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PUBLIC HEALTH
Public Health Dean, School of Health Professions and Public Health, Professor of Public Health and Department Chair
Students will be trained in the cutting edge of public health science. In addition to core public health methods they will learn new and evolving methods that are likely to shape the field over the course of the next decade including crowd sourcing, social network analysis, and agent based modeling. Students will graduate with a distinct set of skills that are marketable to a wide range of employers or that will make them strong candidates for further studies.
PUBLIC HEALTH Courses that meet the University Core requirements as well as the major core are: PUBH 101 Foundations of Public Health and PUBH 240 Biostatistics.
BAPH majors are also required to take at least seven (7) additional relevant multidisciplinary courses (21 credits). Examples of acceptable multidisciplinary FACULTY courses include: ANTH 109 World Geography 3 credits Professors: ANTH 112 World Cultures 3 credits David J. Dausey, Ph.D. These skills include strong data analysis, statistical ANTH 227 Ethnographic Field Methods 3 credits Robert Hoff, M.A. (joint appointment with programming, and database development skills. In COMM 185 Communication in Society 3 credits Psychology Department) addition, from the day students enter the program, they COMM 315 Communication Techniques 3 credits David Hyland, Ph.D. (joint appointment with will be taught “soft skills” related to professionalism, COMM 329 Communication and Biology Department) teamwork and advancement that will put them on a Social Responsibility 3 credits path to exceed in their careers. COMM 369 Global Communication 3 credits Associate Professor: COMM 390 Strategic Communication I 3 credits Peggy Black, Ph.D. (joint appointment with UNIQUE EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH COMM 391 Strategic Communication II 3 credits Sociology/Social Work Department) The public health program has a unique approach COMM 392 Communication Campaigns 3 credits that defines the program and sets it apart from most CRJS/SOC 203 Deviant Behavior 3 credits Assistant Professor: other undergraduate programs in public health. Three CRJS/SOC 220 Drugs, Crime & James Teufel, Ph.D. defining principles provide maximum benefit for career Criminal Justice 3 credits Thomas Cook, Ph.D. development: CRJS/SOCW 313 Crisis Intervention 3 credits Suzanne Gushie, M.A., A.T.C. (joint appointment • Competency focused HIST 229 Environmental History of U.S. 3 credits with Sports Medicine Department) • Team based MATH 109 Statistics 3 credits • Applied MATH 209 Statistics II 3 credits MATH 291 Statistical Analysis 3 credits Knowledge acquisition is only one aspect of learning. MIS 110 Advanced Computer The public health program focuses on teaching students Applications 3 credits INTRODUCTION core competencies that are critical for a successful career POLI 195 Environmental Politics 3 credits The Public Health Department offers a Bachelor of Arts, in public health. This approach to learning focuses POLI 202 Contemporary Bachelor of Science and a minor in public health. The not only on what students know when they graduate Environmental Issues 3 credits Public Health program at Mercyhurst was developed but also on what they can do and is consistent with POLI 280 Global to meet the growing demand for public health studies professional expectations for public health graduates Environmental Politics 3 credits among college students nationwide and in response entering the work force or graduate studies. The public POLI 320 Environmental Philosophy 3 credits to the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation to the health curriculum is also team based and harnesses POLI 380 Politics of the US Department of Education that all college campuses the power of teams to improve student outcomes and Global Economy 3 credits offer public health coursework to undergraduate learning through case studies projects, exercises PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology 3 credits students. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times reported that and simulations. PSYC 222 Psychological Assessment 3 credits the US is facing a “public health workforce shortage” PSYC 231 Social Psychology 3 credits and noted that by 2020 America will be short more PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE REQUIREMENTS PSYC 252 Biopsychology 3 credits than 250,000 public health workers. the public health (BACHELOR OF ARTS) PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR PSYC 253 Drugs and Human Behavior 3 credits program at Mercyhurst will train students who are able Bachelor of Arts in Public Health (BAPH) majors must PSYC 281 Behavior Modification 3 credits to pursue and take leadership roles in these needed maintain a 2.5 GPA in the major concentration to be PSYC 282 Basic Principles of jobs. Students majoring in public health can pursue a recommended for graduation. There are 10 required Applied BehaviorAnalysis 3 credits wide range of public health careers including: public core courses in the public health curriculum: PSYC 291 Research Methods I 3 credits health practice, health education, infection control, PUBH 101 Foundations of Public Health 3 credits PSYC 292 Research Methods II 3 credits environmental health, epidemiology, biostatistics, PUBH 105 Health Care Policy RIAP 250 Professional Communications 1 credit health services research or administration, health policy, and Management 3 credits RIAP 272 Terrorism 3 credits and international health. Public health also provides a PUBH 201 Environmental Health 3 credits SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 3 credits strong platform for students interested in a wide variety PUBH 211 Global Health 3 credits SOC 101 Contemporary of careers in related fields including medicine, health Or Social Problems 3 credits care, biotechnology and the life sciences. There are also FSAT 210 Study Abroad 3 credits SOC 204 Diversity in Society 3 credits a wide variety of graduate school options for students PUBH 240 Biostatistics 3 credits SOC 300 Sociological pursuing a public health major. There are currently more PUBH 260 Principles of Epidemiology I 3 credits Research Methods 3 credits than 50 graduate schools of public health in the US PUBH 290 Social Epidemiology 3 credits SOC 342 Human Needs and in some of the nation’s best universities offering both Or Global Problems 3 credits master and doctoral degrees. PUBH 311 Principles of Epidemiology II 3 credits SOC/POLI 362 Global Issues 3 credits PUBH 475 Public Health SOCW 107 Introduction to Social Work 3 credits UNIQUE FOCUS Field Experience 3 credits SOCW 220 Human Behavior and The public health program has a unique focus that Or the Social Environment I 3 credits provides students with skills that are: PUBH 490 Public Health SOCW 221 Human Behavior and Senior Research Practicum 3 credits the Social Environment II 3 credits • Cutting edge PSYC 225 Health Psychology 3 credits SOCW 304 Social Welfare Analysis 3 credits • Distinct • Marketable
David J. Dausey, Ph.D.
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