A Combined Degree program enables undergraduate students to enroll in graduate courses in their senior year, which can be counted towards the completion of both their Bachelor's and Master's degree requirements. The ability to take these "swing courses" allows students to earn both their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a shortened period of time, typically within five years. Undergraduate students interested in this option can find more information regarding program requirements on the University's Combined Programs website.
Program Requirements
Students in this combined degree program must complete the requirements for:
Public Health - Health Education, Promotion, and Advocacy Concentration (M.P.H.)
Graduate Swing Courses
A combined degree program allows students to complete 6-12 graduate credits ("graduate swing courses") while enrolled as an undergraduate. These courses count for both their bachelor and master’s degrees. Graduate swing courses will count toward undergraduate free electives, unless noted otherwise.
The Graduate Swing Courses for this program:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HLTH 501 | Public Health Seminar: Foundations, Ethics, and Cultural Competency | 3 |
| HLTH 504 | Behavioral and Social Science in Health | 3 |
| HLTH 528 | Program Planning and Evaluation | 3 |
| HLTH 555 | Structures of Inequality in Public Health | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree(s)
This recommended five-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within five years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.
Fifth year courses are taken at the graduate level, after matriculation into the graduate portion of this combined degree program.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | PSYC 203 | 3 |
| PSYC 101 | 3 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | SEEDS: World Language 2 or Free Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language I | 3 | SEEDS: Political and Civic Life | 3 |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | PSYC Advanced Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSYC 220 | 4 | PSYC 301 | 4 |
| PSYC Personality Elective | 3 | PSYC Social/Applied Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 2 | 3 | PSYC Advanced Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 3 | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 4 | 3 |
| Free Elective (HLTH 102 recommended) | 3 | Free Elective (HLTH 204 recommended) | 3 |
| Free Elective | 1 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PSYC Biological Basis of Behavior Elective | 3 | PSYC Cognition Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective (HLTH 365 recommended) | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| HLTH 501 | 3 | HLTH 555 | 3 |
| HLTH 504 | 3 | HLTH 528 | 3 |
| PSYC Advanced Elective | 3 | PSYC Advanced Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 4 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 1 | ||
| 13 | 13 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | ||||
| FSHD 506 | 3 | ||||
| HLTH 502 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| Fifth Year | |||||
| Summer | Credits | Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| HLTH 606 | 3 | HLTH 507 | 3 | HLTH 580 | 3 |
| Elective Course | 3 | HLTH 529 | 3 | HLTH 604 | 6 |
| HLTH 565 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Total Credits 30 | |||||