Faculty of Health

School of Public Health and Health Systems

Honours Public Health

The Bachelor of Public Health, Honours will be of interest to students concerned with the determinants of health, including those who value social justice and those with interests in how economic, cultural, social, political, ecological, biological, and geographic factors affect individual and population health. Graduates of the program will be practitioners of public health with a breadth of understanding across the full spectrum of public health activities and domains, including epidemiology, education, health communication and social marketing, health policy, and health systems.

Students may apply for admission directly into Bachelor of Public Health, regular or co-operative system of study.

In order to receive the Bachelor of Public Health degree, the student must successfully complete 20.0 units of which at least 10.0 total units are at or above the 200-level and including the following requirements:

Required Health Studies Courses (7.5 units):
HLTH 101, HLTH 102, HLTH 103, HLTH 201, HLTH 202, HLTH 204, HLTH 205, HLTH 230, HLTH 245, HLTH 260, HLTH 320, HLTH 333, HLTH 355, HLTH 370, HLTH 380
Required Faculty of Health courses (1.0 unit):
AHS 107
AHS 150
Methods/application cluster (1.0 unit):
Two of: HLTH 303, HLTH 335 or STAT 316, HLTH 344, HLTH 433, HLTH 435, HLTH 442, HLTH 443, HLTH 451, HLTH 453, HLTH 458, HLTH 475
Core content clusters (total 1.5 units, see Notes):
One course in the area of health systems and policy: HLTH 373, HLTH 392, HLTH 401, HLTH 410, HLTH 412, HLTH 472, or HLTH 473 with an approved topic in health systems and policy
One course in the area of social behavioural sciences: HLTH 301, HLTH 304, HLTH 305, HLTH 352, HLTH 373, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, HLTH 450, HLTH 472, or HLTH 473 with an approved topic in social behavioural sciences
One additional course from any core content clusters lists in the areas of health systems and policy or social behavioural sciences.
One additional HLTH course at the 300- or 400-level (0.5 unit).
Capstone course (0.5 unit, see Notes):
One of: HLTH 432A/HLTH 432B, HLTH 472, HLTH 474, HLTH 481, or any fourth-year seminar course
Required course from another department (0.5 unit):
PSYCH 101
Restricted elective courses (1.5 units):
One of: ENGL 109 or ENGL 140R (recommended for Year One) or any ENGL 210 (recommended for Year Two)
One of: ANTH, ECON, PSCI, PSYCH, SDS, SMF, SOC
One of: CLAS, ENGL, HIST, MEDVL, PACS, PHIL, RS
Free elective courses: 6.0 units

Notes

HLTH 373, HLTH 472, and HLTH 473 must be approved by the School of Public Health and Health Systems associate director, undergraduate studies.
No one course may fulfil more than one requirement within the plan.