PUBH 4080 - Public Health Capstone

3 hours

This is the final course that students have to take in order to complete the Bachelor of Science program in Public Health. It has both a classroom and a service learning component. Students are to identify a public health problem, conduct a literature review of the problem, and devise a solution to solving the problem. Students will use the knowledge they have gained from all their courses in Public Health to critically analyze a public health problem. For the service learning components, students will spend 100 hours practicing public health in real world. This integrative experience will help students achieve cross-cutting competencies in communication, diversity and culture, leadership, professionalism, integration of theory and practice, and public health knowledge and skills.

Prerequisite(s): None.

This course is designed to be taken in the final semester of the program.