2019-2020 Catalog

Public Health (PBHCE)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Pathway to associate degree: Professional Health Studies - General (PHSGO)

Program location:  Fort Omaha Campus, South Omaha Campus, Online

The certificate in public health is to educate front-line health workers with expertise and experience in assisting individuals and communities to navigate the U.S. community health, health care, and the entire healthcare paradigm systems; improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery; and accomplish personal prevention and health care goals. Students will have coursework in prevention and community health, emotional health care, parenting and family problem solving, and school coursework. Basic written and oral communication skills as well as fundamental quantitative skills are essential for success and are integrated throughout the curriculum. Concepts of determinants include client-centered care and decision making, accessing resources for diverse families, cultural competence, and disease self-management. The curriculum is designed to be flexible enough to accommodate differing state regulations and differing local job markets. 

 

For more information about educational cost, median loan debt, and other important Gainful Employment information related to this program, please visit our website at:  mccneb.edu/Academics/Programs-of-Study/Health-Sciences-and-Health-Technology/Public-Health.aspx

Graduation Requirements

General education  13.5
Major requirements  34.5
Total credit hours required  48.0

General education requirements (13.5 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1225Applied Communications I

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

PSYC 1120Human Growth and DevelopmentONLINE

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Any 1000-level of Mathematics

4.5

OR

FINA 1000Financial LiteracyONLINE

4.5

Major requirements for Public Health (34.5 credit hrs.)

ECED 1230School-Age Child Development and ProgrammingONLINE

3.0

ECED 1260Children's Health and NutritionONLINE

4.5

HLTH 1510Foundations of Public Health

4.5

HLTH 1520Prevention in Community Health

4.5

HLTH 2900Selected Topics

5.5

HLTH 2960Internship

6.0

PSYC 1110Parenting and Family Problem SolvingONLINE

4.5

WORK 1402Employability Skills Fundamentals

1.0

EMSP 1000Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Healthcare Providers

1.0

EMSP 1000 is required for those who do not currently hold a valid CPR/first aid card.