Human Services and Public Health, BA (Boston)

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Official catalog page for this program

Overview

One of:
- HUSV 1000 — Human Services at Northeastern
- HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction

Professional Development for Co-op

One of:
- EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- HSCI 2000 — Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op

Human Services Required Courses

HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
HUSV 2300 — Counseling in Human Services
One of:
- HUSV 2970 — Research Methods for Human Services
- INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
HUSV 3570 — The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change
HUSV 3900 — Social Policy

Human Services Electives

From the catalog
Complete four of the following:

Choose 16 semester hours from:
- HUSV 2320 — Techniques in Individual and Group Counseling
- HUSV 2340 — Mindfulness in Mental Health
- HUSV 2355 — Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
- HUSV 2370 — Restorative Justice: Transforming the System
- HUSV 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- HUSV 2440 — Expressive Therapy
- HUSV 2500 — Science of Play
- HUSV 2800 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
- HUSV 2960 — Intercultural Studies through Human Services
- HUSV 3520 — Child Intervention and Treatment
- HUSV 3540 — Substance Use and Social Justice
- HUSV 3580 — Sexual Violence: Counseling, Programs, and Policy
- HUSV 4994 — Human Services Internship

Psychology

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Biology

From the catalog
Complete one of the following options:

One of:
- Option 1 — all of:
  - One of:
    - BIOL 1143 — Biology and Society
    - BIOL 1141 — Microbes and Society
  - BIOL 1147 — The Human Organism
- Option 2 — all of:
  - 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 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

Public Health Social Science Requirement—Introductory

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures
- COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
- ECON 1115 — Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 — Principles of Microeconomics
- ENGL 1300 — Introduction to Health and Humanities
- INTL 1101 — Globalization and International Affairs
- PHIL 1101 — Introduction to Philosophy
- POLS 1160 — International Relations
- SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology

Public Health Social Science Requirement—Upper-Level

From the catalog
Complete one of the following (categories are provided for reference):

One of:
- Society and Behavior — all 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
  - 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
- Globalization and Global Health — all of:
  - AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
  - ECON 3404 — International Food Policy
  - One of:
    - INTL 3200 — Cities in a Global Context
    - INTL 3201 — Cities in a Global Context (Abroad)
  - INTL 3400 — International Conflict and Negotiation
  - PHTH 3717 — Infectious Disease: Past, Present, Future
  - POLS 3487 — Politics of Developing Nations
- Environmental Health and Climate Change — all of:
  - COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
  - ECON 3423 — Environmental Economics
  - One of:
    - INTL 5100 — Climate and Development
    - PPUA 5100 — Climate and Development
  - PPUA 5238 — Climate Change and Global Urbanization
- Law, Policy, and Human Rights — all of:
  - ECON 3424 — Law and Economics
  - PHIL 5001 — Global Justice
  - PHIL 5002 — Ethics and Public Policy
  - POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- Healthcare Administration & Management — all of:
  - 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

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
- College of Social Sciences and Humanities
  - HUSV 4700 — Senior Seminar in Human Services

First-Year Writing

ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Math

One of:
- MATH 1213 — Interactive Mathematics
- MATH 1215 — Mathematical Thinking

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Integrative Course

PHTH 4540 — Health Education and Program Planning

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Must complete 0-semester-hour Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700) as prerequisite.
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970)will count as 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:

ENGW 3306 ↔ ENGW 3307 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)
INTL 5100 ↔ PPUA 5100 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

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