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 and offers students supervised   Bachelor of   emphasis on laboratory skills and   statistics.   as a base for an introductory-level   also introduces students to core
 experience in this field to develop   practical hands-on experiences for   understanding of the field. This   challenges, responsibilities, and
 setting. The duration of the internship  Science in Public   laboratory experiments, simulated   Environmental Science  multidisciplinary perspectives   management as well as planning and
 practical skills in a professional   the students. This course will have   ENS 205 - Introduction to   course emphasizes the diverse,   professional ethics in healthcare
 is 6 weeks with a lab rotation every 2   experiments, demonstrations and   Credit Hours: 3  on public health. It introduces   decision making in healthcare sector.
 weeks to maximize students’ learning  Health  group activities for the students that   core disciplines of public health:
 and technical skills in clinical setting   illustrate the principles and concepts   Pre or Co-requisites: (Co) ENG 102 /   prevention, protection and assurance.  HSC 201 - Determinants of
 related to molecular and medical   for the course BIO 205.  ENG 200 + (Co) FWS 100   Public Health
 genetics. A central part of this course   This course introduces students   HSC 210 - Epidemiology &   Credit Hours: 3
 is the placement portfolio, which   Degree Requirements   CHE 205 - General Chemistry I  to the principles of Environmental   Population Health
 must be completed and approved   Credit Hours: 3  Science. It presents the different   Credit Hours: 3  Prerequisites: ENS 205
 by the training institution preceptor   Pre or Co-requisites: (Co) ENG 102 /   ecosystems, the biogeochemical   Prerequisite: HSC 205  This course will introduce students
 and the lab placement coordinator at   ENG 200   cycles of some elements like oxygen,   to different public health paradigms,
 ADU. Students’ performance will be   ASC 301 - Research Report   carbon, and nitrogen, biomes,   This course introduces students   including the biomedical, behavioral,
 assessed via end-of-rotation reports,   This course introduces the   biodiversity, and how species   to the scientific discipline of   and holistic, ecological, salutogenic
 end-of-placement oral presentation,   Writing  principles and concepts of   interaction. It discusses water and   epidemiology.  It covers definitions   paradigms. Various models of
 along with clinical preceptor and   Credit Hours: 3  chemistry with emphasis on atoms,   air pollution as well as environmental   and concepts of epidemiology   public health determinants within
 placement coordinator evaluations.   Prerequisite: STT 100  molecules, nomenclature, bonding,   geology and earth resources. This   together with the principles and   the holistic, ecological, salutogenic
 Students will have full orientation   This course will focus on research   stoichiometry, electronic structure   course also presents environmental   tools of epidemiology. The course   paradigm and the One Health
 prior to the placement about the   writing skills, which include locating,   and molecular structures. This course   issues, discusses solutions that help   includes measuring the frequency of   Approach are explored. The course
 manual, the learning objectives, the   gathering, and evaluating source   contains a laboratory component to   reduce such issues and provide   health issues, measuring risk and the   then examines specific determinants
 code of conduct, the rotations’ plan,   materials; formulating a thesis   reinforce the chemical concepts.  sustainable development, and   burden of disease. Epidemiological   of public health including biological
 and the modes of assessment.  statement from a topic and/or a   CHE201L - General Chemistry I   emphasizes on the importance of   study designs are explored,   factors, socioeconomic factors,
 HMG 44911 - Human Genetics   hypothesis; developing arguments   Laboratory   maintaining a healthy environment.  including descriptive, analytical and   cognitive and affective factors, health
                                      intervention studies. Survey research,
 Research Report  based on solid research methods;   Credit Hours: 3  HSC 305 - Occupational Health   as a methodology that can be   behaviors, and conditions within
                                                                    social, economic, political, natural
 and documenting sources in the text,
 Credit Hours: 3  in notes, and in the bibliography.   Pre or Co-requisites: CHE 205  and Safety  used across many study designs, is   and built environments and their
 Prerequisite: HMG 44910  Students will also work extensively on   This course introduces the principles   Credit Hours: 3  addressed. Issues related to weighing   interactions.
 their academic and argumentative     up the evidence from such studies
 The course comprises an original   and concepts of chemistry with the   Prerequisite: HSC 200   and ethical issues in epidemiology are   PBH 300 - Health Sociology
 research project in biomedical   writing skills to produce high quality   emphasis on laboratory skills and   explored.   Credit Hours: 3
 research papers.
 science and a research project   practical hands-on experiences for   The Occupational Health and Safety
 report. Training in knowledge and   the students. This course will have   course describes the importance   HSC 205 - Biostatistics  Prerequisite: HSC 201
 practical skills are a fundamental   laboratory experiments, simulated   of health and safety at work place   Credit Hours: 3  Co-requisite: PBH 310
 in biomedical and health sciences,   Major Requirements   experiments, demonstrations and   and its socio-economic impact on   Prerequisite: STT 100
 however, effective writing in medical   group activities for the students that   work place and workers. It gives   This course focuses on the
 science is the foundation method   illustrate the principles and concepts   students the tools and skills to ensure   This course introduces students   contribution of social and behavioral
 by which such efforts are recorded   BIO 205 - General Biology I  for the course CHE 205.  health and safety measures within   to population health statistics.   sciences to the understanding of the
 and needs to be delivered alongside   EHS 205 - Introduction to   a working environment including   The course covers sources and   distribution, etiology, and solution
 knowledge and practical skills in   Credit Hours: 3  Environmental Health & Safety  hazard identification and control,   types of data, measures of central   of public health problems. The
 healthcare education. Furthermore,   Pre or Co-requisites: (Co) ENG 102/   accident prevention and investigation,   tendency, measures of dispersion,   theoretical underpinnings of the
 research activities are key in judging   ENG 200   Credit Hours: 3  conducting safety trainings, and   confidence intervals, correlations and   most relevant explanation, planning,
 the success of a degree program,   Co-requisites: (Co) ENG 102/ENG 200   emergency planning. It also provides   regressions used in public health and   change, and evaluation theories will
 as it is not merely a regurgitation of   This course introduces the principles   + (Co) FWS 100   students with an in-depth idea   environmental health and safety.   be reviewed in depth and illustrated
 didactic learning but a demonstration   and concepts of biology with the   about the national and international   with examples of the application of
 of synthesis and application of that   emphasis on the cell and its metabolic   This course will introduce students   occupational health and safety   HSC 200 - Introduction to Health   these models to health promotion
 knowledge. Negative results are as   activity, genetics and inheritance in   to Environmental Health and   organizations.  Management  and disease prevention with
 useful as positive, and the ability   living organism.  Safety, its definitions its concepts,   PBH 101 - Introduction to Public   Credit Hours: 3  individuals, groups, and communities.
 to reflect and show learning from   BIO 205L - General Biology I   issues and attributes. The course   Health
 failed experiments will be a major   Laboratory   introduces students to core   Prerequisites: EHS 205     PBH 310 - Principles of Health
 benchmark outcome in the report  environmental Health and Safety   Credit Hours: 3  This course will introduce   Promotion
 Credit Hours: 3  topics including world population, air   Prerequisite: (Co) ENG  102/ENG 200   students to management in the   Credit Hours: 3
 Pre or Co-requisites: BIO 205  and water quality, water conservation,   + (Co) FWS 100   health environment, covering
 community health and safety,         definitions, concepts, issues, and   Prerequisite: HSC 201
 This course introduces the principles   This course addresses a variety of
 and concepts of biology with the   occupational health and safety, and   the basic dimensions of health   This course provides students with
 environmental health and safety   themes in public health which serve   care management. The course   an understanding of the history,


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