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Public Health 4 Year Plan, 2025-2026 CatalogCoreAdditional Information
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Public Health majors learn the fundamentals of community health assessment, program management, grant writing, and coalition building, as well as the foundations of public health and epidemiology. Core 2020 is the foundation of the Catholic, liberal arts education students receive at Carroll College. The Core engages students in a broad spectrum of quantitative, scientific, aesthetic, & humanities disciplines. All students must complete program and core requirements, earn a minimum of 122 credits to receive the degree
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Fall 1st YearSpring 1st YearIntro Course (take in semesters 1-3)Notes
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CORE 110 or TH 1013MA 207 - Introduction to Statistics or MA 315 - Probability and Statistics (QA)3CORE-110Consider study abroad semester or summer program. Contact Shannon Ackeret, Director of Global Learning. All students must complete an internship. See Health Sciences Department web page and Laurie Rodriguez in the Career Center for internship assistance.
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PR or OC3CORE 110 or TH 1013PR - Philosophical Reasoning
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PSY 105 - General Psychology (SS) or Distribution 3PR or OC3OC - Oral Communications
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Distribution3HS198 Intro to Health Sciences 3TH 101 - Theological Foundations Students need one cultural diversity (CD) course before taking an ethical reasoning (ER) course. Students need an intermediate writing (IW) course before an advanced writing (AW) course.
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Distribution 3PSY 105 - General Psychology (SS) or Distribution 3All students must complete the program and Core requirements and earn a minimum of 122 credits to complete the degree.
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Total15Total153 Intermediate Courses (sems 3-5)
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Fall 2nd YearSpring 2nd YearIW - Intermediate Writing (HS 335 or PO 260 for HS and PH majors). A. Central Sequence
1. First Year Exp: CORE 110 or HNR 150
2. Oral Com: COM 101, Spanish, French
3. TH Foundations: Choose 1 4. PHIL Reasoning: Choose 1
5. Cultural Diversity (CD): Choose 1
6. Intermed Writing (IW): Choose 1 7. Eth Rsn: Choose 1 (TH or PHIL)
8. Advance Writing (AW): Choose 1
9. Capstone: Sed Vitae, Choose 1
B. Distribution Requirements
1. Art (1 course)
2. History (1 course)
3. Literature (1 course)
4. Philosophy (1 course)
5. Theology (1 course)
6. Quantitative Analysis (1 course)
7. Social Science: Choose 2 from diff fields (psy, soc, anth, pol sci, econ)
8. Cultural Diversity: Choose 1 (from diff field than the one in Central Sequence)
9. Natural Science (Science with a Lab): total 4 credits
10. Sed Vitae
C. Major Program Requirements: 45-48 credits
1. BI 121+Lab OR BI 131+Lab (4)
2. PH 330 PH Methods (3) (SL, CD)
3. PH 333 PH Theories (3)
4. BA 375 Management (3)
5. ENWR 303 Grnt Wrt (IW) or ENWR 305 Wk Wrt (IW) (3)
6. HS 198 Intro to HS (3)
7. HS 230 Intro to Epidemiology (3)
8. HS 303 Public Health Nutrition (3)
9. HS 307 Evid Research in Hlth Sci (AW) (3)
10.HS 335 Health Policy (IW, CD) or PO 260 Health Politics and Policy (IW) (3)
11. HS 329 PH Environment (3)
12. PH 405 Senior Seminar (AW) (1)
13. PH 415 Internship (1-6)
14. MA 207 or MA 315 Statistics (3)
15. PSY 105 Gen Psy (3)
16. One ethics course: PHIL 205, 206, 208, TH 222, or TH 254

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HS 230 - Intro Epidemiology or HS 303 - Pub Health Nutrition3HS 230 - Intro Epidemiology or HS 303 - Pub Health Nutrition3CD - Cultural Diversity (Can also count toward a distribution, if applicable)
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ENWR 303 - Grant Writing (IW) or ENWR 305 - Writing in Workplace (IW) or Distribution3ENWR 303 - Grant Writing (IW) or ENWR 305 - Writing in Workplace (IW) or Distribution3
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PHIL 205, 206, 208, 324 TH 222 or TH 254 - Ethics, Environmental Bioethics, Health Care Ethics (ER), or elective3PHIL 205, 206, 208, 324 TH 222 or TH 254 - Ethics, Environmental Bioethics, Health Care Ethics (ER), or elective33 Advanced Courses (sem. 5-8) PR and one CD course must be taken prior to Ethical Reasoning (ER); Intermediate Writing (IW) must be taken prior or concurrently.
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BI 121 and BI 131 - Foundations of Cell and Molecular Biology and Lab or BI 122 and BI 132 - Foundations of Organismal Biology and Lab (NS)4Elective 3AW - Advanced Writing (HS 307)
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Elective3Elective 3ER - Ethical Reasoning (Counts toward Faith and Reason-PHIL or Faith and Reason-TH distribution)
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Total16Total15CORE-PROJ Core Capstone Project
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Fall 3rd YearSpring 3rd Year
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Elective 3PH 333 - Public Health Theories and Practice3SV - Sed Vitae (1). PH 425 for PH majors.
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BA 375 - Management or Elective 3BA 375 - Management or Elective3
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PH 330 - Pub Health Methods (SL, CD)3HS 329 - Public Health and the Environment3Distribution (8-10) Could also be major requirements
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HS 307 - Research Methods (AW) or PO - 260 Health Politics and Policy (IW) OR HS 335 - Health Policy Management/Issues (IW, CD) 3HS 307 - Research Methods (AW) or PO 260 Health Politics and Policy (IW) OR HS 335 - Health Policy Management/Issues (IW, CD) 3FAR - Arts and Letters - Fine Arts
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Elective3Elective 3HI - Arts and Letters - History
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Total15Total15ENLT - Arts and Letters - Literature
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Fall 4th YearSpring 4th YearPHIL - Faith and Reason - Philosophy
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PH 405 - Senior Seminar or Elective1PH 405 - Senior Seminar or ElectiveTH - Faith and Reason - Theology
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PH 425 - Internship (SV) 1-6 credits OR Elective 1-6 credits3PH 425 - Internship (SV) 1-6 credits or Elective 1-6 credits3NS - Natural Science with Lab
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CORE-PROJ (either Spring or Fall)1CORE-PROJ (either Spring or Fall)0FAR - Arts and Letters - Fine Arts
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Distribution3Distribution3SS - Social Science-2 courses, from different fields (psy, soc, anth, pol sci, econ)
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Up to three electives in fall to ensure 122 credits at the end of spring of fourth year9Up to three electives in spring to ensure 122 credits at the end of spring of fourth year9CD - Cultural Diversity-2 courses, from different fields (different course prefixes)Advisor Contact Information
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Kelly Parsley kparsley@carroll.edu
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Total17Total15Gerald Schafer gschafer@carroll.edu
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Cumulative Total Credits123
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