Community Health is an interdisciplinary concentration through which students examine a variety of issues, including population health and disease, health policy, cross-cultural and international aspects of health, the organizational and social structures through which health services are delivered and received, and the public health system. Courses in the concentration allow students to explore the ways in which the social, political, behavioral and biological sciences contribute to the understanding of patterns of population distributions of health and disease. The concentration also provides students with courses in basic research methods and statistics necessary for problem solving and critical thinking in the emerging emphasis on evidence-based health care and public health.
| The requirements listed below are specific to the AB Community Health concentration. For the AB/MPH degree option, check this webpage (publichealth.brown.edu/graduate/prospective/joint/ab_mph/). Click on the "Required Courses" link located on the left side of the webpage. | ||
| Required Courses: | ||
| PHP 0310 | Health Care in the United States | 1 |
This course should be taken as a freshman or sophomore. | ||
| PHP 0320 | Introduction to Public Health | 1 |
This course should be taken as a freshman or sophomore. | ||
| PHP 1320 | Survey Research in Health Care | 1 |
This requirement should be fulfilled by the end of the junior year. | ||
| PHP 1910 | Community Health Senior Seminar | 1 |
This requirement should be taken during the senior year. | ||
| Environmental Health and Policy Electives (Students must select one of the following): | 1 | |
| Current Topics in Environmental Health | ||
| Environmental Health and Disease | ||
| Humans, Nature, and the Environment: Addressing Environmental Change in the 21st Century | ||
| Environmental Stewardship | ||
| Environmental Law and Policy | ||
| Environmental Health and Policy | ||
| Environmental Justice: The Science and Political Economy of Environmental Health and Social Justice | ||
| Native American Environmental Health Movements | ||
| U.S. Health Care Organization and Policy Electives (Students must select one of the following): | 1 | |
| Emergency Medical Systems: An Anatomy of Critical Performance | ||
| Case Studies in Public Health: The Role of Governments, Communities and Professions | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Macro-Organizational Theory: Organizations in Social Context | ||
| Human Needs and Social Services | ||
| Sociology of Medicine | ||
| Global Health Electives (Students must select one of the following courses): | 1 | |
| The Burden of Disease in Developing Countries | ||
| Comparative Health Care Systems | ||
| Global Health Nutrition | ||
| Culture and Health | ||
| AIDS in Global Perspective | ||
| International Health: Anthropological Perspectives | ||
| International Perspectives on NGOs, Public Health, and Health Care Inequalities | ||
| Social and Behavioral Science for Prevention Electives (Students must select one of the following): | 1 | |
| Doctors and Patients- Clinical Communication in Medicine | ||
| HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Support HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Programs | ||
| Alcohol Use and Misuse | ||
| Obesity in the 21st Century: Causes, Consequences and Countermeasures | ||
| Tobacco, Smoking, and the Evil Empire | ||
| Translation, Diffusion and Cultural Relevance of Health Promotion Interventions | ||
| Principles of Health Behavior and Health Promotion Interventions | ||
| Social Determinants of Health | ||
| Physical Activity and Public Health | ||
| Environmental and Policy Influences on the Obesity Epidemic | ||
| Behavioral and Social Approaches to HIV Prevention | ||
| Behavioral and Social Science Theory for Health Promotion | ||
| Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Working with Communities: Cultural Competence and Ethics | ||
| Social Perspectives on HIV/AIDS | ||
| Human Biology/Physiology Electives (Students must select one of the following): | 1 | |
| Principles of Nutrition | ||
| The Foundation of Living Systems | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Principles of Immunology | ||
| Principles of Physiology | ||
| The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience | ||
AP Credit for Biology satisfies this requirement. If AP credit is used to satisfy the Human Biology/Physiology Elective, another concentration elective must be taken in its place. | ||
| Statistics Electives (Students must select one of the following): | 1 | |
| Essential Statistics | ||
| Statistical Analysis of Biological Data | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Psychology (formerly COGS/PSYC 0090) | ||
| Introduction to Econometrics | ||
| Econometrics I | ||
| Statistical Methods for the Natural and Social Environmental Sciences | ||
| Probability | ||
| Political Research Methods | ||
| Introductory Statistics for Social Research | ||
AP Credit for Statistics does not satisfy this requirement. | ||
| Approved Electives (Students must select two electives): | 2 | |
| The two additional electives may be selected from the approved courses in four areas listed above (Environmental Health & Policy; US Health Organization & Policy; Global Health; or Social & Behavioral Science for Prevention) or the approved general electives listed below. | ||
| Health of Hispaniola | ||
| Addiction: The Causes, Cures and Consequences of Substance Abuse in Modern Society | ||
| Pathology to Power: Disability, Health and Community | ||
| The Race To Inner Space: Conflating Science, Politics, and Economics To Promote Brain Health | ||
| Introduction to Conducting Clinical Research | ||
| The Epidemiology of Violence and its Consequences | ||
| Bioethics and Culture | ||
| Nutrition for Fitness and Physical Activity | ||
| The Biology of AIDS | ||
| Botanical Roots of Modern Medicine | ||
| Conservation Medicine | ||
| Diet and Chronic Disease | ||
| Health Inequality in Historical Perspective | ||
| Social Contexts of Disease | ||
| Race, Difference and Biomedical Research: Historical Considerations | ||
| Human Health, the Environment, and Public Policy | ||
| Environmental Science in a Changing World | ||
| Health and Healing in American History | ||
| GIS and Public Policy | ||
| Health Policy Challenges | ||
| Nonprofit Organizations | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| HIV/AIDS: Politics, Culture and Society | ||
| Unequal From Birth: Child Health From a Social Perspective | ||
| Inequalities and Health | ||
| Perceptions of Mental Illness | ||
| Aging and the Quality of Life | ||
| Aging and Social Policy | ||
| Principles and Methods of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Military Health: The Quest for Healthy Violence | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Honors. An Honors track is available for students who qualify. Honors track students are also required to enroll in PHP 1980 in both semesters of their senior year to conduct research and write the honors thesis.
Inquiries: Sarah Hemond (Sarah_Hemond@brown.edu).