BPH Core Courses and Approved Electives

Core Courses

All students in the BPH program are required to complete the courses listed below (as of Summer B 2024).

College Approved Electives

  • CLP 4134 Intro to Clinical/Pediatric Psychology (3 credits)
  • CLP 4314 Intro to Health Psychology (3 credits)
  • HSC 4507 Environmental Toxicology Applications in Public Health (3 credits)
  • HSC 4558 Survey of Disease and Disability 2 (3 credits)
  • HSC 4600 Psychiatric Disorders (3 credits)
  • HSC 4643 Access and Rehabilitation in Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)
  • PHC 3453 Arts in Public Health (3 credits)
  • PHC 3678 Global Health Disparities (online) (3 credits)
  • PHC 4309 Climate Change (3 credits)
  • SPA 3800 Scientific Thinking (3 credits)
  • HSC 4247 Disinformation and Misinformation in Health Care (3 credits)
  • OTH 3282 Multicultural Perspectives on Participation and Health (3 credits)
  • PSY 4930 Special Topics in Psych: Adherence in Pediatric Chronic Illness Populations (3 credits)
  • PSY 4930 Special Topics in Psych: Neuroimaging Applications & An (3 credits)
  • PSY 4930 Special Topics in Psych: Resilience in Children with Chronic Health Conditions (3 credits)
  • HSC 3801 Clinical Observation (1-4 credits)
  • HSC 4905 Independent Study (1-4 credits)
  • HSC 4913 Supervised Research (1-4 credits)

The courses below count toward the Public Health major’s College Approved Elective (CAE) requirement, but are required as part of other UF majors, minors, or certificate programs. Public Health students may take the courses if 1) they have the required prerequisite course(s), and 2) space is available after the students whose programs require the course have registered. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

  • CLP 4302 Intro to Clinical Psychology
  • CLP 4420 Intro to Neuropsychology
  • CLP 4421C Clinical and Behavioral Neuroanatomy with Lab (4 credits)
  • HSC 3502 Survey of Disease and Disability 1
  • HSC 4064 Wearable Technology, Robotics, and AI for Health
  • OTH 3416 Pathophysiology
  • PHC 3621 Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: Who’s Protecting Our Health
  • PHC 3793 Higher Thinking for Healthy Humans: AI in Public Health and Healthcare
  • PHC 4792 Data Visualization in the Health Sciences
  • PHC 4796C Artificial Intelligence in Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • RCS 4451 Public Health Aspects of Substance Abuse
  • SPA 3011 Speech Acoustics
  • SPA 3101 Speech Anatomy and Physiology
  • SPA 3475 Deaf Culture in America
  • SPA 4004 Language Development
  • SPA 4106 Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation
  • SPA 4250 Intro to Speech Disorders
  • SPA 4302 Intro to Audiology and Hearing
  • SPA 4321 Audiologic Rehabilitation
  • SPA 4400 Intro to Language Disorders