EXSC 120 - Introduction to Public Health

3 Credit(s)

Public Health is the science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the identification and implementation of effective interventions to promote public health. This course will provide a basic introduction to public health with emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and foundational knowledge of key concepts in public health, such as: history of public health, controversial issues, epidemiology and biomedical sciences, and policy making with scientific theoretical foundations.

General Education Course - Liberal Arts Core - Natural Science
Course Frequency: S

Grading Method: Student option.

Learning Outcomes:

Identify multiple ways that public health affects daily life.
Define key public health terms.
Utilize public health concepts and data to prevent and address population based health outcomes.
Describe how socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, culture, and religion affect health.