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The undergraduate program in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Studies provides a well-rounded, professionally focused education
leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.
The program considers the behavioral, sociocultural, psychological,
and biological factors that contribute to wellness and disease.
It is an ideal major for students who are interested in pursuing
careers or advanced study in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, epidemiology,
public health, health psychology and other allied health fields.
All students are required to participate in research with faculty
or to work in an internship in order to graduate. This unparalleled
opportunity allows students to apply the knowledge they gain in
the classroom to hands-on fieldwork.
Health Promotion students interested in graduate study in public health, biostatistsics, or molecular epidemiology are able
to apply to progressive degree programs that allow students to begin graduate coursework before their undergraduate degrees are complete. Furthermore, students pursuing majors in other
departments within the university can earn minors in Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention,
Health Communication, Nutrition and Health Promotion, or Cultural Compettence in Medicine.
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies major is the
first and only undergraduate major housed within the Keck School
of Medicine. Students interested in admission to the Health Promotion
program must apply through USC's general application process. The
POST Code for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention is 1005. To
learn more about USC's admission process, please go to http://www.usc.edu/admission/.
For a detailed list of program requirements and descriptions of courses, please see the Catalogue.
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Science degree is awarded after students successfully
complete 128 units, consisting of 66 units for the major and fulfillment
of USC general education requirements including third semester equivalency
in a foreign language.
General Education Requirements
The university's general education program provides a coherent,
integrated introduction to the breadth of knowledge you will need
to consider yourself (and to be considered by other people) a generally
well-educated person. This new program requires six courses in different
categories, plus writing and diversity requirements, which are described
in detail the Catalogue.
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