Thus, new students should confirm their general education requirements by consulting college and departmental offices, handbooks, or advisers. The Department of Community Health also requires that certain courses from the approved lists be taken as noted below. The prescribed courses prepare the student for upper division study and may be used to satisfy General Education requirements provided they are on the appropriate General Education List. Courses in cultural studies may be completed through other categories where appropriate. An area of concentration will be determined by the junior year.
Areas of concentration are health education, and health planning and administration.
Specific requirements for each option are described in the following sections. Each student completes a correlate area that is a planned program of courses taken primarily outside the department, designed to be supportive of the area of concentration. A minimum of 18 hours in gerontology, distributed as follows, is required. At least six of the total of 18 hours must be taken from outside the student's own department. See academic adviser for further explanation of correlate requirements.