Public Health Policy Major
Check Sheet
Fourteen courses, including an internship are required for the Public Health Policy major.
Three Foundational Courses
- One Biology course from BIO 102 Biological Basis of Disease or BIO 111 Introductory Biology of Life Sciences
- PHP 120 Public Health
- PHP 221 Introduction to Public Policy
Seven Public Health Policy Core Courses
- PHP 222 Health Organizations and Policy
- PHP 305 Advanced Public Policy Analysis
- PHP 322 Global Health
- PHP 323 Social Determinants of Health
- PHP 326 Epidemiology
- PHP 328 Health Equity
- Choose one from PHP 350 Exposure Assessment or HS 376 Pathophysiology
Two Public Health Policy Electives (choose from the following)
- ANTH 244 Medical Care in Times of Crisis
- BIO 361 Evolutionary Medicine
- CWES/ HIST 212 Narratives of Illness
- CWES/ HIST 305 Global Epidemics: From Subjugation to Science
- ECON/PP 270 Health Economics and Health Care Policy
- ES 129 Environmental Health
- ES 270 Food and Environmental Sustainability
- PHP 251 Policy Research Design and Methodology
- POL 351 The Political Economy of Armed Conflict
- PSYCH 222 Adult Psychopathology or PSYCH 223 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
- PSYCH 230 Health Psychology
- SOC 209 Race and Ethnicity
- SOC/WGS 217 Gender Inequalities
- SOC /PP 239 Health, Medicine, and Society
- SOC /PP 247 Environment, Society & Justice
- REL 280 Religion, Healing, and the Body
- WGS 130 Women’s Health and Sexuality
Community Internship Experience
PHP 470 Individualized Study – Internship or Internship while studying abroad.
Students work with the Center for Career Engagement to enroll in PHP 470.
Internship completed abroad must be approved by PHP advisor to count in PHP major.
Capstone
- PHP 401 Capstone Experience