Bachelor of Science in Public Health Sample Online Curriculum

The sample course of study below is based on the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog. This is not an official advising document. It can serve as a guide for how your existing college credits may transfer to ODU. All efforts have been made to provide accurate program information. However, this information is subject to change by the department.

This is a degree completion program, which means you should already have college credits for the lower division coursework.

Our online enrollment coordinators can provide a free unofficial transfer evaluation before you apply to ODU. Official review of your student records happens when you apply to and are admitted to ODU.

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Lower Division Departmental Requirements

These courses are specific to the Public Health degree. Additional lower division general education courses are required to earn a bachelor's degree from ODU.

Old Dominion University Course Credits Notes
ENGL 110C English Composition 3 Satisfies GEN ED Written Communication
GEN ED. (DEPT) Written Communication II 3
GEN. ED. (DEPT) Mathematical Skills 3 STAT 130M

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Old Dominion University Course Credits Notes
BIOL 240 or 250 Anatomy and Physiology I 4
BIOL 303 Genetics 3
CHEM 121N+122N Foundations of Chemistry I 4
CHEM 123N+124N Foundations of Chemistry II 4
CHEM 211 Organic Chemistry Lecture 3
PHYS 111N Introductory General Physics 4
PSYC 201S Intro to Psychology or SOC 201S Intro to Sociology 3
Old Dominion University Course Credits Notes
CHP 328 Public Health Science 3
CHP 335 Population Health 3
CHP 360 Intro to Global Health 3
CHP 390 The U.S. Healthcare Delivery System 3
CHP 400 Ethics in Health Administration 3
CHP 415W Critical Issues or CHP 430W Community Health Resources 3
CHP 445 Health Services Research 3
CHP 450 Public and Community Health Administration 3
CHP 461 Managerial Epidemiology 3
CHP 485 Health Informatics 3
ENVH 301 Principles of Environmental Health Science 3
ENVH 448 Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3
PUBH 403W Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health 3
PUBH 415 One Health-One Medicine 3
PUBH 421 Leadership in Public Health 3
PUBH 422 Health, Culture and DIversity 3
PUBH 441 Suicide Prevention or CHP 475 Healthcare Marketing 3
CHP 468 Internship 3 Prerequisites: CHP 415W or 430W, 440, 445, 450, 461, and 485

 

Upper-Division General Education Requirements

  • Option A. An approved minor, second degree or second major (12 credit hours minimum)
  • Option B. Interdisciplinary Minor (12 credit hours. Three credit hours may be in the major area of study.)
  • Option C. International business and regional courses or an approved certification program, such as teaching licensure.
  • Option D. Two upper-division courses from outside the College of Health Sciences. These courses must not required by the major (6 credit hours)

 

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This bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours total.

To complete this degree at ODU as a transfer, a minimum of 30 credit hours must be earned at ODU.

 

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