Biology and Public Health, BS (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogScienceBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
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Biology Core Courses
- All of:
- All of:
- All of:
- BIOL 2309 — Biology Project Lab
- All of:
Intermediate/Advanced Biology
From the catalog
Complete two courses from the following:
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 4990
EEMB 2302 to EEMB 2400
EEMB 3455 to EEMB 3466
EEMB 5130
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Any BIOL course numbered 2327–3999
- Any BIOL course numbered 4705–4990
- Any EEMB course numbered 2302–2400
- Any EEMB course numbered 3455–3466
Supporting Courses for Biology
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Chemistry
- All of:
- All of:
- All of:
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Math
- MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
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Physics
- All of:
Public Health Core
- One of:
- One of:
- One of:
- PHTH 2515 — Healthcare Policy and Administration
- PHTH 4120 — Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health
- PHTH 4202 — Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health
- PHTH 4540 — Health Education and Program Planning
Psychology Requirement
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
- PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
Public Health Social Science Requirements
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Introductory Course
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures
- COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
- All of:
- All of:
- ENGL 1300 — Introduction to Health and Humanities
- HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
- INTL 1101 — Globalization and International Affairs
- PHIL 1101 — Introduction to Philosophy
- POLS 1160 — International Relations
- SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
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Upper-Level Course
Complete one of the following (categories provided for reference):
Society and Behavior
Globalization and Global Health
Environmental Health and Climate Change
Law, Policy, and Human Rights
Healthcare Administration and Management
- One of:
- ANTH 3441 — Medical Anthropology
- COMM 3201 — Health Communication
- COMM 4102 — Health Communication Campaigns
- CRIM 3040 — Psychology of Crime
- HLTH 5280 — The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society
- PHIL 1165 — Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare
- PHTH 2616 — Rural Health: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
- PHTH 5222 — Health Advocacy
- PSYC 1214 — The Moral Mind: The Science Underlying Ethical Decision-Making and Virtuous Character
- PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
- PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
- SOCL 2303 — Gender and Reproductive Justice
- One of:
- SOCL 3241 — Violence and Society
- SOCL 3441 — Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOCL 4520 — Race, Class, and Gender
- WMNS 1101 — Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture
- One of:
- AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
- ECON 3404 — International Food Policy
- HIST 2233 — The History of Medicine in North America
- INNO 2206 — Global Social Enterprise
- One of:
- INTL 3400 — International Conflict and Negotiation
- POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
- COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
- ECON 3423 — Environmental Economics
- ENVR 1110 — Global Climate Change
- One of:
- PHTH 2414 — Environmental Health
- PPUA 5238 — Climate Change and Global Urbanization
- SOCL 1246 — Environment and Society
- SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society
- SUST 2820 — Climate Change, Health, and Resilience
- CRIM 1400 — Human Trafficking
- ECON 3424 — Law and Economics
- HIST 3344 — The History of Western Public Health
- INMI 1877 — Race, Public Health, and Storytelling
- INTL 2480 — Women and World Politics
- LPSC 2301 — Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
- PHIL 2155 — Human Rights
- PHIL 2301 — Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice
- PHIL 2303 — Social and Political Philosophy
- PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
- PHIL 3065 — Bioethics in the Age of Big Data
- PHIL 5001 — Global Justice
- PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy
- POLS 2345 — Urban Policies and Politics
- POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- ECON 1230 — Healthcare and Medical Economics
- ECON 3291 — Development Economics
- ECON 3413 — Health Economics and Healthcare Policy
- MGMT 3340 — Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design
- ORGB 3201 — Organizational Behavior
- PHTH 4511 — Healthcare Management
- PHTH 5232 — Evaluating Healthcare Quality
- PHTH 5234 — Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
Integrative Courses
From the catalog
Complete two of the following (integrated courses may not be used to fulfill any other requirements in the major):
- Choose 7 semester hours from:
- BIOL 2327 — Human Parasitology
- BIOL 3419 — Engaging with Genomics: Ethics Law and Policy
- All of:
- BIOL 5535 — Expanding Frontiers: Vector-Borne Diseases
- BIOL 5573 — Medical Microbiology
- BIOL 5593 — Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging
- EEMB 3466 — Disease Ecology
- EEMB 5130 — Population Dynamics
- PHIL 3065 — Bioethics in the Age of Big Data
- PHTH 3717 — Infectious Disease: Past, Present, Future
- PHTH 5230 — Global Health
Capstone
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- BIOL 4701 — Biology Capstone
- BIOL 4900 — Biology Research Capstone
- BIOL 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- HINF 5301 — Evaluating Health Technologies
- HSCI 4720 — Health Science Capstone—Service
- HSCI 4730 — Health Science Capstone—Research
- HSCI 4740 — Health Science Capstone Seminar
- All of:
- PHTH 4515 — Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy
- PHTH 4602 — Private Guns, Public Health
- PHTH 4616 — Addressing Rural Health Inequities
- PHTH 4717 — Advancing Health Justice Through the Law
- PHTH 4818 — Let’s Talk About Sex: Exploring Key Topics and Current Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health
- PHTH 5214 — Environmental Health
- PHTH 5230 — Global Health
- PHTH 5236 — Food, Nutrition, and Health
- PHTH 5560 — Public and Community Health Program Evaluation
- PHTH 5603 — Qualitative Methods
Introduction to College
Professional Development for Co-op
- One of:
Biostatistics
- One of:
Writing Requirements
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- One of:
GPA requirements
- Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, EEMB, ENVR, MATH, and PHYS courses.
Substitutions
Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:
- Students must complete 0-semester-hour Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700) as prerequisite.
- Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as a 4-semester-hour general elective.
Possible equivalents for this program beyond the above — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:
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