BA in Public Health

The Bachelor of Arts, Public Health major is a 120 semester credit hour academic program. Students will complete Loyola Core requirements; Public Health major requirements; adjunct courses in medical humanities, language, and statistics; and general electives. Completion of this academic program requires a 2.0 GPA in the major curriculum and a 2.0 GPA in the Loyola cumulative curriculum. All major courses must be completed as specified unless an exception is allowed by the program director. 

• Overview of requirements: 120 credit hours (crs) required for completion
• Loyola Core: 40 crs
• Public Health major: 30 crs
• Adjunct courses: 9 crs
• General Electives: 41 crs

• Loyola Core: Complete the full scope of the Loyola Core with 40 crs in Loyola Core requirement areas. Modifications include:
• Foundations Science 1 is completed using BIOL A106 Cells & Heredity and BIOL A107 Cells & Heredity Lab (1 cr) 
• Philosophy 2 is satisfied by PHIL W234 Medical Ethics, PHIL W245 Environmental Ethics, or PHIL W247 Global Ethics 
• Religious Studies 1 Christian Traditions is satisfied by RELS S242 Christian Ethics or RELS S332 Ethics of Death and Dying
• Natural Sciences is satisfied by major coursework
• Social Sciences is satisfied by PSYC A100 Introduction to Psychology 

• Public Health major core courses for 15 crs: 
• CHEM A102 Intro to Organic & Biochemistry
• PHEA A100 Intro to Public Health/
• PHEA A300 Healthcare Systems
• PHEA A350 Epidemiology
• PHEA A480 Capstone