BA in Community Health

Program Requirements and Policies

• Community Health majors are required to completed 12 courses.
• No course submitted for credit in the major can be taken on a pass/fail basis.
• All courses submitted for credit in the major must be passed with a C- or better, with the exception of the internship. The internship (CH 140) must be passed with a B- or better.

Course Requirements

Seven (7) core courses

• Introduction to Community Health (CH 1)
• Introduction to the US Healthcare System (CH 2)
• Introduction to Global Health (CH 11)
• Community Health Methods (CH 30)
• Introductory Statistics (CH 36 or approved alternative)
• Principles of Epidemiology (CH 34)
• Community Health Internship (CH 140)

*Students must successfully complete CH1, CH2, CH30 and CH31/CH36 prior to the internship. Open to second semester juniors and to all seniors.

Five (5) elective courses (must complete a total of 5 courses) 

CH majors are required to select and complete five electives as follows.  

See a list of all possible electives. 

• One Intermediate Course in Community Health (select from group #1)
• One Advanced Seminar in Community Health (select from group #2)
• Two CH courses or approved electives from another department (select from groups #1-4)
• One Advanced Seminar (select from group #2 or 4)