Program Description
The Utah Tech Population Health Program develops a comprehensive framework that prepares students to successfully enter a career in the health industry or attend graduate school through an active learning environment that supports inter-professional education, innovative thinking, community engagement, and evidence-based practices.
Emphases within this degree program include:
- Healthcare Administration
- Public Health
- Long-Term Care
Program Curriculum
120 credits
Utah Tech General Education Requirements
All Utah Tech General Education requirements must be fulfilled. A previously earned degree may fulfill those requirements, but courses must be equivalent to Utah Tech's minimum General Education standards in American Institutions, English, and Mathematics.
General Education Core Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 3-7 |
| 3-5 |
| 3-6 |
| 3-10 |
| 3-5 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
Population Health Core Requirements
Public Health Emphasis Requirements
Public Health Emphasis Required Electives
Graduation Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 120 college-level credits (1000 and above).
- Complete at least 40 upper-division credits (3000 and above).
- Complete at least 30 upper-division credits at Utah Tech for institutional residency.
- Cumulative GPA 2.0 or higher.
- Minimum C- grade in all required courses and required elective courses.
BS Population Health Program Learning Outcomes
At the successful conclusion of this program, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of organizations, professionals, clinicians, and individuals and their ability to influence the measures of population health.
- Integrate information and knowledge from a variety of disciplines to evaluate selected measures of population health and develop a plan for necessary interventions for improvement.
- Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills essential for the successful operation of health organizations within the domains of transformation, execution, and people.
- Practice personal responsibility to improve population health through active engagement in real-world challenges in local, national, and global settings using principles of cultural knowledge and competence, ethical reasoning, and life-long learning.
- Construct comprehensive solutions to population health issues in a collaborative environment while demonstrating competency of inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, and information literacy.