Majors

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/GERON 201, HLTH 202, HLTH 204, HLTH 205, HLTH 230, HLTH 245/GERON 245, HLTH 260, HLTH 303, HLTH 320/GERON 320, HLTH 333, HLTH 355, HLTH 370, HLTH 380/GSJ 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 350, 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/GSJ 401, HLTH 403, HLTH 410, HLTH 412
   One course in the area of social behavioural sciences: HLTH 301, HLTH 304, HLTH 352/GERON 352/KIN 352/REC 362/SOC 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 403, HLTH 421, HLTH 427, HLTH 430, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, HLTH 450, HLTH 454, HLTH 479
7. Required course from another department (0.5 unit): PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R
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.

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