Public Health (PBHCE)
Award: Certificate of achievement
Pathway to associate degree: Professional Health Studies - General (PHSGO)
Program location: Fort Omaha Campus, South Omaha Campus, Online
The certificate in public health is to educate front-line health workers with expertise and experience in assisting individuals and communities to navigate the U.S. community health, health care, and the entire healthcare paradigm systems; improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery; and accomplish personal prevention and health care goals. Students will have coursework in prevention and community health, emotional health care, parenting and family problem solving, and school coursework. Basic written and oral communication skills as well as fundamental quantitative skills are essential for success and are integrated throughout the curriculum. Concepts of determinants include client-centered care and decision making, accessing resources for diverse families, cultural competence, and disease self-management. The curriculum is designed to be flexible enough to accommodate differing state regulations and differing local job markets.
For more information about educational cost, median loan debt, and other important Gainful Employment information related to this program, please visit our website at:
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Graduation Requirements
| General education |
13.5 |
| Major requirements |
34.5
|
| Total credit hours required |
48.0 |
General education requirements (13.5 credit hrs.)
Communications
Humanities/social sciences
| PSYC 1120 | Human Growth and Development | 4.5 credits |
Quantitative/numeracy skills
| | Any 1000-level of Mathematics | 4.5 credits |
| | OR | |
| FINA 1000 | Financial Literacy | 4.5 credits |
Major requirements for Public Health (34.5 credit hrs.)
| ECED 1230 | School-Age Child Development and Programming | 3.0 credits |
| ECED 1260 | Children's Health and Nutrition | 4.5 credits |
| HLTH 1510 | Foundations of Public Health | 4.5 credits |
| HLTH 1520 | Prevention in Community Health | 4.5 credits |
| HLTH 2900 | Selected Topics | 5.5 credits |
| HLTH 2960 | Internship | 6.0 credits |
| PSYC 1110 | Parenting and Family Problem Solving | 4.5 credits |
| WORK 1402 | Employability Skills Fundamentals | 1.0 credit |
| EMSP 1000 | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Healthcare Providers | 1.0 credit |
EMSP 1000 is required for those who do not currently hold a valid CPR/first aid card.