Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 | Page 289

Course Name
Long Title
Min Credits
Description
Requisites
PUB-480
Public Health Professional Seminar
3
This course provides students with an opportunity to examine the dimensions of professionalism in public health . Students will learn keys to professional success , including networking , navigating organizational culture , contributing to an effective team , responding to varied leadership styles , setting professional goals , seeking professional development , and preparing for the Certified Health Education Specialist Exam ( CHES ). During this course , students will identify their internship site for PUB 490 , meet with their future internship site supervisor , plan their major internship project ( s ), prepare their internship learning agreement , and submit their internship proposal , specifying the scope and major projects of the internship . Limited to public health majors .
PUB-490 Public Health Internship 3
The public health internship is an opportunity for public health majors to apply the skills and knowledge they have learned in their courses , form relationships with public health professionals in the community and polish their professionalism . Each student will spend approximately of 120 hours working in a public health organization in the community ( 10 hours / week for 12 weeks ). Students ' time at the internship site should be primarily spent doing the work of a public health professional . Students will be required to submit timesheets and reflection papers throughout the internship . Students must have a signed learning agreement with the internship site that has been approved by their advisor prior to beginning the internship .
Take PUB-480 . ( Required , Previous ). | Take PUB-495 . ( Required , Concurrent ).
PUB-495 Public Health Grant Writing Capstone 3
This course is taken during the same semester as the internship . Course meetings will include time for students to discuss and reflect upon their internship experience . In addition , students will work in teams to apply their communication , planning and evaluation skills to the development and presentation of a grant proposal seeking funding for a health education or promotion intervention at an internship site or other community organization . Students will also review the content of the CHES exam and develop preparation strategies .
Take PUB-480 . ( Required , Previous ). | Take PUB-490 . ( Required , Concurrent ).