Health Humanities and Public Health, BA (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
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BA Language Requirements
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
Required Courses
- INSH 1300 — Introduction to Health and Humanities
- INSH 2302 — Culture, Technology, and the Future of Health
Core Humanities Electives
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not used to satsify another requirement:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
- ASNS 2245 — Introduction to Asian American Studies
- ENGL 1400 — Introduction to Literary Studies
- All of:
- PHIL 1101 — Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 1110 — Introduction to Religious Studies
- WMNS 1103 — Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WMNS 1105 — Introduction to Trans Studies
Core Health Humanities Electives
From the catalog
Complete three of the following not used to satisfy another requirement:
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
Core Digital Health Humanities Electives
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not used to satisfy another requirement:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
Public Health Core
- One of:
- PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
- 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
Science Requirement
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Biology
Complete one of the following options:
Option 1
Option 2
- One of:
From the catalog
Psychology
- PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
Public Health Social Science Requirement
From the catalog
Introductory Course
Complete one introductory course from the following:
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures
- COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
- ECON 1115 — Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 — Principles of Microeconomics
- HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
- INTL 1101 — Globalization and International Affairs
- POLS 1160 — International Relations
- SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
From the catalog
Upper-Level Course
Complete one upper-level course from 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
- Choose 3 semester hours from:
- 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
- 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
- One of:
- INTL 3400 — International Conflict and Negotiation
- PHTH 3717 — Infectious Disease: Past, Present, Future
- POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
- COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
- ECON 3423 — Environmental Economics
- One of:
- 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
- ORGB 3201 — Organizational Behavior
- PHTH 4511 — Healthcare Management
- PHTH 5232 — Evaluating Healthcare Quality
- PHTH 5234 — Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
Introduction to College
- One of:
Professional Development
- One of:
Writing
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
From the catalog
Advanced Writing Course
Courses listed below are preferred but other advanced writing courses will be accepted:
- One of:
Capstone
From the catalog
Choose one of the following:
- One of:
- 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
Substitutions
Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:
- Must complete Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700)(0 semester hour) as pre-requisite.
- Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as 4 semester hours of 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:
- AFCS 1225 ↔ HIST 1225 (tier B)
- AFCS 1225 ↔ WMNS 1225 (tier B)
- HIST 1225 ↔ WMNS 1225 (tier B)
- INTL 5100 ↔ PPUA 5100 (tier B)
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under health-humanities-and-public-health-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.