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:
- Health Care 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.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 3-7 |
| 3-5 |
| 3-6 |
| 3-10 |
| 3-5 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3-5 |
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.