Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Doctors know the treatments that heal diseases, and the preventative measures that keep patients healthy. But who helps them with medical policies that keep hospitals open, or strategic planning that gets mobile clinics to remote areas. Public Health Scientists. Study with us and become your favourite doctor’s hero.

This Degree provides a three-year full time day, evening and weekend program of intensive study for students wishing to earn a Bachelor of Public Health degree. Students study the broad range of public health concerns, including individual disease prevention and injury reduction behavior, distribution and development of disease through epidemiological assessment and community program development, implementation, and evaluation.

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Future Career Opportunities

Health and Safety Engineer
Environmental Scientist
Healthcare Administrator
Biostatistician
Epidemiologist

Course Overview

Career objective
Programme structure

Career objective

Students learn to use educational interventions to provide health information, gain experience in assessing the needs of target populations, clarify program goals and objectives, and develop strategies to motivate and involve their clients/patients in educational interventions.
Public Health Majors typically work in voluntary health agencies, public health departments, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, corporate worksites, community health organizations, family planning clinics, and managed care facilities, to name a few.

Programme structure

The curriculum in Public Health encompasses a variety of disciplines in the preparation of general public health practitioners, environmental health, policy advocates, program managers and maternal child officers The program requires six credit hours of field practice or internship within a Public Health setting taken during the last semester of study.

year one

semester one
course code	Course Name
BPH 111	Foundations of Public Health
BJC 110	Communication Skills
BIT 110	Introduction to Information Communication and Technology
BPH 112	Health and Health behavior
EHS 112	Principles of Epidemiology
BPH 113	Human Biology

semester two
course code	Course Name
BPH 121	First Aid and emergency Rescue
EHS 121	Biostatistics
EHS 123	Communicable and non-communicable diseases
BPH 122	Public Health Microbiology and disease surveillance
BPH 123	Health Counseling and guidance

year two

semester one
course code	Course Name
BPH 211	Public Health Nutrition
BPH 212	Principles of Environmental Health
BPH 213	Community organization and socio mobilization
EHS 214	Principles of Demography and Population Dynamics
BPH 214	NGO Management

semester two
course code	Course Name
BPH 221	Principles of Health Education and advocacy
EHS 223	Occupational Health & Safety
RSC22 1	Research Methodology
BPH 223	Basic Public Health Laws and code of Practice

year three

semester one
course code	Course Name
BPH 311	Community Health practice
BPH 312	Field Training
BPH 313	Family and Reproductive Health
EHS 313	Health Monitoring and Evaluation
BPH 314	Social Marketing for Health

semester two
course code	Course Name
BPH 321	Health Economics and Financing
EHS 322	Health Policy planning and management
BPH 322	Project planning and management
RSC 322	Research project
BPH 323	Health Informatics
BPH 324	Mental Health

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