BPH490 Applied Public Health Experience-Capstone (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): Completion of all required BPH courses and general education requirements must be completed or taken concurrently.
This summative course integrates the skills and knowledge developed in previous coursework and applies them to a practice-based project.  Students select a focused problem, challenge, or question pertaining to the practice of public health. This full semester course includes a public health field experience, a research paper, and a final presentation related to the student’s professional goals.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Describe the social, behavioral, and cultural frameworks in public health that promote positive change within a focused aspect of the discipline.
2. Analyze the impact of public health strategies on a local problem and relate this to regional and global problems.        
3. Synthesize related literature on a focused public health topic into written and verbal summaries.
4. Summarize the challenges and opportunities that affect the public health within one or more public health agencies.
5. Create professional goals and career development strategies designed to impact the job seeking process for the individual student.