The combined Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Public Health offers students an opportunity to study a curriculum that is synergistic with the growing field of healthcare and public health. This academic combination provides students with the knowledge and expertise needed to enter a multitude of careers upon graduation. The degree allows students the unique opportunity to better understand the business side of the healthcare industry and public health administration and prepares them to be leaders.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Business Administration Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Courses | ||
ACCT 1201 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
ACCT 2301 | Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors | 4 |
INTB 1203 | International Business and Global Social Responsibility | 4 |
ORGB 3201 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
or ORGB 3203 | Behavioral Aspects of Digital Transformation | |
Business Electives | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
Financial Management | ||
Innovation! | ||
Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies | ||
Introduction to Marketing | ||
Supply Chain and Operations Management | ||
Supporting Courses for Business | ||
ECON 1116 and ECON 1126 | Principles of Microeconomics and Recitation for ECON 1116 | 4 |
Complete one of the following. MATH 1231 is strongly recommended for this major: | 4 | |
Calculus for Business and Economics | ||
or MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | |
or MATH 1245 | Calculus with Applications | |
or MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | |
or MATH 1340 | Intensive Calculus for Engineers | |
or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering |
Business Concentration
Complete one of the following concentrations. Requirements for the concentrations are listed below.
- Accounting
- Accounting and Advisory Services
- Brand Management
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Innovation
- Entrepreneurial Startups
- Finance
- Fintech
- Healthcare Management and Consulting
- International Business (available only as a second concentration)
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Supply Chain Management
Public Health Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Public Health Core | ||
PHTH 1260 | The American Healthcare System | 4 |
or PHTH 1261 | Comparative Healthcare Systems | |
PHTH 2300 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions | 4 |
or PHTH 2301 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global | |
PHTH 2350 | Community and Public Health | 4 |
or PHTH 2351 | Community and Public Health - Global | |
PHTH 2515 | Healthcare Policy and Administration | 4 |
PHTH 4120 | Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health | 4 |
PHTH 4202 | Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | 4 |
PHTH 4540 | Health Education and Program Planning | 4 |
Science Requirements | ||
Biology | ||
Complete one of the following options: | 8-10 | |
Option 1 | ||
Microbes and Society | ||
or BIOL 1143 | Biology and Society | |
The Human Organism | ||
Option 2 | ||
General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | ||
General Biology 2 and Lab for BIOL 1113 | ||
Psychology | ||
PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
Public Health Social Science Requirement | ||
Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Health Communication | ||
The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society | ||
Health Advocacy | ||
Social Psychology | ||
Developmental Psychology | ||
Learning and Motivation | ||
International Food Policy | ||
Environmental Economics | ||
Law and Economics | ||
Health Economics and Healthcare Policy | ||
Evaluating Healthcare Quality | ||
Economic Perspectives on Health Policy |
Supporting Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Statistics | ||
Complete one of the following. MGSC 2301 or PHTH 2210 is the recommended statistics course for this combined major: | 4 | |
Business Statistics | ||
or PHTH 2210 | Foundations of Biostatistics | |
or MATH 2280 | Statistics and Software | |
or MATH 3081 | Probability and Statistics | |
Capstone | ||
Complete one of the following options: | 3-4 | |
DMSB Students | ||
Strategy in Action | ||
Bouvé Students | ||
Complete one of the following: | ||
Evaluating Health Technologies | ||
Health Science Capstone—Service 1 | ||
Health Science Capstone—Research 1 | ||
Health Science Capstone Seminar | ||
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 2 | ||
Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy | ||
Private Guns, Public Health | ||
Addressing Rural Health Inequities | ||
Advancing Health Justice Through the Law | ||
Environmental Health | ||
Global Health | ||
Food, Nutrition, and Health | ||
Qualitative Methods | ||
Introduction to College | ||
Complete one of the following: | ||
BUSN 1102 | Personal Skill Development for Business | 1 |
or HSCI 1000 | College: An Introduction | |
Professional Development | ||
Complete one of the following: | ||
BUSN 1103 | Professional Development for Business Co-op | 1 |
or HSCI 2000 | Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op |
- 1
Must complete 0 SH Health Science Capstone Introduction (HSCI 4700) course as pre-requisite
- 2
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as 4 SH general elective
Integrative Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design | ||
or PHTH 4511 | Healthcare Management |
Business GPA Requirement
A minimum 2.000 GPA is required in all business courses.
Business Experiential Learning
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete at least one of the following experiences: | 0-8 | |
In-the-Field Experiential Professional Practicum | ||
Co-op Work Experience | ||
Co-op Work Experience--Half Time | ||
Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time | ||
Co-op Work Experience Abroad | ||
Internship Experience | ||
Internship Experience Abroad |
Public Health Major Requirement
A grade of C or higher is required for the Public Health Core, Science Requirement, Public Health Social Science Requirement, Statistics, and HSCI or PHTH Capstone courses. Students who take College: An Introduction (HSCI 1000) and Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op (HSCI 2000) must achieve a C or higher.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
DMSB Student Sample: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ACCT 1201 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ECON 1116 and ECON 1126 | 4 | Vacation | |
BUSN 1102 | 1 | INTB 1203 | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
MATH 1231 | 4 | PHTH 1260 | 4 | ||||
PSYC 1101 | 4 | BIOL course | 4 | ||||
BIOL course | 4 | ||||||
17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ACCT 2301 | 4 | BUSN 1103 | 1 | Concentration course | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
MGSC 2301 | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
PHTH core course | 4 | Business Elective | 4 | ||||
General elective | 4 | Business elective | 4 | ||||
Concentration course | 4 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | MGMT 3340 or PHTH 4511 | 4 | PHTH 4540 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
ENGW 3304 | 4 | PHTH 4202 | 4 | PHTH 4120 | 4 | ||
Concentration course | 4 | ||||||
ORGB 3201 or 3203 | 4 | ||||||
4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | 0 | STRT 4501 | 4 | ||||
General elective | 4 | Concentration course | 4 | ||||
Social science course | 3-4 | ||||||
General elective | 4 | ||||||
4 | 15-16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 129-130 |
Bouvé Student Sample: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ACCT 1201 | 4 | INTB 1203 | 4 | ECON 1116 and ECON 1126 | 4 | Vacation | |
ENGW 1110 | 4 | PHTH 1260 | 4 | PHTH core course | 4 | ||
HSCI 1000 | 1 | PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||
MATH 1231 | 4 | BIOL course | 4 | ||||
BIOL course | 4 | ||||||
17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ACCT 2301 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | PHTH core course | 4 |
HSCI 2000 | 1 | General elective | 4 | Concentration course | 4 | ||
Business Elective | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 2210 | 4 | ||||||
General elective | 4 | ||||||
17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
PHTH 4511 or MGMT 3340 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | PHTH 4120 | 4 |
PHTH core course | 4 | ENGW 3306 | 4 | PHTH 4540 | 4 | ||
Business elective | 4 | ||||||
Concentration course | 4 | ||||||
16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
PHTH 4202 | 4 | Concentration course | 4 | ||||
Capstone course | 3-4 | Social science course | 3-4 | ||||
Concentration course | 4 | General electives | 8 | ||||
Business elective | 4 | ||||||
15-16 | 15-16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 128-130 |