Health Science Pre-Professional/Public Health Concentration, BS

Major Requirements (88 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25701 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry

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• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics or
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics

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• English Selective - select any 20000 level or above ENGL course - Credit Hours: 3.00
• HK 44500 - Principles Of Epidemiology
• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science [Fulfills Science, Technology & Society Core]
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• HSCI 34500 - Introduction To Occupational And Environmental Health Sciences
• HSCI 56000 - Toxicology
• HSCI 58000 - Occupational Safety And Ergonomics
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• NUTR 30300 - Essentials Of Nutrition

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• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• PHIL 27000 - Biomedical Ethics or
• PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics

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• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II
• PSY 35000 - Abnormal Psychology

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• SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems or
• SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare

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• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

Required Courses in Other Departments (23-24 credits)

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication [Fulfills Oral Communication Core]

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core] or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication Core] and [Information Literacy Core]

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core]
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• [Humanities Core] - select course from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (8-9 credits)

All students must complete 32 credits of 30000 level or higher courses at Purdue for graduation.

120 credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

University Foundational Learning Outcomes List

https://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

Public Health Selectives List

 (^*Highly recommended courses)

• ANTH 20300 - Biological Bases Of Human Social Behavior
• ANTH 20500 - Human Cultural Diversity
• ANTH 21200 - Culture, Food And Health
• COM 25000 - Mass Communication And Society
• EAPS 11300 - Introduction To Environmental Science *
• HIST 30200 - Historical Topics
• HK 22500 - Sexuality And Health
• HK 23100 - Substance Abuse And Health
• HK 23300 - Stress And Human Health
• HK 44000 - Human Diseases And Disorders *
• HSCI 54700 - Fundamentals Of Epidemiology
• NUTR 39800 - International Special Topics
• NUTR 59000 - Special Problems In Nutrition
• POL 12000 - Introduction To Public Policy And Public Administration *
• PSY 36700 - Adult Development And Aging
• SOC 22000 - Social Problems
• SOC 37400 - Medical Sociology
• SOC 57100 - Health And Social Behavior
• SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems (can’t be used to fulfill SOC requirement and Public Health Selective)
• SOC 57300 - The Human Side Of Medicine
• SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare (can’t be used to fulfill SOC requirement and Public Health Selective)
• SOC 57600 - Health And Aging In Social Context

Program Requirements

Notes

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement.

Students must complete 32 credit hours of 30000 level or higher courses for graduation at Purdue.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Degree Requirements

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.