BSPH in Community Health

Take 10 courses for a total of 30 credits

Core Communication

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits

• COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)
• ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry (C or higher required) (3 credits)

Analytical Reasoning

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits. Please note MATH-M 118 or higher and PBHL-B 300 are required for the CH curriculum.

• MATH-M 118 Finite Math (3 credits)
• PBHL-B 300 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)

Cultural Understanding

Take one course for a total of 3 credits

• Choose one course from the approved list. 

Life and Physical Sciences

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits

• BIOL-N 212 Human Biology I (3 credits)
• BIOL-N 214 Human Biology II (3 credits)

Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences

Take three courses for a total of 9 credits.

• PBHL-S 120 Introduction to Community Health (required for major) (social science GenEd) (3 credits)
• Choose 1 course from the approved Arts & Humanities list.
• Choose 1 course from the approved Arts & Humanities list OR
  approved Social Sciences list.

Please note that PBHL S120 is required. 

Take 20 courses for a total of 60 credits

Social and Behavioral Sciences Core (pick 3 courses) - minimum 9 credit hours 
(these may also count, if available, for General Education)

• PSY-B 110 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
• SOC-R 100 Introduction to Sociology  (3 credits)
• GEOG-G 110 Human Geography in a Changing World  (3 credits)
• ANTH-A 104 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)

Public Health Core Courses (5 courses) – minimum 15 credit hours

Each of the following five courses:

• PBHL-A 316 Environmental Health Science (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 120 Health Care Delivery in the US (3 credits) 
• PHBL-S 305 Careers in Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 330 Evidence-based Writing in Public Health P: E322 (3 credits)

Community Health Courses (12 courses) – minimum 36 credit hours

Each of the following 12 Community Health core courses:

• PBHL-S 220 Navigating the Maze to Healthy Living (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 315 Community Organizing for Health Promotion (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 330 Theoretical Foundations of Community Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 337 Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 340 Cultural Considerations in the Promotion of Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S349 Research Methods in Community Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 360 Assessment and Planning for Community Health Promotion P: S120, S330 (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 361 Implementation and Evaluation for Community Health Promotion P: S360 (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 416 Health Promotion Application P: 361 (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 460 Biosocial Approach to Global Health P: S361, S315 (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 479* Internship in Community Health P: Senior Standing, 2.5 GPA, S361 (6 credits)
• PBHL-S 499 Capstone Experience BSPH Community Health P: MUST BE LAST SEMESTER; 2.5 GPA (3 credits)

*Students can opt to complete PBHL-S 469 (3) and an additional general elective with permission

Required Health Electives (5 courses) – 15 credit hours. Required health electives are organized into groups. Select one course from each group from the options listed below.

Global Health electives 
Choose one of the following courses:

• PBHL-P 450 Healthcare Systems around the World – Any FSPH Public Health Study Abroad Program** (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 330 Global Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-A 415 Explosions, Collapses, and Toxic Spills: Prevention and Response (3 credits)
• HLSC-H 250 Health and Rehabilitation Systems Across the World (3 credits)
• NTRD-N 460 Global Perspectives in Nutrition, Health, Disease, and Disability (3 credits)

Mental Health electives
Choose one of the following courses:

• PBHL-S 222 This Stress is Killing Me: Stress and its Effects on You (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 325 Urban Angst and Suburban Blues: Public Mental Health (3 credits)
• SOC-R 485 Sociology of Mental Illness (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 315 High Risk Health Behaviors and Harm Reduction (3 credits)
• SOC-R 410 Alcohol, Drugs, and Society (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 333 Buzzed and Stoned: Epidemiology of Substance Abuse (3 credits)

Contemporary Issues electives
Choose one of the following courses:

• PBHL-S 105 Music, Movies, and Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 210 Zombie Apocalypse and Other Doomsday Infections (3 credits)
•  PBHL-E 335 Pandemics Lurking in the Shadows: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 395 Sores, Drips: Epidemiology of STIs (3 credits)
• SOC-R 385 AIDS and Society (3 credits)
• HPER-H 305 Women’s Health (3 credits)
• HLSC-H 220 Aging and the Older Person (3 credits)
• SOC-R 315 Sociology of Disability (3 credits)
• PBHL-A 325 Injury Prevention (3 credits)
• PBHL-A 330 Humans in Extreme Environments (3 credits)

Leadership and Management electives
Choose one of the following courses:

• PBHL-H 361 Leadership in Health Management: Resolving Disputes and Difficult Conversations (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 375 Management of Health Service Organizations (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 263 Public Management (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 366 Managing Behaviors in Public Organizations (3 credits)

Skill Development electives
Choose one of the following courses:

• PBHL-S 240 Peer Health Education & Leadership (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 422 Coaching for Health and Wellness (3 credits)
• PBHL-A 441 Public Health Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3 credits)

**Healthcare Systems Around the World:
The study abroad options offered by the FSPH vary by semester and year. Information regarding the study abroad options offered by the FSPH can be found on the IUPUI Study Abroad website here.

• Additional courses beyond the IUPUI common core, general education, and major requirements to total 120 credit hours.

Take 13 courses for a total of 35 credits

Core Communication

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits

• COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)
• ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry (3 credits)

Analytical Reasoning

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits

• MATH-M 118 Finite Math (3 credits)
• PBHL-B 300 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)

Cultural Understanding

Take one course for a total of 3 credits

• Choose one course from the approved Cultural Understanding list. 

Life and Physical Sciences

Take two courses for a total of 6 credits

• BIOL-N 212 Human Biology I (3 credits)
• BIOL-N 214 Human Biology II (3 credits)

Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences

Take three courses for a total of 9 credits

• Choose 1 course from the approved Social Sciences list.
• Choose 1 course from the approved Arts & Humanities list.
• Choose 1 course from the approved Arts & Humanities list OR
  approved Social Sciences list.

Please note that PBHL S120 is required. 

Community Health General Education Requirements

Take three courses for a total of 5 credits

• ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills (3 credits)
  OR
  BUS-X 204 Business Communication (3 credits)
  OR
  TCM 220 Technical Report Writing (3 credits)
• BIOL-N 213 Human Biology Lab I (1 credit)
• BIOL-N 215 Human Biology Lab II (1 credit)

Basic Science Requirements

Basic science courses not approved in the Community Health Program include, but are not limited to, the following:

• BIOL-N 100
• BIOL-N 107

Take 13 courses for a total of 39 credits

Each of the following four courses:

• PBHL-A 316 Environmental Health Science (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 220 Policy and Management for Population Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 315 Community Health (3 credits)

Each of the following nine Community Health core courses:

• PBHL-S 220 Navigating the Maze to Healthy Living (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 305 Careers in Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 330 Theories of Health Behavior Change (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 340 Cultural Competency in the Promotion of Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 399 Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 415 Applied Health Promotion Methods (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 425 Social Determinants of Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 460 Community Capacity Building in a Global Health Context (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 499 Applied Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

Take 10 elective courses, five must be from the Public Health Electives list. It is recommended that all 10 be taken from the Public Health Electives list.

Public Health electives

*Indicates preferred courses.

• PBHL-S 105* Public Health & Film (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 240* Peer Health Education and Leadership (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 320* This Stress is Killing Me: Stress and Its Effects on You (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 325* Urban Angst and Suburban Blues: Public Mental Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 422* Coaching for Health and Wellness (3 credits)
• PBHL-S 492 Research in Public Health (1-6 credits)
• PBHL-E 210 Zombie Apocalypse and Other Doomsday Infections (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 323 Chasing Disease: Field Epidemiology (3 credits)
• PBHL-E 335 Pandemics Lurking in the Shadows: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 120 Contemporary Healthcare Issues (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 315 High Risk Health Behaviors and Harm Reduction (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 330 Global Public Health (3 credits)
• PBHL-H 455/450 Healthcare Systems around the World – Study abroad programs (3 credits)

Non-Public Health electives

• ANTH-A 337 African American Healthcare (3 credits)
• ANTH-A 460 Disease and Human Evolution (3 credits)
• ANTH-B 370 Human Variation (3 credits)
• COMM-C 392 Health Communication (3 credits)
• COMM-C 400 Health Provider-Consumer Communication (3 credits)
• ECON-E 414 Economics of the Non-Profit Sector (3 credits)
• HIST-H 364 History of Medicine and Public Health (3 credits)
• HPER-H 195 Principles and Application of Lifestyle Wellness (3 credits)
• HPER-FN 30300 Essentials of Nutrition (3 credits)
• HPER-F 255 Human Sexuality (3 credits)
• HPER-F 258 Marriage and Family Interactions (3 credits)
• HPER-H 305 Women’s Health (3 credits)
• HPER-H 315 Consumer Health (3 credits)
• HPER-H 317 Drug Use in American Society (3 credits)
• HPER-H 350 Complementary/Alternative Approaches to Health (3 credits)
• HPER-H 363 Personal Health (3 credits)
• PSY-B 307 Tests and Measurements (3 credits)
• PSY-B 394 Drugs and Behavior (3 credits)
• REL-R 384 Religion, Ethics, and Health (3 credits)
• SHRS-W 220 Aging and the Older Person (3 credits)
• SHRS-W 250 Health and Rehabilitation Systems Across the World (3 credits)
• SHRS-W 340 Psychological Aspects of Disabilities (3 credits)
• SHRS-W 361 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (3 credits)
• SHRS-W 370 Psychosocial Aspects of Aging (3 credits)
• SOC-R 321 Women and Health (3 credits)
• SOC-R 382 Social Organization of Healthcare (3 credits)
• SOC-R 385 AIDS and Society (3 credits)
• SOC-R 410 Alcohol, Drugs, and Society (3 credits)
• SOC-R 415 Sociology of Disability (3 credits)
• SOC-R 485 Sociology of Mental Illness (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (3 credits)
• SPEA-V 458 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)

Take these five courses for a total of 15 credits (15 of the 16 elective credits are fulfilled by the MPH Core* + Applied Practice Experience.)

PBHL P510* Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL P511* Comp. Methods & App. in Biostatistics & Epidemiology (3 credits)
PBHL P512* Communication and Leadership (3 credits)
PBHL P513* Planning, Evaluation and Management (3 credits)
PBHL S602 Applied Practice Experience in Social and Behavioral Sci. (3 credits)

MPH Core
The 4 MPH Core* courses (12 cr.) taken in Year 4 of the BSPH. (12 credits)

MPH Applied Practice Experience / Internship (3 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences Concentration Courses
PBHL S510 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL S614 Program Planning in Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL S615 Culture and Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
PBHL S617 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (3 credits)

Public Health Elective Courses
Students choose 5 MPH electives from a list of 12 courses. (15 credits)

MPH Capstone Experience (3 credits)

Total: 45 credits