Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS FACULTY Dr. Sharon Lawrence, Director/Advisor Science Building, 206B Phone 580-774-6917 email: sharon.lawrence@swosu.edu https://www.swosu.edu/academics/academic-departments/allied-health/public-health/index.php
GOALS The Public Health major is a 4-year baccalaureate degree option designed to meet the following goals: 1. To develop alumni who will have the knowledge and skills to benefit, promote, and protect the health of their communities. 2. To offer an academic program that will provide students the opportunity to graduate with the following knowledge and skills which would allow them to enter the workforce upon graduation as a public health professional. a. History and philosophy of public health. b. Basic concepts, methods and tools of public health data collection use and analysis. c. Concepts of population health, including the processes, approaches and interventions that identify and address major health-related needs and concerns of populations. d. The underlying science of human health and disease, including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course. e. Socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, environmental and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities. f. The concepts and feature of project implementation, planning, assessment and evaluation. g. The fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the US health care system as well as differences between systems in other countries. h. Basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy and the roles, influences and responsibilities of the different agencies and branches of government. i. Basic concepts of public health specific communication, including technical and professional writing and the use of mass media and electronic technology. 3. To offer an academic program that students may use as a pre-professional track to pursue further graduate education in the public health or healthcare field
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Major: Public Health Minor: Choice of Business, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Computer Science, Health and Wellness, and others with approval. GENERAL INFORMATION The Bachelor of Science in Public Health is a degree plan that provides students interested in the public health or healthcare professions an opportunity to pursue further educational opportunities. Furthermore, it provides students seeking to pursue employment in public health an opportunity to join the workforce upon graduation. The major requirements for the Public Health degree include courses that are cornerstones of the field of public health and will provide a solid background of knowledge in this field. This degree plan offers flexibility to students who are interested in certain course sequences or who need to take pre-requisite courses to qualify for admission to graduate programs in health care.
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