Dec 02, 2024

2010-2011 General Catalog

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Public Health, BS

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A four-year program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Public Health is offered by the Department of Biology with options in environmental health, industrial hygiene, or public health education. The industrial hygiene program is accredited by the Applied Science Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; 111 Market Place, Suite 1050; Baltimore MD 21202-4012; telephone (410) 347-7700. Individuals completing the environmental health option are qualified to take the Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian Examination (REHS/RS). Those completing the industrial hygiene option are granted benefits toward both the Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) examinations. Public Health Education graduates are qualified to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination. The Public Health degree requires a core of biology courses similar to that required for the biology degrees; additional biology and public health courses; and chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, and allied science and engineering courses appropriate to each emphasis. The course requirements are as follows:

Industrial Hygiene Emphasis

Required Biology Courses (16 credits)

Required Physical Science Courses (26 credits)

Additional Required Chemistry (3-4 credits)

CHEM 3000 - Quantitative Analysis (QI) 3 and
CHEM 3005 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory 1
Or
CHEM 3650 - Environmental Chemistry (DSC) 3
Or
PUBH 5730 - Analysis and Fate of Environmental Contaminants 3 ^{2, 4}

Mathematics and Statistics Requirement (7 credits)

Required Program Courses (32 credits)

Elective Options (select 5 credits)

Environmental Health Emphasis

Required Biology Courses (19 credits)

Required Physical Science Courses (22 credits)

Mathematics and Statistics Requirement (7 credits)

Required Program Courses (31 credits)

Required Electives (select 10 credits)

BIOL 3220 - Field Ecology (QI) 2
BIOL 3500 - Plagues, Pests, and People (DSC) 3
BIOL 4421 - Plant Taxonomy I 2 and
BIOL 4422 - Plant Taxonomy II 1
(need to take both BIOL 4421 and BIOL 4422 )
BIOL 5550 - Freshwater Invertebrates 3
CHEM 3700 - Introductory Biochemistry 3
CHEM 3710 - Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory 1
PSC 3000 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 4
PUBH 5400 - Environmental Toxicology 3
SPCH 1020 - Public Speaking (BHU/CI) 3

Public Health Education Emphasis

Required Biology Courses (16 credits)

Required Physical Science Courses (13 credits)

Mathematics and Statistics Requirement (7 credits)

Required Program Courses (15 credits)

PUBH 3120 - Family and Community Health 3
PUBH 4000 - Public Health Field Experience 3-6 (3 credits maximum)
PUBH 4030 - Communicable Disease Control 3
PUBH 4040 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology 3
PUBH 5000 - Public Health Seminar 1
PUBH 5500 - Public Health Management (CI) 2

Required Supporting Courses (30 credits)

Note:

¹Students considering graduate or professional school and those who want a stronger chemistry background should replace CHEM 2300 and CHEM 2315 with the two-semester Organic Chemistry series (CHEM 2310 , CHEM 2315 , CHEM 2320 , and CHEM 2325 , 10 total credits).

²Industrial Hygiene students taking PUBH 5730 may not be eligible for a minor in Chemistry.

³MGT 3110 and MGT 4630 are intended for students who are pursuing a minor in Human Resource Management.

⁴PUBH 5730 may satisfy either the additional chemistry requirement or the elective option (but not both).