Public Health AA Designated Degree Requirements

https://cdhe.colorado.gov/sites/highered/files/documents/STAA%20PUBLIC%20HEALTH%20FINAL%2006.2021.pdf

Courses that Fulfill General Education Requirements (32-34 credits)

(Written) Communication (6 credits)

Any (GT-CO1) course plus any (GT-CO2) course
OR
Any (GT-CO2) course plus any (GT-CO3) course
Total Credit Hours:6

Mathematics (3 credits)

MAT 1260Intro to Statistics: MA1

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

Any two GT Pathways Arts & Humanities courses (GT-AH1, GT-AH2, GT-AH3, or GT-AH4)
Total Credit Hours:6

History (3 credits)

One GT Pathways History course (GT-HI1) 

Total Credit Hours:3

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

 
PSY 1001General Psychology I: SS3

3

PLUS any one of the following:

PSY 2440Human Growth & Developmnt: SS3

3

PSY 2333Health Psychology: SS3

3

PSY 2552Abnormal Psychology: SS3

3

ANT 2550Medical Anthropology:SS3

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Natural and Physical Sciences (8-10 credits)

BIO 1111Gen College Biology I/Lab: SC1

5

BIO 1112Gen College Biology II/Lab:SC1

5

OR Choose TWO

BIO 1004Biology: A Human Approach: SC1

4

BIO 1005Science of Biology w/Lab: SC1

4

ANT 1005Bio Anthropology W/Lab: SC1

4

Total Credit Hours:8-10

Total Credit Hours: 32-34

Additional Requirements (12 credits)

Please note: if these credits are not required for the major at a receiving 4-year institution, they will be applied to the bachelor’s degree as elective credit towards graduation. Please check with the receiving institution to determine in which way these courses will be applied.

Choose one Communication course from:

COM 1150Public Speaking

3

COM 1250Interpersonal Comm: SS3

3

COM 2300Intercultural Comm: SS3

3

Choose one Philosophy course from:

PHI 1012Ethics:AH3

3

PHI 1013Logic: AH3

3

Choose one additional course from:

ANT 2550Medical Anthropology:SS3

3

BIO 1016Intro to Human Disease: SC2

3

PSY 2222Psychology of Death/Dying: SS3

3

PSY 2333Health Psychology: SS3

3

SOC 2037Sociolgy Of Death&Dying: SS3

3

* Choose ANT 2550 or PSY 2333 if not taken to fulfill the Social & Behavioral Science Requirement.

** BIO 1016 course can be used to replace Health and Disease at Fort Lewis College

Choose one additional course from MA1, SC1, or SC2

Recommended courses:
BIO 2116Pathophysiology

4

BIO 2104Microbiology w/Lab: SC1

4

ENV 1111Environmental Sci w/Lab: SC1

4

Total Credit Hours: 12

Electives (14-16 credits)

Free Electives (choose in consultation with a program advisor at the receiving four-year institution)

Total Credit Hours: 14-16

Total Credit Hours: 60