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Majors

Public Health

Honours Public Health

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:

  1. Required Public Health Sciences courses (8.0 units): HLTH 101, HLTH 102, HLTH 103, HLTH 201, HLTH 202, HLTH 204, HLTH 205, HLTH 230, HLTH 245, HLTH 260, HLTH 303, HLTH 320, HLTH 333, HLTH 355, HLTH 370, HLTH 380
  2. Required Faculty of Health courses (1.0 unit): HEALTH 107, HEALTH 150
  3. Methods/application cluster (1.0 unit): Two of: (HLTH 335 or STAT 316), HLTH 344, HLTH 433, HLTH 435, HLTH 442, HLTH 443, HLTH 451, HLTH 453, HLTH 455, HLTH 458, HLTH 475
  4. Core content clusters (1.0 unit, see Note 1):
    One course in the area of health systems and policy: HLTH 392, HLTH 401, HLTH 410, HLTH 412
    One course in the area of social behavioural sciences: HLTH 301, HLTH 304, HLTH 352, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, HLTH 450
  5. One additional Public Health Sciences (HLTH) course at the 300- or 400-level (0.5 unit).
  6. Capstone course (0.5 unit, see Note 2): One of: HLTH 432A, HLTH 432B, HLTH 472, HLTH 474, HLTH 481, or any fourth-year seminar course from: HLTH 421, HLTH 427, HLTH 430, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, HLTH 450, HLTH 454, HLTH 465, HLTH 471, HLTH 479
  7. Required course from another department (0.5 unit): PSYCH 101
  8. Restricted elective courses (1.5 units):
    One of: ENGL 109, ENGL 140R, ENGL 210C, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 210G, ENGL 210H, ENGL 210I, ENGL 210J
    One of: ANTH, ECON, PSCI, PSYCH, SDS, SMF, SOC
    One of: CLAS, ENGL, HIST, MEDVL, PACS, PHIL, RS
  9. Free elective courses: 6.0 units
  10. Minimum cumulative major average of 75%; minimum cumulative overall average of 70%.

Notes

  1. Certain topics courses (e.g., HLTH 373, HLTH 473) or independent studies (HLTH 472) may be substituted for the core content cluster requirements at the discretion of the School of Public Health Sciences associate director, undergraduate studies.
  2. No one course may fulfil more than one requirement within the plan. For example, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, and HLTH 450 cannot be used for both the social behavioural sciences core content cluster and the capstone course requirement.

Course Sequence


Year One (Regular and Co-operative System of Study)


1A (Fall)

HEALTH 107
HLTH 101
HLTH 103
Two electives

1B (Winter)

HEALTH 150
HLTH 102
PSYCH 101
Two electives


Regular System of Study


Year Two


2A (Fall)

HLTH 201
HLTH 202
HLTH 204
HLTH 205
One elective

2B (Winter)

HLTH 230
HLTH 245
HLTH 260
Two electives


Year Three


3A (Fall)

HLTH 303
HLTH 320
HLTH 333
HLTH 380
One elective

3B (Winter)

HLTH 355
HLTH 370
Three electives


Year Four


4A (Fall)

Five electives

4B (Winter)

Five electives


Co-operative System of Study


2A (Fall)

HLTH 201
HLTH 202
HLTH 204
HLTH 205
One elective

Work Term 1 (Winter)
2B (Spring)

HLTH 230
HLTH 245
HLTH 260
Two electives


Year Three


Work Term 2 (Fall)
3A (Winter)

HLTH 355
HLTH 370
Three electives

Work Term 3 (Spring)
3B (Fall)

HLTH 303
HLTH 320
HLTH 333
HLTH 380
One elective


Year Four


Work Term 4 (Winter)
Work Term 5 (Spring)
4A (Fall)

Five electives

4B (Winter)

Five electives


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