Public Health BS Core
Program Purpose
To provide our students with a broad-based educational experience that includes the principles and skills of public health practice to prepare them for specific careers in epidemiology, environmental/occupational health, health promotion, or advanced education and training in public health and/or health-related disciplines.
Learning Outcomes
Public Health Foundations, Systems, and Policy
- Comprehend the history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values across the globe and in society.
- Discuss the influence of policies, laws, regulations, and legislation on both individual and population health.
- Define roles and responsibilities of public health government, non-government agencies, private organizations, and health systems in promoting health.
- Analyze the influence of socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities.
- Discuss the underlying science of human health and disease including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course.
- Access valid information about health.
- Disseminate public health information using written, visual, and oral communication.
- Design data collection instrument and collect data.
- Analyze and interpret data, including primary and secondary data.
- Discuss needs assessments and their application to designing effective interventions.
- Apply intervention strategies to public health problems and evaluation approaches for program development, improvement, and effectiveness.
- Collaborate with partners.
Evidence of Learning
Public Health Foundations, Systems, and Policy
- HTLH 210 Public Health Video
- HLTH 316 Country Health Systems Analysis
- Senior Exit Survey
Determinants of Health
- HLTH 314 Final Course Grade
- HLTH 315 Cumulative Quizzes (Sloan)
- HLTH 315 Final Project (Sloan)
- HLTH 315 Midterm exams (Johnston)
- HTLH 315 Final Exam (Johnston)
- Senior Exit Survey
Effective Communication
- HLTH 316 Policy Analysis Part 2
- HLTH 316 Final Policy Memo
- HTLH 314 Environmental Brief
- HLTH 314 Biographical Narrative
- Senior Exit Survey
Data Collection and Analysis
- HLTH 313 Term Project
- HLTH 313 Final Exam
- Senior Exit Survey
Program Planning and Evaluation
- HLTH 312 Community Health Assessment Plan
- HLTH 312 Best Practices Assignment
- HLTH 312 Logic Model Assignment
- HLTH 316 Policy Analysis Part 1: Problem Definition
- Senior Exit Survey
Learning and Teaching Assessment and Improvement
Direct and indirect measures provide necessary data for continuous quality improvement. Data from both direct and indirect measures are collected and analyzed to determine areas of strength and weakness. Results provide important feedback for program improvement.
Assessment information is collected at the end of each winter semester and summer term. Conclusions of assessment findings are made and presented to department faculty for further discussion. Faculty ultimately agree on quality improvement actions to be taken in subsequent semesters.