Public health general education courses
ANALYTICAL REASONING
Introduction to Biostatistics (PBHL-B 300)
This course introduces the basic principles and methods of data analysis in public health biostatistics. Emphasis is placed on public health examples and they relate to concepts such as sampling, study design, descriptive statistics, probability, statistical distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests, t-tests, analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation.
ANALYTICAL REASONING
Storytelling with Data (PBHL-A 215)
Communicating data effectively to the public, policy makers, and media is essential to facilitate understanding, influence decision making, and create change. Explore how to display and describe health and social science data. Bring data to life by choosing the best visual, the most impactful words, and the most strategic delivery.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Introduction to Public Health (PBHL-P 109)
This course provides an overview of public health, including its mission, historical developments, and core functions. Students will gain an appreciation of the health challenges facing society today, and the critical role that public health plays in prevention and reducing disparities so that communities can reach their fullest potential.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Introduction to Community Health (PBHL-S 120)
This course explores the drivers of health that impact individuals and communities. Students will understand there are multiple influences on health behavior and explore theoretical frameworks that can guide personal and community-level change. Select societal issues will be examined through a public health lens to further illustrate this interconnectedness.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Influencing the Public's Health (PBHL-H 101)
This course exposes students to the role of policy in influencing the health of human populations in our work, civil society and our own lives. Students from all disciplines will benefit from exploring empirical patterns and historical contexts that influence health policy decisions for our country's complex healthcare and public health systems.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Preparing for Disasters (PBHL-A 140)
Explore natural and environmental disasters we may face, steps for individual readiness to confront them, and social theories which underpin the steps. Students will learn disaster preparedness principles on the individual and community levels, and develop both a disaster plan and emergency supplies kit for themselves and their families.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Navigating the Maze to Healthy Living (PBHL-S 220)
This course provides students with knowledge and understanding of factors influencing personal health, lifestyle and behaviors, and media and technology's role in health promotion and disease prevention. The course emphasizes decision making as a consumer of health and health care services and the connections to population health.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Zombie Apocalypse and Doomsday Infections (PBHL-E 210)
This course introduces the epidemiology of infectious diseases using the analogy of zombie infection. Students learn about cultural beginnings and uses of zombie stories and then infections that have changed the course of history. Included topics are: disease transmission, outbreak investigations, control measures, antimicrobial resistance, vaccines, vectors, and field investigations.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
What's in Your Back Yard? Environment & Health (PBHL-A 115)
Environment—where people live, work, play—has a profound impact on human health and wellbeing. Through case-based learning, we will examine contemporary and emerging global environmental issues, their links to human health effects, and ways to solve these problems. We will explore future approaches to making environments sustainable and health-promoting.
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Culture, Health and Happiness (PBHL-A 120)
Students of all majors can learn about distinct regional U.S. cultures, as well as the multitude of cultures that people bring from across the globe. This course also explores worldly concepts of happiness, its pursuit, and encourages self-reflection on what it means to enjoy a full and rewarding life.