Courses | B.S. in Public Health
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. In addition to these program-specific requirements, all majors include Biola's traditional undergraduate core curriculum. For more program details, including a sample course sequence, visit Biola's academic catalog.
GPA Requirements
All major requirements must be completed with a C- or better grade.
Curriculum Requirements
The number of credits required to graduate with a Public Health, B.S is the university minimum of 120, and the degree offers a concentration in Global Health, which is detailed below.
Concentration
Global Health
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Public Health majors meet the Core Curriculum requirement of 9 credits in behavioral science, science, and mathematics within the major. The foreign language requirement is met by two years of high school study in the same language or four credits of college foreign language. PHIL 215 is the recommended Philosophy Core Curriculum course. | ||
| Concentration Core Courses | ||
| KNES 200 | Public Health Principles and Practice | 3 |
| KNES 307 | Measurement and Evaluation in Kinesiology and Health | 3 |
| KNES 310 | Community and Global Health 1 | 3 |
| or PHLT 510 | Community and Global Health | |
| KNES 320 | Health Behavior and Health Promotion 1 | 3 |
| or PHLT 520 | Health Behavior and Health Promotion | |
| KNES 330 | Global Health Leadership 1 | 3 |
| or PHLT 530 | Global Health Leadership | |
| KNES 355 | Health Care Systems | 3 |
| KNES 432 | Global Health Ethics and Human Rights 1 | 3 |
| or PHLT 632 | Global Health Ethics and Human Rights | |
| KNES 475 | Public Health Capstone Practicum | 3 |
| Concentration Elective Courses (select 9 credits) | 9 | |
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| Principles of Epidemiology | ||
| Principles of Biostatistics | ||
| Applied Public Health Research Methods | ||
| Current Issues in Global Health | ||
| Nutrition and Human Metabolism | ||
| Global Communicable Disease Control | ||
| Public Health Policy and Practice | ||
| Topics in Kinesiology and Public Health | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Internship | ||
| Introduction to Psychopathology | ||
| Cross-Cultural/Ethnic Issues in Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | ||
| Biology Requirements | ||
| BIOS 236 | Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| or BIOS 254 | Human Anatomy | |
| or BIOS 281 | Physiology | |
| KNES 325 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| Math Requirement 2 | ||
| MATH 318 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| or MATH 210 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | |
| Psychology Requirement | ||
| PSYC 200 | Introduction to Psychology 3 | 3 |
| Concentration Course Requirements: 46 credits | ||
| Core Curriculum Requirements 4 | 54-58 | |
| General Electives 5 | 16-20 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
- 1
Students can take PHLT courses with department approval.
- 2
Either course fulfills the Mathematics Core Curriculum requirement.
- 3
Fulfills the Behavioral Science Core Curriculum requirement.
- 4
See Core Curriculum Program section for details.
- 5
May be taken as additional Concentration Elective courses. May also be counted as prerequisites required for Concentration Elective courses.