Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion/Master of Public Health

General Education Program

All degree programs require completion of the General Education Curriculum. A complete description of the gen ed and its requirements are available in the General Education Curriculum section of the Daemen catalog. Courses that satisfy a portion or complete a core requirement will have such designation indicated after the course title.

This program allows students to obtain both a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and a Master in Public Health at Daemen in five years.  The BS portion of the program incorporates five MPH courses.  By successfully completing all the requirements detailed below, a student can receive a BS in four years at Daemen and an MPH after the fifth year.

BS Health Promotion/MPH Curriculum: Community Health Principles Track (BS Portion)

Health Promotion: Community Health

1. Major: 76 CREDITS

Complete the following with a C or better:

  • Chemistry –  Select One (3-4):
    • CHE101 General Chemistry (3) OR
    • CHE110 Chemistry I Lecture (4)
      • NOTE: If CHE110 is selected, free electives are adjusted/decreased by 1 credit
  • HPR102 Introduction to Health Care: Systems and Professions  (3)
  • HPR208 Health Promotion and Education (3)
  • HPR217 Nutrition for Wellness & Performance (3)
  • HPR229 Integrative Stress Management (3)
  • HPR234 Foundations of Public Health (3)
  • HPR291 Professional Development (1)
    • NOTE: CFE97 is the co-requisite to HPR291
  • HPR305 Communicating Health (3)
  • HPR311 Non-Profit Management (3)
  • HPR314 Health Policy OR PAR247 Health Law & Policy (3)
  • HPR320 Community Health Education & Disease Prevention (3)
  • HPR330 Program Planning (3)
  • HPR338 Social Determinants of Health (3)
  • HPR415 Health Research Design and Methodology (3)
  • NSC203 Health Statistics (3)
  • PH500 Epidemiology (3)
  • PH510 Psychosocial and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health (3)
  • Communications (3) (This does not require min. grade C)
    • Select One: CMP212, CMP217, CMP301, CMP317, CMP318
  • Service Learning (3) (This does not require min. grade C)
  • CMP101 Composition (3)
  • 18 credits of Community Health Electives (see list below)

3. General Education Curriculum: 36 CREDITS

  • First Year Seminar (3)
  • Learning Communities (6)
  • Depth- Discoveries (9)
  • Breadth- Exploration:
    • Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
      • MTH124 College Algebra (3)*
      • BIO103 Human Biology (3) OR BIO109 General Biology I Lecture (3) OR BIO109/BIO109L General Biology I Lecture/Lab (3/1)*
        • NOTE: If BIO109/BIO109L is selected, free electives are adjusted/decreased by 1 credit
    • Social Sciences:
      • PSY103 Intro to Psychological Science (3)*
      • Choose one course from: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, and Sociology. (3)
    • Humanities:
      • Choose two courses from: Art, English, Language (French or Spanish), Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Theater. (6)
    • *Minimum grade of C or better required.

4. Free Electives: 8 CREDITS

Community Health Electives

Take 9 credits:

  • PH530 Environmental Health (3)
  • PH585 Trauma-Informed Approach to Health (3)
  • PH595 Cultural Competence/Health Disparity (3)

Choose an additional 9 credits:

  • ACC224 Financial Accounting (3)
  • BA211 Effective Business Communications (3)
  • BA350 Business Law I (3)
  • BIO117 Human Nutrition (3)
  • BIO207/L Anatomy & Physiology I (4/0)
  • BIO208/L Anatomy & Physiology II (4/0)
  • BIO330/L General Anatomy (4/0)
  • BIO340/L General Physiology (4/0)
  • CFE Career Field Experience, Internship (3)
  • HPR104 Introduction to Mindfulness (1)
  • HPR105 Introduction to Weight Training (1)
  • HPR200 CPR and Emergency Health Care (2)
  • HPR213 Foundations of Yoga (2)
  • HPR219 Health Systems Management (3)
  • HPR308 Environmental Health (3)
  • HPR335 Global Health (3)
  • HPR352 Grant Writing (3)
  • HSC112 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan (3)
  • HSC221 Issues in Women’s Health (3)
  • HSC233 Herbs, Drugs, Supplements, and the Body (3)
  • IND338/SUST338 Food and Agriculture Issues (3)
  • IND351/SUST351 Urban Planning and Community Development (3)
  • MGT208 Principles of Management (3)
  • MGT260 Introduction to Sport Management (3)
  • MKT209 Principles of Marketing (3)
  • NUR222/PHI222 Healing, Holism & Spirituality in Health Care (3)
  • NUR316 Holistic Perspectives (3)
  • PHI321 Medical Ethics (3)
  • PSC214 Introduction to Refugee Studies (3)
  • PSY210 Social Psychology (3)
  • PSY215 Cognitive Psychology (3)
  • PSY219 Psychology of Mental Illness (3)
  • PSY220 Life Span Development (3)
  • PSY304 Counseling and Interviewing (3)
  • PSY314 Theories of Personality (3)
  • PSY380 Drugs and Behavior (3)
  • SOC201 Introductory Sociology (3)
  • SOC209 Social Problems (3)
  • SOC217/SW217 Alcoholism, Substance Abuses & Other Addictions (3)
  • SOC224 Ethnicity, Race & Cultural Diversity (3)
  • SOC232/SW232 The Aging Process: An Introduction to Gerontology (3)
  • SOC243/SW243 Child Welfare Policy & Services (3)
  • SOC303 Sociology of the Family (3)
  • SOC327/SW327 Death, Dying, and Bereavement (3)
  • SOC328 Basic Training in Military Culture (3)
  • SPA110 Spanish for Health Professionals (3)
  • SPA210 Advanced Spanish for the Health Professional (3)
  • SUST310/ENS310 Global Water Issues (3)
TOTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BS PORTION OF THE CURRICULUM = 120 CREDITS

Requirements for the MPH Portion of the BS Health Promotion/MPH Curriculum

NOTE: Some courses listed in the direct entry MPH will be taken concurrently with BS studies.  They are listed above.

Required Courses (14 credits)

  • PH520  Research Methods in Health Promotion (3)
  • PH540/L  Public Health Biostatistics Lecture and Lab (3/2)
  • PH550  Public Health Policy, Administration, and Management (3)
  • PH590 Foundations of Public Health Ethics and Advocacy (3)

Required Focus Courses (9 credits)

Select two skill-based electives (6 credits):

  • PH512 Public Health Nutrition (3)
  • PH563 Program Planning & Evaluation (3)
  • PH570 Advanced Quantitative Analysis (3)
  • PH583 Project Management and Leadership in Public Health (3)
  • PH586 Qualitative Methods (3)
  • PH589 Grant Writing and Scholarship Dissemination (3)

Select one top-based Elective (3 credits):

  • PH542 Public Health Law (3)
  • PH560 Community Health Education (3)
  • PH568 Advanced Epidemiology (3)
  • PH572 Chronic Disease (3)
  • PH574 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
  • PH580 Perinatal/Perinatal/Reproductive (3)
  • PH591 Global Health Policy (3)
    • Note: May choose another Public Health course application from a different department with Department Chair approval.

Practicum (3 credits)

Under the direction of a faculty advisor, students complete a practicum in order to apply and to further develop their academic skills. Each practicum requires a minimum of 240 hours of documented work and a minimum number of designated weeks at the practicum site.  In line with the service learning focus of Daemen University, the practicum, is a concerted effort to integrate classroom learning, community, and service, providing students an opportunity to work alongside members of and in service to the community, and to begin creating a network of colleagues outside of the University.

  • PH600 Practicum (3)

Capstone Seminar (1 credit) and Capstone Project (3 credits)

The capstone seminar (PH610) provides a supportive setting to help prepare students to identify and plan for their capstone project. The capstone project is a culminating experience that provides students the opportunity to synthesize, integrate, and apply their curricular knowledge to a significant public health problem, and like the practicum, is completed in collaboration with a community partner.

  • PH610 Capstone Seminar (1)
  • PH620 Capstone (3)

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MPH PORTION= 30 CREDITS

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: BS (120); MPH (30) = 150 CREDITS

Program Structure

  1. This program leads to multiple degrees. Degrees are conferred separately: the BS, upon completion of all baccalaureate requirements; the MPH upon completion of the entire BS and MPH requirements.
  2. Prior to the start of the Professional phase (Year 4) of the program, all course work referenced in the first 3 years must be completed in full.

Admission to Upper Division Requirements/ Professional Phase begins at the end of 3rd year.

  1. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) minimum of 3.0.
  2. Students must successfully complete Biology and Chemistry, Service Learning, CMP101, MTH124 (or equivalent), NSC203, HPR102, HPR208 and HPR320, with a grade of C or higher before advancing.
  3. Students must achieve a grade of C or higher in all courses in the Health Promotion portion of the curriculum, including departmental requirements in the Major and Specialization. Students may not have any courses in this area which need to be retaken in order to earn the minimum grade of C or better.
  4. GRE is waived.

Requirements During the 4th Year

  1. Students must receive a B- or higher in all PH courses and a C or higher in HPR415 during the 4th year, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA)  of 3.0 in order to progress to the 5th year and official entry into the MPH program.  Students who do not achieve these requirements during the fourth year will not be permitted to continue to the 5th year of study and official entry into the MPH program.  However, a grade of C or higher in PH courses will still apply to complete requirements for the BS Health Promotion degree.   Upon completion of the BS Health Promotion or other selected degree, a student may then re-apply to the MPH program as a direct entry student and would need to retake any necessary courses and meet all MPH course grade requirements.

Graduation Requirements

  1. A minimum grade of C or higher in all courses in BS Health Promotion portion of the curriculum. This includes all courses in the Major and the Specialization.
  2. A minimum grade of B- or higher in all PH courses and cumulative GPA of 3.0 during the 4th year.
  3. In the 5th year, while officially in the MPH program, a minimum grade of B- in all courses and an overall minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00.  Refer to  Course Repeats, Probation, and Dismissal in the Master of Public Health section of the Graduate Catalog  for academic policies during year 5 of study.

Suggested Course Sequence

Access the suggested course sequence for the BS/MPH, Health Promotion Community Health Specialization/Master of Public Health.