Health Science and Sociology, BS (Boston)

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Public Health Core

• One of:
  • PHTH 1260 — The U.S. Healthcare System
  • PHTH 1261 — Comparative Healthcare Systems
• 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 Requirements

• 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
• All of:
  • CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
  • CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
  • CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Required Sociology

• SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
• One of:
  • SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Lower-Level Electives

From the catalog

Complete three courses in the following range:

SOCL 1000 to SOCL 2999 (not used to satisfy other requirements)

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • Any SOCL course numbered 1000–2999

Advanced Electives

From the catalog

Complete three courses in the following range:

SOCL 3000 to SOCL 4999 (not used to satisfy other requirements)

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • Any SOCL course numbered 3000–4999

Introduction to College

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction
  • SOCL 1000 — Sociology at Northeastern

Writing in the First Year

• ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Statistics

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
  • One of:
    • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
    • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
  • ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

NUpath: Ethical Reasoning

• PHIL 1165 — Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare

Integrative Requirements

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ANTH 3441 — Medical Anthropology
  • SOCL 3441 — Sociology of Health and Illness

Capstone

From the catalog

Complete one of the following, based on home college:

• Choose 3 semester hours from:
  • Bouvé
    • HINF 5301 — Evaluating Health Technologies
    • HSCI 4720 — Health Science Capstone—Service
    • HSCI 4730 — Health Science Capstone—Research
    • HSCI 4740 — Health Science Capstone Seminar
    • HSCI 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
    • HSCI 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
    • 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
  • CSSH
    • SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Must complete Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700) (0 semester hours) as prerequisite.
• Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as a 4-semester-hour general elective.

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