Public Health and Law, BA (Boston)

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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.

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

Introductory Course

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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
  • 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

Upper-Level Course

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • Society and Behavior — all of:
    • ANTH 3441 — Medical Anthropology
    • COMM 3201 — Health Communication
    • 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:
    • 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 and Management — all of:
    • 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

Biology

From the catalog

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

Psychology

• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Law Requirements

• LAW 3101 — Introduction to Legal Studies 1: Law and Legal Reasoning
• LAW 3102 — Introduction to Legal Studies 2: Statutes and Regulations
• LAW 3120 — Introduction to Law and Strategy
• LAW 3130 — Introduction to Negotiation and Advocacy
• LAW 3140 — Data Regulation and Compliance
• LAW 3235 — Issues in Law and Public Policy
• LAW 4335 — Health Law and Policy

Electives

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Complete any combination of 1-semester-hour and 3-semester-hour courses for a minimum of 8 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • LAW 3150 — Introduction to Law and Organizational Management
  • LAW 3160 — Introduction to International Regulations and Business Strategies
  • LAW 3170 — Introduction to Financial Transactions
  • LAW 3181 — Introduction to Healthcare Compliance
  • LAW 3182 — Introduction to Patient Records, Privacy, Security
  • LAW 3210 — Introduction to Employee Rights and Employer Obligations
  • LAW 3211 — Introduction to Antidiscrimination Law
  • LAW 3212 — Introduction to Wages and Benefits
  • LAW 3232 — Introduction to Intellectual Property and Media
  • LAW 3236 — Introduction to Contract Drafting
  • LAW 3238 — Introduction to Global Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
  • LAW 3239 — Introduction to Sports Law, Business, and Society
  • LAW 3320 — Introduction to Intellectual Property
  • LAW 3321 — Introduction to Identifying and Securing Intellectual Property Rights
  • LAW 3800 — Reflections on Law
  • LAW 3801 — Writing on Legal Issues
  • LAW 4369 — Advanced Intellectual Property
  • LAW 4501 — Patent Law and Practice
  • LAW 4525 — Law and Economic Development
  • LAW 4600 — Issues in Health Law and Policy
  • LAW 4640 — Issues in Information Security Law
  • LAW 4664 — Law and Inequality
  • LAW 4983 — Special Topics in Law

First-Year Writing

• ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Advanced Writing in the Discipline

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
  • ENGW 3311 — Advanced Writing for Prelaw
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Intro to College

• HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction

Professional Development for Coop

• HSCI 2000 — Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op

Capstone

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HSCI 4720 — Health Science Capstone—Service
  • HSCI 4730 — Health Science Capstone—Research
  • PHTH 4515 — Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy
  • PHTH 4602 — Private Guns, Public Health
  • PHTH 4717 — Advancing Health Justice Through the Law

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Must complete Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700) (0 SH) as pre-requisite.
• NUPath Ethical Reasoning is not completed by any of the required courses. Students must use a general elective to complete this requirement if they do not complete it through a social science selective.

Possible equivalents for this program beyond the above — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• INTL 5100 ↔ PPUA 5100 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

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