Health Sciences
Students enrolled in the Health Sciences track learn to prepare for and manage public health emergencies.
Individuals who may benefit from the Health Sciences track:
- Health care professionals including doctors and nurses
- First responders such as EMTs, firefighters, and police officers
- Hospital managers
- Consultants
- Educators
- Corporate health officials
- Health inspectors
- Community members
- Students in related majors
Undergraduate Certificate
Health Sciences Track (18 semester hours)
Coordinator: Gail Williams, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Core Courses (7 semester hours)
- POLS 386, Global Terrorism (3)
OR GEOG 451, Political Geography (3)
- UNIV 310, Foundations in Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness (3)
OR TECH 432, Disaster Preparedness (3)
- One of the following (1)
- IEET 490, Topics in Engineering and Engineering Technology (1)
- IHHS 301, Independent Study in Health and Human Sciences (1)
- ILAS 440, Independent Study (1)
Four of the following (11)
- AHLS 336, Clinical Diagnostic Microbiology (2-3)
- AHPH 350, Elements of Environmental Health (3)
- AHPH 402, Community Health Programs and Issues (3)
- AHPH 455, Public Health Epidemiology (3)
- AHPH 483, Public Health Research and Evaluation (3)
OR UHHS 460, Introduction to Research in Health and Human Sciences
- AHPH 485, Principles of Health Planning (3)
- GEOG 206, Severe and Hazardous Weather (3)
- GEOG 406, Natural Hazards and Environmental Risk (3)
- IHHS 450, Administration for Professionals in Health and Human Sciences (2-3)
OR AHLS 466, Principles of Laboratory Management and Practice (1)
- TECH 231, Safety Programs (3)
- UHHS 430, Working with Diverse Populations in Health and Human Sciences (3)
Graduate Certificate
Health Sciences Track (18 semester hours)
Coordinator: Gail Williams, School of Allied Health Professions
Core course (3 semester hours)
- UNIV 510, Foundations in Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness (3)
Five of the following (15)
- AHPH 402, Community Health Programs and Issues (3)
- AHPH 501, Behavioral and Social Aspects of Public Health (3)
- AHPH 520, Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (3)
- AHPH 530, Health Services Management (3)
- AHPH 535, Problems and Issues in Environmental Health (3)
- AHPH 555, Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (3)
- IHHS 450, Administration for Professionals in Health and Human Sciences (3)
- SOCI 455, Environmental Sociology (3)
- UNIV 590, Internship (3-6)
