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Program checklist · B.A.

Public Health B.A.

Union College · Schenectady, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
30.3101
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196866
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196866_336985c5
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Social Sciences

8 items
  1. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ANT 110
    1.0
  3. PSY 100
    1.0
  4. SOC 100
    1.0
  5. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  6. ECO 101
    1.0
  7. PSC 111
    1.0
  8. PSC 112
    1.0

Science

6 items
  1. Take both:
    Not resolved to a course
  2. BIO 103
    1.0
  3. BIO 104
    1.0
  4. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  5. CHM 101
    1.0
  6. ENS 100
    1.0

Ethics

3 items
  1. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  2. PHL 105
    1.0
  3. PHL 274
    1.0

Data Analysis

7 items
  1. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ECO 134
    1.0
  3. ENS 204
    1.0
  4. ENS 215
    1.0
  5. PSC 220
    1.0
  6. PSY 200
    1.0
  7. STA 104
    1.0

Research Methods

5 items
  1. ANT 363
    1
  2. PSY 300
    1.0
  3. PSY 360
    1
  4. SOC 300
    1.0
  5. SOC 302
    1.0

Internship

3 items
  1. Choose one:
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ISC 203
    1
  3. Other internship
    Not resolved to a course

Senior Writing

11 items
  1. PBH-400, or a senior seminar, or 2 term thesis or 3 term thesis *With approval, other seminars may fulfill this requirement
    Not resolved to a course
  2. BIO 489
    1.0
  3. PBH 400
    1
  4. PBH 487
    1
  5. PBH 488
    1
  6. PBH 489
    1
  7. PBH 498
    1
  8. PBH 499
    1
  9. PSY 411
    1.0
  10. PSY 440
    1.0
  11. PSY 450
    1.0

Electives Take 5 in total. At least 3 from Category 1, and at least 2 at the 300 and 400 level

32 items
  1. Category 1: Social Science, Arts, and Humanities Approaches to Public Health
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ANT 230
    1.0
  3. ANT 272
    1.0
  4. ECO 123
    1.0
  5. ECO 213
    1.0
  6. ECO 335
    1.0
  7. ECO 371
    1
  8. GSW 301
    1
  9. MLT 208
    1
  10. PSC 260
    1.0
  11. PSY 215
    1.0
  12. SOC 226
    1
  13. SOC 228
    1.0
  14. SOC 260
    1.0
  15. SOC 364
    1.0
  16. SOC 370
    1.0
  17. SOC 374
    1.0
  18. SPN 257
    1
  19. Category 2: Science, Engineering, and Technology in Public Health
    Not resolved to a course
  20. BIO 243
    1.0
  21. BIO 352
    1.0
  22. BIO 355
    1.0
  23. BIO 384
    1.0
  24. CEE 207
    1
  25. CEE 208
    1
  26. CHM 245
    1.0
  27. CSC 103
    1.0
  28. CSC 104
    1.0
  29. CSC 105
    1.0
  30. CSC 106
    1.0
  31. CSC 107
    1.0
  32. CSC 108
    1.0

Course Selection Guidelines

0 items

    Requirements for Honors in Public Health

    3 items
    1. Have achieved a cumulative index of 3.3 or better
      Not resolved to a course
    2. Have an index of 3.3 or better in courses taken in the major (this does not include grades associated with senior thesis (PBH 491, PBH 492 and PBH 493). At least three of the courses used to calculate the major GPA must have a grade of A- or better
      Not resolved to a course
    3. Students eligible for honors in Public Health must satisfactorily complete a thesis, traditionally based on the results of original research on which a grade of not lower than A- has been earned.
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. Union College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.union.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=29&poid=7406. Captured page pages/0340.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.