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Community Health Concentration

Community Health affords the student the opportunity to learn how to interact with communities for the purpose of health education and promotion; how to develop and conduct health assessments and program evaluations; and the importance of establishing collaborative organizational and community partnerships.

Community Health Concentration Requirements

Credit Hours

Public Health Core 16
Required Concentration Courses 12
Elective Courses 9
Culminating Experience 6
Total 43

Public Health Core 16
PUBH 5020 Philosophy of Public Health 1
ENVH 5100 Environmental Health Practice I 3
PUBH 5200 Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health 3
PUBH 5310 Biostatistics I 3

PUBH 5400 Epidemiology I

3
PUBH 5500 Health Services Administration 3

Community Health Concentration Courses 12
PUBH 5110 Community Health Assessment Research 3
PUBH 5120 Health Program Planning and Evaluation 3
PUBH 5130 Consulting and Implementation of Health Programs and Services 3
PUBH 5377 Health Communication 3

Community Health Concentration Elective Courses 9
Electives shall be selected in consultation with the student's academic advisor and may be taken in any area appropriate to the student's professional goals. 9

Culminating Experience (One of the Following) 6
PUBH 5850 Public Health Program Field Experience 6

or

PUBH 5970 Public Health Monograph 6

or

PUBH 5960 Thesis 6

East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
Box 70623 | Johnson City, TN 37614 | Tel.: 423-439-4243 | Fax.: 423-439-5238