BS in Community and Public Health
Middle Tennessee State University
Key Information
Campus location
Murfreesboro, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 1,178 / per credit *
Application deadline
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* in-state tuition per credit hour: $385 | out-of-state tuition per credit hour: $1,178
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Introduction
Everyone deserves a chance to be healthy—don’t they? Public health is an interdisciplinary approach to keeping a community or population as healthy as possible. Rather than focusing on providing medical treatment after individuals become ill, public health focuses on keeping communities healthy, beginning with. Graduates of Community and Public Health are equipped to work as health education specialists, community health workers, public health analysts, environmental specialists, health services managers, and program managers in coordinated school health, or with non-profit organizations. Additionally, our graduates are well-positioned for graduate programs in the fields of epidemiology or biostatistics.
We know our students are the future leaders of public health, a field with much faster than average job growth according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Our goal is not only to ensure that you are well equipped to be successful professionally but also to support you as much as possible while you are pursuing your education with us.
- Our program is an MT Engage pathway, meaning that not only can you be certain of high-quality coursework that has been vetted for utilizing high-impact teaching practices, but also that you automatically qualify for Sophomore scholarships, priority registration, senior cash awards, and graduation with distinction.
- Several of our required courses use Open Educational Resources rather than requiring textbooks, which results in substantial financial savings for our students.
- We recently added an Accelerated Bachelors to the Master’s program, in which well-qualified undergraduate majors can apply to start our Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate program with 12 credit hours already under their belt.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum: Community and Public Health, Public Health Concentration
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
Freshman
- HLTH 3240 - Introduction to Community and Public Health 3 credit hours
- COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (comm)
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours (BIOL 1030/BIOL 1031 rec.)
- HLTH 1530 - Health and Wellness 3 credit hours (Nat Sci) and
- HLTH 1531 - Health and Wellness Lab 0 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 31 Hours
Sophomore
- BIOL 2030 - Anatomy and Physiology 3 credit hours and
- BIOL 2031 - Anatomy and Physiology Lab 0 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
- ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
- Natural Science 4 credit hours
- Mathematics 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
- HLTH 3320 - Assessment in Community and Public Health 3 credit hours
- HLTH 2600 - Introduction to Health Professions 3 credit hours
- HLTH 3350 - Survey of Human Disease 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 31 Hours
Junior
- HLTH 3260 - Environmental Health 3 credit hours
- HLTH 3590 - Workshops and Instructional Methods in Health Education 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4020 - Biostatistics for Public Health 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Public Health 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4400 - Drugs and Violence in Health Education 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4430 - Program Planning in Health Education 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4460 - Introduction to Epidemiology 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- HLTH 1530 - Health and Wellness 3 credit hours and
- HLTH 1531 - Health and Wellness Lab 0 credit hours
- HLTH 4450 - Technology Applications 1 credit hour and
- HLTH 4451 - Technology Applications Lab 2 credit hours
Subtotal: 30 Hours
Senior
- HLTH 3000 - Service Learning in Health Education 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4810 - Measurement and Evaluation 3 credit hours
- HLTH 4870 - Methods of Communicating and Marketing Health Education 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
- Public Health area of focus classes 12 credit hours
- Elective 1 credit hour
Subtotal: 28 Hours
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
There are many interesting and exciting job opportunities working in elementary and high schools, health care, businesses and industries, and colleges and universities. Graduates also can find employment on the federal, state, county, or local government levels. Examples of professions graduates might pursue include:
- Health education specialist
- Health promotion specialist
- Lifestyle coach
- Policy advisor
- Program analyst
- Program evaluator
- Program planner
- Project coordinator
- Teacher
- Wellness coordinator
English Language Requirements
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