Public Health Studies, BS

Program Coordinator: Jennifer Matthews (2302 Carol Belk Building; 252-328-1704; cremeensj@ecu.edu)

Students entering the public health studies degree program choose one of three concentrations: community health, prehealth professions, or worksite health promotion. The community health concentration requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 for entry. Students entering the worksite health promotion concentration must have a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA and a minimum 2.5 GPA calculated on three courses: ECON 2113 ; HLTH 2000 ; PSYC 3241 . Students entering the prehealth professions concentration must have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA calculated on the following courses: BIOL 1100 , BIOL 1101 , BIOL 1200 , BIOL 1201 ; CHEM 1150 , CHEM 1151 , CHEM 1160 , CHEM 1161 . All students must declare on or before reaching 90 credit hours.

Minimum degree requirement is 124 s.h. as follows:

1. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit see General Education Program.)

2. Common core - 21 s.h.

3. Concentrations - 41-48 s.h.

(Choose one concentration.)

a. Community health concentration (41 s.h.)

Cognates:

Note:

*This course can count towards general education requirements.

b. Prehealth professions (45-48 s.h.)

Cognates:

BIOL 1201 - Principles of Biology Laboratory II
(Choose one of the following sets of biology courses.)
BIOL 2130 - Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy
BIOL 2131 - Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory
or
BIOL 2140 - Human Physiology and Anatomy I
BIOL 2141 - Human Physiology and Anatomy I Laboratory
BIOL 2150 - Human Physiology and Anatomy II
BIOL 2151 - Human Physiology and Anatomy II Laboratory
(Complete each of the following chemistry courses.)
CHEM 1150 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 1151 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 1160 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 1161 - General Chemistry Laboratory II

Choose 22 s.h. from the following:

c. Worksite health promotion (48 s.h.)

Cognates:

Note:

* This course can count towards general education requirements.

4. Electives:

It is recommended that courses be taken which reinforce content in the physical, social, and behavioral sciences, or provide the student with a community health specialty area such as gerontology, environmental health, or health promotion. Number of elective hours varies by concentration.

Public Health Studies, BS

1. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.

All concentrations:

Community health concentration:

Prehealth professions concentration:

Worksite health promotion:

2. Common core - 21 s.h.

3. Concentrations - 41-48 s.h.

a. Community health concentration (41 s.h.)

Cognates:

Note:

b. Prehealth professions (45-48 s.h.)

Cognates:

Choose 22 s.h. from the following:

c. Worksite health promotion (48 s.h.)

Cognates:

Note:

4. Electives: