Bachelor of Science with a Major in Public Health, Pre-Medical Professionals Concentration
The following requirements must be fulfilled:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisites | ||
| As a prerequisite to PUBH 2110, one of the following courses: | ||
| BISC 1005 | The Biology of Nutrition and Health | |
| BISC 1006 | The Ecology and Evolution of Organisms | |
| BISC 1007 | Food, Nutrition, and Service | |
| BISC 1008 | Understanding Organisms through Service Learning | |
| BISC 1111 | Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules | |
| BISC 1112 | Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms | |
| HONR 1033 | Honors Seminar: Scientific Reasoning and Discovery (Biology Only) | |
| As a prerequisite to PUBH 2112 and PUBH 3135W: | ||
| PUBH 1101 | Introduction to Public Health and Health Services | |
| As a prerequisite to PUBH 3130: | ||
| ECON 1011 | Principles of Economics I | |
| As a prerequisite to PUBH 3131, one of the following statistics courses; STAT 1127 is preferred: | ||
| STAT 1051 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics | |
| STAT 1053 | Introduction to Statistics in Social Science | |
| STAT 1111 | Business and Economic Statistics I | |
| STAT 1127 | Statistics for the Biological Sciences | |
| As prerequisites to PUBH 4140W and PUBH 4141, completion of the research methods selective and the following courses: | ||
| PUBH 3130 | Health Services Management and Economics | |
| PUBH 3135W | Health Policy | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Public health core courses | ||
| 31 credits, including the research methods selective. | ||
| PUBH 1010 | First-Year Experience in Public Health * | |
| PUBH 1101 | Introduction to Public Health and Health Services | |
| PUBH 2110 | Public Health Biology | |
| PUBH 2112 | Principles of Health Education and Health Promotion | |
| PUBH 3130 | Health Services Management and Economics | |
| PUBH 3131 | Epidemiology: Measuring Health and Disease | |
| PUBH 3132 | Health and Environment | |
| PUBH 3133 | Global Health and Development | |
| PUBH 3135W | Health Policy | |
| PUBH 4140W | Senior Seminar | |
| or PUBH 4141 | Senior Seminar Community Needs Assessment | |
| Research methods selective | ||
| 3 credits from the following: | ||
| EHS 2107 | Theory and Practice of Research in a Clinical Setting | |
| EXNS 3111 | Exercise and Nutrition Science Research Methods | |
| PUBH 3152 | Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health | |
| PUBH 3199 | Topics in Public Health (in topic Public Health Research Methods only) | |
| Approved electives | ||
| 12 credits in approved elective courses. No more than 9 credits may be taken through study abroad programs and/or domestic non-GW courses. | ||
| ANTH 3503 | Psychological Anthropology | |
| ANTH 3504 | Illness, Healing, and Culture | |
| ANTH 3513 | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| or ANTH 3513W | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| AMST 3950 | Special Topics (Narrative Medicine in American History only) | |
| BADM 4101 | Business Ethics and the Legal Environment | |
| BIOC 3560 | Diet, Health, and Longevity | |
| BISC 3450 | Evolutionary Medicine | |
| or BISC 3450W | Evolutionary Medicine | |
| EHS 2107 | Theory and Practice of Research in a Clinical Setting | |
| EHS 2109 | Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism | |
| EHS 2175 | Community Risk Management and Safety in EHS | |
| EXNS 1114 | Community Nutrition | |
| EXNS 1199 | Topics in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (ONLY: Nutrition & Disease and International Nutrition) | |
| EXNS 2116 | Exercise and Health Psychology | |
| EXNS 2119 | Introduction to Nutrition Science | |
| EXNS 2122 | Food Systems in Public Health | |
| EXNS 2123 | Nutrition and Chronic Disease | |
| EXNS 3995 | Undergraduate Research ** | |
| GEOG 1003 | Society and Environment | |
| GEOG 2104 | Introduction to Cartography and GIS | |
| GEOG 2127 | Population Geography | |
| GEOG 2137 | Environmental Hazards | |
| GEOG 3106 | Intermediate Geographic Information Systems | |
| HIST 3363 | Race, Medicine, and Public Health | |
| HLWL 1106 | Drug Awareness | |
| HLWL 1109 | Human Sexuality | |
| HSCI 2101 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health and Illness (Residential delivery only) | |
| HSCI 2105 | Current Issues in Bioethics (Residential delivery only) | |
| PHIL 2124 | Philosophies of Disability | |
| PHIL 2125W | Philosophy of Race and Gender | |
| PHIL 2281 | Philosophy of the Environment | |
| PSYC 3128 | Health Psychology | |
| PSYC 3199 | Current Topics in Psychology (Substance Abuse and Addictions only) | |
| PUBH 1102 | History of Public Health | |
| PUBH 2113 | Impact of Culture upon Health | |
| PUBH 2114 | Environment, Health, and Development | |
| PUBH 2117 | Service Learning in Public Health | |
| PUBH 3115 | Global Health and Human Rights | |
| PUBH 3116 | Global Health Systems Performance | |
| PUBH 3136 | Health Law | |
| PUBH 3137 | Global Public Health Nutrition | |
| PUBH 3150 | Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health | |
| PUBH 3151W | Current Issues in Bioethics | |
| PUBH 3199 | Topics in Public Health | |
| PUBH 3201 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | |
| PUBH 3202 | Introduction to Genomics | |
| PUBH 3995 | Undergraduate Research ** | |
| PUBH 4201 | Practical Computing | |
| PUBH 4202 | Bioinformatics Algorithms and Data Structures | |
| STAT 2118 | Regression Analysis | |
| STAT 2183 | Intermediate Statistics Lab/Packages | |
| or STAT 2183W | Intermediate Statistical Laboratory: Statistical Computing Packages | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-medical professional concentration requirements | ||
| The following courses (41 credits) are required for students in the pre-medical professional concentration. These credits are accounted for either by also fulfilling General Education requirements, thus counting toward both requirements; and/or counting as general electives. Students should consult a GWSPH undergraduate advisors for assistance in course selection. | ||
| BISC 1111 | Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules | |
| BISC 1112 | Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms | |
| CHEM 1111 | General Chemistry I | |
| CHEM 1112 | General Chemistry II | |
| CHEM 2151 | Organic Chemistry I | |
| CHEM 2152 | Organic Chemistry II | |
| CHEM 2153 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | |
| CHEM 2154 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | |
| BISC 3261 | Introductory Medical Biochemistry | |
| or CHEM 3165 | Biochemistry I | |
| MATH 1220 | Calculus with Precalculus I | |
| or MATH 1221 | Calculus with Precalculus II | |
| PHYS 1011 | General Physics I | |
| or PHYS 1012 | General Physics II | |
| PSYC 1001 | General Psychology | |
| or SOC 1001 | Introduction to Sociology | |
*Internal transfer students may be eligible to satisfy this requirement with course alternatives to PUBH 1010. See program guide available from the GWSPH.
**A total of 6 credits may be taken in PUBH 3995. Students may apply up to 3 of those credits toward the major elective requirement.
Students must take all required courses at GW unless an exception is granted by the GWSPH Dean of Undergraduate Programs. Permission is granted only if there are strong extenuating circumstances that call for such an exception.
Students must comply with policies and procedures as outlined in University Regulations, GWSPH Regulations, and the program guide. Students should pay special attention to SPH requirements for completing human research training, completing 8 hours of professional enhancement activities, and passing the academic integrity quiz.