Public Health Studies, BS

Program Coordinator: Kelli Russell (2207 Carol Belk Building; 252-328-5388; russellk14@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. Students entering the prehealth professions concentration must have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA calculated using the most recent grade earned at a college or university in 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 .)

All concentrations:

Community health concentration:

Prehealth professions concentration:

Worksite health promotion:

2. Common core - 21 s.h.

3. Concentrations - 41-47 s.h.

(Choose one concentration.)

a. Community health concentration (41-44 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 (45-47 s.h.)

Cognates:

Note:

* This course can count towards general education requirements.

4. Electives to complete requirements for graduation.

Note: 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.