Public Health and Sociology, 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
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 4540 — Health Education and Program Planning

Biology

From the catalog
Complete one of the following options:

One of:
- Option 1 — all of:
  - One of:
    - BIOL 1141 — Microbes and Society
    - BIOL 1143 — Biology 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

Psychology

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Introductory Course

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- 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

Upper-Level Course

From the catalog
Complete one course (categories provided for reference):

Choose 3 semester hours from:
- Society and Behavior
  - 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
- Globalization and Global Health
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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

Required Sociology Courses

SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Electives

From the catalog
Complete three electives from the following with courses beyond those taken in the requirements above:
SOCL 1102 to SOCL 2999

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- Any SOCL course numbered 1102–2999
From the catalog
Complete four additional SOCL courses from the following range:
SOCL 3000 to SOCL 5999
Choose 16 semester hours from:
- Any SOCL course numbered 3000–5999

Introduction to College

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

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

Writing Courses

From the catalog
First-Year Writing

ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
From the catalog
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one of the following:
One of:
- ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
- ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

Statistics and Research Methods

From the catalog
Complete one statistics course and one research methods course (both must be from the same college):

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Bouvé Courses
  - PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
  - PHTH 4202 — Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health
- CSSH Courses
  - One of:
    - SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
    - INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
  - One of:
    - SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
    - INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Integrative Requirement

SOCL 3441 — Sociology of Health and Illness

Capstone

From the catalog
Complete 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:
  - 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
- 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 hour) as prerequisite.
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as 4 semester hours 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:

INTL 5100 ↔ PPUA 5100 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under public-health-and-sociology-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.