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Jun 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Public Health BS/ Community Health and Health Behavior MS
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Admission Criteria
Current students wishing to pursue this major must follow the instructions on the School of Public Health and Health Professions change of major form.
Undergraduate Course Requirements
Public Health Core (28 credits)
Two 200-level PUB courses
- PUB courses numbered 200-279
- 6 credits minimum
Other Required Courses (19 credits)
Graduate Course Requirements
Community Health and Health Behavior Core (30 credits)
- CHB 601 Principles of Community Health and Health Behavior
- CHB 602 Community Health and Health Behavior Interventions
- CHB 605 Basic Research Methods for Community Health and Health Behavior
- CHB 695 Independent Research OR CHB 696 Community Field Experience
- EEH 501 Principles of Epidemiology OR EEH 500 Intro to Epidemiology
- Grad Level Statistics/Methods Course
- STA 527 Statistical Analysis I
- 6 Credits of Graduate Level CHHB Electives
Total Credits Required for Undergraduate Major: 47
Additional Degree Requirements Include:
- Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements.
- 27 undergraduate elective credits.
Total Undergraduate Credits Required: 105
Total Credits Required for Graduate Degree: 30
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 135
Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This should not be used for financial aid purposes.
Academic Requirements
Minimum Public Health BS major GPA of 2.500 required to complete the Public Health BS degree.All Public Health undergraduate students are academically reviewed at the end of each semester after grades are posted. Academic review standards are as follows:
- Minimum UB GPA of 2.000
- Minimum major GPA of 2.500
Students identified after academic review each semester who do not meet these requirements will be notified via their UB Email account. The first semester that students receive a warning notification they will be mandated to make an advising appointment before registering for next semester’s classes (enforced with a hold). Second semester of not meeting criteria will mandate that the student attend an SPHHP sponsored workshop on academic improvement and mandate them to meet with an academic advisor (enforced with service indicator). When a student is identified with 3 semesters of academic warning the student will be removed from the major. Academic reviews are conducted following Fall and Spring semesters only. Courses repeated during the winter and/or summer are not factored into the review.
Students who are academic dismissed from the Public Health BS major have one (1) opportunity to appeal to the program director.
Curricular Plan
A Curricular Plan provides a roadmap for completing this academic program and the UB Curriculum on time. Your actual plan may vary depending on point of entry to the university, course placement and/or waivers based on standardized test scores, earned alternative credit and/or college transfer credit.
Second Year Fall
- PUB 200 level Elective Credits: 3
- Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 2 Credits: 3
- Pathway Credits: 3
- Pathway Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
Fourth Year Fall
- CHB 601 Principles of Community Health and Health Behavior Credits: 3
- EEH 501 Principles of Epidemiology Credits: 4 OR EEH 500 Intro to Epidemiology Credits: 3
- STA 527 Statistical Analysis I Credits: 4
- Elective Credits: 3
Fourth Year Spring
- CHB 602 Community Health and Health Behavior Interventions Credits: 3
- CHB 605 Basic Research Methods for Community Health and Health Behavior Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
- Elective Credits: 3
Fifth Year Fall
- CHB Elective Credits: 3
- CHB Elective Credits: 3
- CHB 695 Independent Research Credits: 4 OR CHB 469 Community Field Experience Credits: 4
- Grad Level Statistics/Methods Course Credits: 3-4
Total Credits Required: 135
Note: Some classes may count toward both a major and UB Curriculum requirement.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:
- Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services
- List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US
- Explain public health history, philosophy, and values
- Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a populations’ health
- Discuss the science of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion and screening
- Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge
- Explain effects of environmental factors on a population’s health
- Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health
- Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affects a population’s health
- Explain the social, political, and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities
- Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
(HEGIS: 12.14 PUBLIC HEALTH, CIP: 51.2201 Public Health, General (MPH, DPH))
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