements
Description
The Health Sciences track provides students a background in health that prepares them to pursue additional schooling in an allied health area. This degree provides an opportunity for students to take prerequisite courses for professional allied health schools such as nursing or other medical fields of study, as electives while receiving a background in the health education field. Students select electives from a list of prerequisites for specific professional school programs.
| Concentration 2: Health Sciences | ||
| See the Core Curriculum Requirements | 42 | |
| Public Health Core | ||
| HHPH 1304 | Introduction to Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| HHPH 1364 | Substance Use & Abuse | 3 |
| HHPH 210 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 220 | Foundation of Mental Health Promotion | 3 |
| HHPH 250 | CONSUMER HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 301 | Foundations of Public Health Practice and Professionalism | 3 |
| HHPH 331 | * | 3 |
| HHPH 385 | Current Issues in Health | 3 |
| HHPH 495 | Applied Practice Experience | 3 |
| or HHPH 395 | ||
| Choose a minimum of 33 hours in track #2 | 33 | |
| PSY 322 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| PSY 443 | Psychology of Death & Dying | 3 |
| MATH 1342 | Elementary Statistical Methods | 3 |
| or PSY 302 | Statistics and Research Design I | |
| HHPH 330 | 3 | |
| HHPH 333 | 3 | |
| HHPH 334 | 3 | |
| HHPH 335 | 3 | |
| HHPH 339 | 3 | |
| HHPH 360 | Health Psychology and Behavioral Strategies | 3 |
| HHPH 472 | Stress Management | 3 |
| HHPH 497 | Special Topics | 0-4 |
| HHPK 316 | Resistance Training | 3 |
| HHPS 210 | Sport Psychology | 3 |
| BSC 256 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| PSY 300 | Learning Processes and Development | 3 |
| PSY 310 | Psychology of Various Populations | 3 |
| PSY 311 | Field Experience | 3 |
| PSY 315 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 316 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SWK 2361 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| Required support courses | ||
| Hum Anatomy/Physiology I * | ||
| Hum Anatomy/Physiology II * | ||
| Minor Required | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
This course can be used to satisfy the university core curriculum.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENG 1301 | College Reading & Writing | 3 |
| MATH 1314 | College Algebra | 3 |
| CID 1300 or CID 2301 | 3 | |
| Creative Arts | 3 | |
| HHPH 1304 | Introduction to Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 1302 | Written Argument/Research | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | History of the United States through Reconstruction | 3 |
| PSCI 2305 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| BSC 2401 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology I | 4 |
| HHPH 1364 | Substance Use & Abuse | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HIST 1302 | History of the United States Since Reconstruction | 3 |
| PSCI 2306 | Texas Government and Politics | 3 |
| BSC 2402 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology II | 4 |
| HHPH 210 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 220 | Foundation of Mental Health Promotion | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Component Area | 3 | |
| Language, Philosophy, Culture | 3 | |
| HHPH 331 | ||
| HHPH 250 | CONSUMER HEALTH | 3 |
| MKT 306 | Marketing | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HHPH 362 | Survey of Human Diseases | 3 |
| HHPH 382 | Health in Society | 3 |
| HHPH 385 | Current Issues in Health | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSY 443 | Psychology of Death & Dying | 3 |
| MATH 453 | Essentials of Statistics | 3 |
| HHPH 430 | Health and Healthcare Disparities | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HHPH 410 | Program Planning in Public Health | 3 |
| HHPH 420 | Program Implementation and Evaluation in Public Health | 3 |
| HHPH 416 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| HHPH 492 | Health Policy | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HHPH 495 | Applied Practice Experience | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 119 | |
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENG 1301 | College Reading & Writing | 3 |
| MATH 1314 | College Algebra | 3 |
| CID 1300 or CID 2301 | 3 | |
| Creative Arts | 3 | |
| HHPH 1304 | Introduction to Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 1302 | Written Argument/Research | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | History of the United States through Reconstruction | 3 |
| PSCI 2305 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| BSC 2401 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology I | 4 |
| HHPH 1364 | Substance Use & Abuse | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HIST 1302 | History of the United States Since Reconstruction | 3 |
| PSCI 2306 | Texas Government and Politics | 3 |
| BSC 2402 | Hum Anatomy/Physiology II | 4 |
| HHPH 210 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPH 220 | Foundation of Mental Health Promotion | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Component Area | 4 | |
| Language, Philosophy, Culture | 3 | |
| HHPH 331 | ||
| HHPH 250 | CONSUMER HEALTH | 3 |
| HS Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HS Elective 2 | 3 | |
| HS Elective 3 | 3 | |
| HS Elective 4 | 3 | |
| HHPH 385 | Current Issues in Health | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HS Elective 5 | 3 | |
| HS Elective 6 | 3 | |
| HS Elective 7 (300/400) | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HS Elective 8 (300/400) | 3 | |
| HS Elective 9 (300/400) | 3 | |
| HS Elective 10 (300/400) | 3 | |
| HS Elective 11 (300/400) | 3 | |
| Minor (300/400) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HHPH 395 | ||
| HS Elective 12 (300/400) | 3 | |
| Minor (300/400) | 3 | |
| Minor (300/400) | 3 | |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 114 | |
