Design and Public Health, BS (Boston)

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Required Courses

ARCH 1110 — Fundamental Architectural Representation
ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition
ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences
One of:
- All of:
  - ARTG 1001 — Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
  - ARTG 1002 — Seminar for Design Perspectives
- ARCH 1450 — Understanding Design
All of:
- ARTG 1270 — Design: Process + Practices
- ARTG 1271 — Studio for Design: Process + Practices

Public Health Core

One of:
- PHTH 1260 — The U.S. Healthcare System
- PHTH 1261 — Comparative Healthcare Systems
PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
One of:
- PHTH 2300 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions
- PHTH 2301 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global
One of:
- PHTH 2350 — Community and Public Health
- PHTH 2351 — Community and Public Health - Global
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

Science Core Requirement

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
From the catalog
Biology
Complete one of the following options:
Option 1
Option 2
One of:
- One of:
  - BIOL 1141 — Microbes and Society
  - BIOL 1143 — Biology and Society
- BIOL 1147 — The Human Organism
- All of:
  - BIOL 1111 — General Biology 1
  - BIOL 1112 — Lab for BIOL 1111
- All of:
  - BIOL 1113 — General Biology 2
  - BIOL 1114 — Lab for BIOL 1113

Public Health Social Science Requirements

From the catalog
Introductory Course
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures
- ECON 1115 — Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 — Principles of Microeconomics
- 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
From the catalog
Upper-Level Course
Complete 3-4 semester hours from the following:
Society and Behavior
Globalization and Global Health
Environmental Health and Climate Change
Law, Policy, and Human Rights
Healthcare Administration and Management
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ANTH 3441 — Medical Anthropology
- CRIM 3040 — Psychology of Crime
- HLTH 5280 — The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society
- PHTH 5222 — Health Advocacy
- PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
- PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
- SOCL 3241 — Violence and Society
- SOCL 3441 — Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOCL 4520 — Race, Class, and Gender
- AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
- ECON 3404 — International Food Policy
- INTL 3200 — Cities in a Global Context
- INTL 3201 — Cities in a Global Context (Abroad)
- INTL 3400 — International Conflict and Negotiation
- POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
- ECON 3423 — Environmental Economics
- INTL 5100 — Climate and Development
- PPUA 5100 — Climate and Development
- PPUA 5238 — Climate Change and Global Urbanization
- ECON 3424 — Law and Economics
- PHIL 5001 — Global Justice
- PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy
- POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- 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

Introduction to College

From the catalog
Complete 1 semester hour from the following:

Choose 1 semester hours from:
- ARCH 1000 — Architecture at Northeastern
- ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern
- HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction

Co-Op Preparation

From the catalog
Complete 1 semester hour from the following:

Choose 1 semester hours from:
- EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- HSCI 2000 — Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op

Writing Courses

ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
From the catalog
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
- ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design

Capstone and Integrative Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project
- ARCH 4960 — Architectural Studies Capstone
- ARCH 5312 — Mapping and Building Health
- All of:
  - HSCI 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
  - HSCI 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2

Concentrations (choose 1)

Built Environment

From the catalog
Complete four of the following:

ARCH 1120 — Fundamental Architectural Design
ARCH 1310 — Buildings and Cities, A Global History
ARCH 2260 — Introduction to Building Systems
Choose 16 semester hours from:
- ARCH 1453 — Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form
- ARCH 2130 — Site, Space, Program
- ARCH 2140 — Urban Housing
- All of:
  - ARCH 2340 — Modern Architecture
  - ARCH 2341 — Recitation for ARCH 2340
- ARCH 3170 — Architecture, Infrastructure, and the City
- ARCH 3210 — Environmental Systems
- ARCH 4850 — Urban and Architectural History Abroad
- ARCH 5115 — Option Studio
- ARCH 5310 — Design Tactics and Operations
- LARC 2130 — Sustainable Urban Site Design
- LARC 2140 — Designed Urban Ecologies
- LARC 2330 — Cities, Landscape, and Modern Culture
- LARC 2340 — Cities, Landscape, and Contemporary Culture
- LARC 2430 — Plants, People, and Landscape Change

Integrated Design

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses.
As part of the design concentration, complete one of the following sets:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems
Choose 12 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTG 2262 — Prototyping with Code
  - ARTG 2263 — Lab for ARTG 2262
- ARTG 5000 — Topics in Design
- ARTG 5710 — Design for Dignity
One of:
- Creative Fabrication — all of:
  - ARTG 2810 — Creative Fabrication Design Principles
  - ARTG 3810 — Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
- Experience Design — all of:
  - ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles
  - ARTG 3464 — Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
- Graphic Design — all of:
  - ARTG 2252 — Graphic Design Principles
  - ARTG 3452 — Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
- Information Design — all of:
  - ARTG 2242 — Information Design Principles
  - ARTG 3444 — Topics in Information Design Inquiry
- Interaction Design — all of:
  - All of:
    - ARTG 2400 — Interaction Design Principles
    - ARTG 2401 — Interaction Design Principles Tools
  - ARTG 3400 — Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Topics in Design (ARTG 5000) may be completed multiple times as part of satisfying the design electives section.
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as a 4-semester-hour general elective.

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