Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Public Health (Applied Epidemiology Concentration)
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
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The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- Any student who did not complete at least two years of the same foreign language in high school is required to take 6-8 hours of the same foreign language.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete all required Public Health (PH) courses with grades of "C" or better.
- Students with a PH major are not permitted to select the PH minor.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010) | 3 | ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010) | 3 |
| Mathematics Component Code 0203 | 3 | PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040) | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 |
| PH 1310 | 3 | PH 1320 | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | CJ 3347, MATH 2328, PA 3311, PH 3315, PSY 2301, or SOCI 3307 | 3 |
| ART 2313, DAN 2313, MU 2313, or TH 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| PH 2340 | 3 | COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) | 3 |
| PH 3348 | 3 | BIO 2430 or 2440 | 4 |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| PH 3350 | 3 | PH 3301 | 3 |
| PH 3370 | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| Minor | 6 | PA 3340, HA 3347, HIM 3350, or PA 4340 | 3 |
| PA 3300, 3310, 3330, or 3350 | 3 | ANTH 3336, GEO 3301, SOCI 3318, SOCI 4308, or SOCI 4309 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| PH 4100 | 1 | PH 4335 | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | PH 4640 | 6 |
| PH 4336 | 3 | PH Elective1 | 3 |
| ANTH 3325, CA 3342, COMM 3318J, COMM 3329, COMM 4326, COMM 4345, COMM 4347, GEO 3349, GEO 3351, HA 3309, MC 3343, MC 3355, MC 4322, PH 4331, or SOCI 33632 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| PH Elective1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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PH Electives may be chosen from the following: PH 2338, PH 3321, PH 3330, PH 3360, PH 3374, PH 3376, PH 4331, PH 4347, PH 4360, PH 4660,
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PH 4331 can meet the concentration course requirement or the Public Health Elective requirement, but may not count as both.
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Any course approved for 020 General Education Core Curriculum, except MATH 1316, can satisfy the requirement.
