Public health general education courses
ANALYTICAL REASONING
Introduction to Biostatistics (PBHL-B 300)
This course introduces the basic principles and methods of data analysis in public health biostatistics. Emphasis is placed on public health examples and they relate to concepts such as sampling, study design, descriptive statistics, probability, statistical distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests, t-tests, analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation.
ANALYTICAL REASONING
Storytelling with Data (PBHL-A 215)
Communicating data effectively to the public, policy makers, and media is essential to facilitate understanding, influence decision making, and create change. Explore how to display and describe health and social science data. Bring data to life by choosing the best visual, the most impactful words, and the most strategic delivery.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Introduction to Public Health (PBHL-E 109)
Introduction to public health using local case studies. Well-being, illness, injury, education, violence, housing, work, cultural and neighborhood variability will be examined to demonstrate the public health perspective on any situation and to see how the state of health in our city connects to the nation and the world.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Introduction to Community Health (PBHL-S 120)
This course offers students a basic introduction to community health. The class will present health issues with a focus on a community, not individual perspective; as a result, students will learn about community and public health approaches to health assessment, health promotion and disease prevention.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Influencing the Public's Health (PBHL-H 101)
This course exposes students to the role of policy in influencing the health of human populations in our work, civil society and our own lives. Students from all disciplines will benefit from exploring empirical patterns and historical contexts that influence health policy decisions for our country's complex healthcare and public health systems.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Preparing for Disasters (PBHL-A 140)
Explore natural and environmental disasters we may face, steps for individual readiness to confront them, and social theories which underpin the steps. Students will learn disaster preparedness principles on the individual and community levels, and develop both a disaster plan and emergency supplies kit for themselves and their families.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Navigating the Maze to Healthy Living (PBHL-S 220)
This course provides students with knowledge and understanding of factors influencing personal health, lifestyle and behaviors, and media and technology's role in health promotion and disease prevention. The course emphasizes decision making as a consumer of health and health care services and the connections to population health.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Zombie Apocalypse and Doomsday Infections (PBHL-E 210)
The focus is infectious diseases and the possibility of a zombie infection. We will discuss infections that have changed the course of history. Included topics are: disease transmission, outbreak investigations, control measures, assessment, and field investigations. Case studies on respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, emerging infectious diseases, HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, STDs, and hepatitis.
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
What's in Your Back Yard? Environment & Health (PBHL-A 115)
Environment - where people live, work, play - has a profound impact on human health and wellbeing. Through case-based learning, we will examine contemporary and emerging global environmental issues, their links to human health effects, and ways to solve these problems. We will explore future approaches to making environments sustainable and health-promoting.
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Culture, Health and Happiness (PBHL-A 120)
In the United States we don't have one culture. We have regional cultures which influence our environment and health. Students of all majors can learn about mortality patterns in different cultural regions of the country, and learn to use concept maps to understand cultural influences on those patterns in death.