Public Health: Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness Option (B.S.) ← Back to catalog Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours
Semester Hours required for the Public Health: Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness Option: 47 semester hours
Up to 12 s.h. of course credit may be earned through Credit for Prior Learning.
Major GPA based on all required courses.
The minimum major GPA required for graduation is 2.50.
Students may not declare more than one of the options in the Public Health Major.
For students who are interested in completing a minor or a second major along with the BS Public Health: Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness: Suggested Second Majors: BS Geography: Environmental/Physical Geography Option
BS Human Services
BS Health Communication
BS Organizational Development
BSB Management
BA Political Science with Civic and Nonprofit Leadership Option
BA Philosophy: Integrative Studies
Suggested Minors: Philosophy
Ethics
Health & Medical Humanities
Civic and Nonprofit Leadership
Health Communication
Business Administration
Business Analytics
Geographic Information Sciences
Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems
Operations & Supply Chain Management
Organizational Leadership
Human Services
Aging Studies
Nutrition and Dietetics
Military Science
Workplace Wellness
Required Courses - 38 semester hours All required courses must be completed with a grade of C or better, with the exception of 4275: Internship, which is CR/NC.
Show 12 Courses Hide 12 Courses PUBH 2270
Community and Public Health. (3 credits)
PUBH 2700
Foundations in Health Literacy. (3 credits)
PUBH 2800
Foundations of Public Health Research & Scholarship. (3 credits)
PUBH 2900
Human Diseases. (3 credits)
PUBH 3100
Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response. (3 credits)
PUBH 3700
Health Behaviors: Theory & Practice (3 credits)
PUBH 3750
Health Care Delivery Systems. (3 credits)
PUBH 3765
Principles of Epidemiology. (3 credits)
PUBH 4175
Health Professions Seminar. (2 credits)
PUBH 4250
Planning Health Programs. (3 credits)
PUBH 4275
Internship. (1 to 9 credits)
(minimum of 6听s.h. required)
PUBH 4770
Health Services Administration. (3 credits)
Elective courses: Select 9 semester hours Show 26 Courses Hide 26 Courses CMN 2650
Introduction to Organizational Communication. (3 credits)
CMN 3470
Small Group Communication. (3 credits)
TEC 2004
Materials Science and Evaluation. (4 credits)
ENG 3005
Technical Communication. (3 credits)
WLS 1112
Beginning Spanish for the Health Professions. (4 credits)
GEO 1120
The Natural Environment. (4 credits)
GEO 3020
Natural Disasters. (3 credits)
GEO 3200
Human Impacts on the Environment. (3 credits)
GEO 3775
Urban Geography. (3 credits)
PUBH 2200
Health Citizenship. (3 credits)
PUBH 2500
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. (1 credits)
PUBH 4783
Health Politics and Policy. (3 credits)
PLS 4783
Health Politics and Policy. (3 credits)
PUBH 4800
Drugs and Society. (3 credits)
PUBH 4890
Health and Aging. (3 credits)
MSC 2001
Leadership and Decision Making. (2 credits)
ODL 4765
Grant Writing for Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 3233
International Terrorism. (3 credits)
PLS 4793
Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. (3 credits)
PLS 4873
Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 4893
Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PSY 1879
Introductory Psychology. (3 credits)
PSY 3760
The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making. (3 credits)
SOC 1838
Introductory Sociology. (3 credits)
SOC 4000
Sociology of Work and Occupations. (3 credits)
SOC 4240
Sociology of Disasters. (3 credits)
Footnotes: # Replaces Senior Seminar University Graduation Requirement.
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Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
