Public Health Studies
Anne Walter, Regents Hall 378
507-786-3961
waltera@stolaf.edu
Overview of the Concentration
Students pursuing a concentration in Public Health Studies develop an overview of the breadth of the fields comprising public health, a sense for its interdisciplinarity, and skills for interpreting and contextualizing public health research findings. Students practice communicating the social, humanist, and biological complexities of public health across cultural, political and disciplinary boundaries. Special attention is given to understanding diverse populations and their unique circumstances domestically and globally. Completion of the public health studies concentration promotes a lifetime of informed civic engagement relevant to public health.
Intended Learning Outcomes for the Concentration
Requirements for the Concentration
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one course from each of the following categories. | ||
| Fundamentals of Public Health 1 | 1.00 | |
| Peruvian Medical Experience (abroad) | ||
| Introduction to Public Health | ||
| Biological Basis of Health 1 | 1.00 | |
| Biological Science: Issues in Biology | ||
| Human Biology | ||
| The Biology of Women | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Organ Systems | ||
| Topics in Biology (When topic is Virology) | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Nutrition and Wellness | ||
| Drugs, the Brain and Behavior | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Perspective of Health 1 | 1.00 | |
| Economics of Health Care | ||
| Public Affairs II: Contemporary Controversies | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Research Methods and Data Tools 1 | 1.00 | |
| Introductory Econometrics | ||
| Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Mathematics of Biology | ||
| Epidemiology | ||
| Research Methods in Psychology | ||
| Foundations of Social Science Research: Quantitative Methods | ||
| Ethnographic Research Methods | ||
| Principles of Statistics | ||
| Statistics for the Sciences | ||
| Intermediate Statistics for Social Science Research | ||
| Statistical Modeling | ||
| Research Methods in Social Work | ||
| Liberal Arts Dialog in Public Health 1 | 1.00 | |
| Case Studies in Public Health | ||
| Total Credits | 5 | |
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Students can petition to have other courses count for any of the above categories.
These Off-Campus programs with a Public Health focus may meet one or more of the requirements listed above:
- Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights will meet either "Research Methods" or "Social Science & Humanities" through the Research Methods and Ethics course. Other courses may also be applied.
- Andean Field Studies in Ecuador offers a Research Methods course that will count. Depending on the student project, other credits may count as well.
- DIS-Public Health (Denmark) offers courses that cover "Fundamentals of Public Health" and the "Social Science/Humanities" requirements (e.g., Medical Ethics, Medical Anthropology, Health Delivery and Prioritization, Heath Economics & Policy in Europe).