Program Overview

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Community Health, BS & Public Health, MPH

A 5-year BS MPH joint degree program is available for students majoring in Community Health, I-Health, or Kinesiology. Students apply for the program in the latter part of their third year (junior year) of study. Students accepted into the BS MPH joint degree program take 12 credit hours of coursework in their senior year that apply to both BS and MPH degrees. In the 5th year of study, students complete the remaining requirements for the MPH degree, and graduate simultaneously with both BS and MPH degrees.

Overview of the Community Health Program

The Community Health Program at Illinois prepares students in the ever-changing world of health care and health behavior as practitioners and offers three concentrations at the undergraduate level: Health Education & Promotion, Health Planning & Administration, and Rehabilitation Studies. All curricula are built on a foundation of general education courses which emphasize communication skills and critical thinking. The Professional Core courses are designed to help students develop skills in planning, implementation, and evaluation in the context of health services and programs. Students must complete an internship during their senior year in a setting related to the degree and their interests.

Sample Sequence

The sample sequence is intended to be used only as a guide for degree completion. All students should work individually with their academic advisors to decide the actual course selection and sequence that works best for them based on their academic preparation and goals. Enrichment programming such as study abroad, minors, internships, and so on may impact the structure of this four-year plan. Course availability is not guaranteed during the semester indicated in the sample sequence.

First Year

• First Semester:
  • CHLH 100 (3 hours)
  • CHLH 125 (1 hour)
  • Composition I or Speech Performance Course (4 hours)
  • Language Other than English (3rd level) (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (2 hours)
• Second Semester:
  • CHLH 101 (3 hours)
  • KIN 122 (3 hours)
  • Correlate Area course (3 hours)
  • Speech Performance course or Composition I (4 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)

Second Year

• First Semester:
  • CHLH 201 (3 hours)
  • CHLH 210 (2 hours)
  • Concentration course (3 hours)
  • General Education Quantitative Reasoning I (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
• Second Semester:
  • CHLH 250 (3 hours)
  • CHLH 274 (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)

Third Year

• First Semester:
  • CHLH 304 (4 hours)
  • Concentration course (3 hours)
  • Correlate Area course (3 hours)
  • Correlate Area course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • Free Elective (1 hour)
• Second Semester:
  • CHLH 410 (4 hours)
  • Correlate Area course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (2 hours)

Fourth Year

• First Semester:
  • CHLH 421 (3 hours)
  • Concentration course (1 hour)
  • Concentration course (3 hours)
  • Correlate Area course (3 hours)
  • Correlate Area Course (3 hours)
  • General Education course (3 hours)
• Second Semester:
  • CHLH 469 (3 hours)
  • Concentration course (8 hours)
  • Free Elective (3 hours)
  • Free Elective (2 hours)

Fifth Year

• First Semester:
  • CHLH 540 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 572 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 575 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 594 (4 hours)
  • Seminar (1 hour)
• Second Semester:
  • CHLH 550 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 573 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 577 (4 hours)
  • Concentration Course of Choice from Approved List (4 hours)
  • Seminar (1 hour)
• Summer Semester:
  • CHLH 587 (4 hours)
  • CHLH 589 (2 hours)

Programs in Health and Kinesiology

Undergraduate Programs

Majors

• Community Health, BS
  • optional concentrations:
    • Community Health: Health Education, BS
    • Community Health: Health Planning & Administration, BS
    • Community Health: Rehabilitation & Disability Studies, BS
• Kinesiology, BS
  • optional concentrations:
    • Kinesiology: Teacher Certification, BS
• Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS
  • optional concentrations:
    • Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Health & Aging, BS
    • Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Heath Behavior Change, BS
    • Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Health Diversity, BS
    • Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Health Technology, BS

Minors

• Disability Studies
• Health Administration
• Health Technology, Interdisciplinary
• Interdisciplinary Aging
• Kinesiology
• Public Health

Joint Programs

• Community Health, BS and Public Health, MPH
• Community Health, BS and Epidemiology, MPH
• Kinesiology, BS and Public Health, MPH
• Kinesiology, BS and Epidemiology, MPH
• Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS and Public Health, MPH
• Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS and Epidemiology, MPH

Graduate Programs

Majors

• Community Health, MS
• Community Health, PhD
• Epidemiology, MPH
• Health Administration, MHA
• Health Technology, MS
• Kinesiology, MS
• Kinesiology, PhD
• Public Health, MPH

Joint Programs

• Public Health, MPH & Community Health, PhD
• Public Health, MPH & Food Science & Human Nutrition, PhD
• Public Health, MPH & Kinesiology, PhD
• Public Health, MPH & Nutritional Science, PhD
• Public Health, MPH & Social Work, PhD
• Public Health, MPH & Urban Planning, MUP

Health and Kinesiology

Department of Health and Kinesiology Health and Kinesiology Faculty

Public Health Program

Department Head: Director of Graduate Studies: Director of Program:

Public Health

College of Applied Health Sciences

Applied Health Sciences College Applied Health Sciences College

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