Environmental and Public Health: Prospective Students
The Health Sciences: Environmental and Public Health program is a transfer program. The first two years are done either at the McMinnville campus of Linfield College or at some other school. The last two years are completed on the Portland Campus of Linfield College.
Courses to be completed before transfering to the Portland Campus:
| PSYC 101: Survey of Psychology |
BIOL 212: Anatomy | |
| MATH 140: Introduction to Statistics | BIOL 213: Human Physiology | |
| HHPA 280: Nutrition | BIOL 361: General Microbiology* | |
| BIOL 210/211: Principles of Biology |
Recommended electives: CHEM 210/211: General Chemistry**
Human Sexuality
* BIOL 255: Principles of Microbiology, offered at the Portland Campus, also meets this requirment
** General Chemistry is very important for those intereted in careers in environmental health and also several areas of public health.
Courses to be completed on the Portland Campus:
| PSYC 312: Health Psychology | |
HSCI 431: International Health |
| HSCI 250: Intro to Public and Community Health | HSCI 440: Epidemiology | |
| HSCI 310: Research Methods | HSCI 450: Environmental Health |
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| HSCI 320: Health and Social Policy | HSCI 485: Senior Seminar | |
| HSCI 340: Health Care in America | HSCI 487: Internship (3 - 5 credits) |
At the Portland Campus students will have ample opportunity to choose electives to support their major. They may prepare themselves for careers in the workforce upon graduation and graduate studies.
Students in the major must demonstrate math and computer proficiency either by taking MATH 105 and computer applications using databases, spread sheets, word processing, and computer presentation programs or by having appropriate course work or experience that meets these requirements.
