Community and Public Health, Public Health Concentration, B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following General Education courses are recommended for this major:

• HLTH 1530/HLTH 1531 (Soc/BS)
• BIOL 1030/1031 (Nat Sci)

Major Requirements (58 hours)

Auxiliary Requirements (6 hours)

• HLTH 4340 - Fitness Education for the Adult 3 credit hours
• NFS 1240 - Principles of Nutrition 3 credit hours

Public Health Cognate or Minor (15 hours)

Choose 15 hours from the following. A minor is required if no cognate is chosen.

• COMM 3560 - Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
• ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
• LSTS 3380 - Disabilities and Diversity in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
• MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
• MGMT 4000 - Not-for-Profit Management 3 credit hours
• NFS 3260 - Community Nutrition 3 credit hours
• NFS 4210 - Nutrition in Aging 3 credit hours
• PSY 3590 - Personality 3 credit hours
• PSY 4380 - Group Dynamics 3 credit hours
• PSY 4400 - Behavioral Modification 3 credit hours
• PSY 4630 - Death and Dying 3 credit hours
• SOC 2600 - Introduction to Gerontology 3 credit hours
• SOC 3400 - Gender and Society 3 credit hours
• SOC 4040 - Health Care Delivery Issues 3 credit hours
• SOC 4240 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit hours

Freshman

• HLTH 3240 - Foundations of Health Education 3 credit hours
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (comm)
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 credit hours (HLTH 1530/1531 rec.)
• Natural Sciences 4 credit hours (BIOL 1030/BIOL 1031 rec.)

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• BIOL 2030 - Anatomy and Physiology 3 credit hours AND
• BIOL 2031 - Anatomy and Physiology Lab 0 credit hours

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

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• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• Natural Science 4 credit hours
• Math 3 credit hours
• Public Health area of focus class 3 credit hours
• Minor or cognate courses 6 credit hours
• HLTH 3320 - Assessment in Community and Public Health 3 credit hours
• NFS 1240 - Principles of Nutrition 3 credit hours

Junior

• HLTH 4340 - Fitness Education for the Adult 3 credit hours
• HLTH 4360 - Teaching Human Sexuality 3 credit hours
• HLTH 4400 - Drugs and Violence in Health Education 3 credit hours

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• HLTH 4450 - Technology Applications 1 credit hour AND
• HLTH 4451 - Technology Applications Lab 2 credit hours

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• HLTH 4430 - Program Planning in Health Education 3 credit hours
• HLTH 3590 - Workshops and Instructional Methods in Health Education 3 credit hours
• Minor or cognate course 3 credit hours
• Public Health area of focus classes 10 credit hours

Senior

• HLTH 4460 - Introduction to Epidemiology 3 credit hours
• HLTH 4810 - Measurement and Evaluation 3 credit hours
• HLTH 4870 - Methods of Communicating and Marketing Health Education 3 credit hours
• Minor or cognate courses 6 credit hours
• Public Health area of focus classes 12 credit hours