Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Core Learning Outcomes for the Public Health Undergraduate Program (common to all concentrations):

1. Apply public health concepts as a broad and complex domain of professional practice and inquiry, with specific reference to the local context.
2. Analyze local and international public health problems with inferences from history and milestones in the evolution of the public health field.
3. Examine ethical issues relevant to public health practice, especially as they apply to local specificities, and justify proposed courses of action.
4. Apply research skills to generate well-formed questions and approaches to answering them – including research questions, data sources, and appropriate methodologies.
5. Assess evidence used to implement and evaluate public health interventions.
6. Communicate effectively about public health issues.

Admission to the Public Health Program

1. Completion of the Qatar University Foundation Program requirements.
2. Minimum Secondary School Grade for the Final Year: 70%.
3. Pass 16 CH with GPA=2.00 and above including MEDI101 (Grade D or above) and CHEM 101 /CHEM 103, MEDI 103 & PUBH 151.
4. Degree evaluation is performed for the accepted students.
5. Students must satisfy QU requirements for declaring a major including the need to declare the major before completing 36 undergraduate credit hours.

First Year – First Semester
CHEM 101 – General Chemistry I – 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 103 – Experimental General Chemistry I – 1 Credit Hour
PUBH 151 – Biostatistics for Health Sciences – 3 Credit Hours
MEDI 101 – Human Structure and Function 1 – 3 Credit Hours
MEDI 102 – Health Professions Education – 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 202 – English Language I Post Foundation – 3 Credit Hours

First Year – Second Semester
MEDI 103 – Human Structure and Function 2 – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 101 – PHS: Principles and Practice – 3 Credit Hours
BIOM 201 – Medical Biochemistry – 4 Credit Hours
ENGL 203 – English Language II Post Foundation – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 3 – 3 Credit Hours

Second Year – First Semester
PUBH 202 – Health, Behavior and Society – 3 Credit Hours
BIOM 217 – Human Genetics – 3 Credit Hours
BIOM 243 – Introduction to Pathology – 2 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 4 – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 5 – 3 Credit Hours

Second Year – Second Semester
PHAR 250 – Microbiology for Health Sciences – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 201 – Environmental Health and Disease – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 205 – Research Methods for Public Health – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 6 – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 7 – 3 Credit Hours

Third Year – First Semester
PUBH 300 – Public Health Professional Practice – 1 Credit Hour
PUBH 301 – Public Health Ethics – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 303 – Epidemiology – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 8 – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 9 – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 10 – 3 Credit Hours

Third Year – Second Semester
PUBH 230 – Strategic Planning & Marketing – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 306 – Public Health Systems, Mgt, and Policy – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 310 – Needs Assessment and Planning for Health Promotion – 4 Credit Hours
PUBH 320 – Health Communication – 3 Credit Hours
CORE XXX – Core Curriculum 11 – 3 Credit Hours

Fourth Year – First Semester
PUBH 390 – Field Experience – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 420 – Design of Program Evaluation Systems – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 430 – Health Economics – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 439 – Public Health Preparedness – 3 Credit Hours
ELEC XXX – Major Elective – 3 Credit Hours

Fourth Year – Second Semester
PUBH 341 – Public Health Data Analyses – 3 Credit Hours
PUBH 499 – Capstone – 3 Credit Hours
FREE XXX – Free Elective 1 – 3 Credit Hours
FREE XXX – Free Elective 2 – 3 Credit Hours