The Department of Population Health offers undergraduate degrees and opportunities for advanced study in our graduate programs, where you’ll learn about wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention from accomplished faculty in a collaborative environment and gain hands-on training both on and off campus. 

Programs

• Community Health, BS Major in
• Community Health, Minor in
• Health Science, BS Major in
• Health Science, Minor in
• Nutrition Science, Minor in

Courses

• HPR 050 - The Science of Human Nutrition
• HPR 060 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• HPR 061 - Health Through the Life Cycle
• HPR 062 - Personal and Community Health
• HPR 063 - Health Care Systems and Services
• HPR 064 - Consumer Health
• HPR 065 - Ethical, Legal and Critical Health Problems
• HPR 066 - Drugs and Alcohol
• HPR 067 - Aging and Long-Term Care
• HPR 068 - Environmental Health
• HPR 069 - Stress Management
• HPR 070 - Epidemiology
• HPR 071 - Chronic and Communicable Diseases
• HPR 072 - Service Learning in Health
• HPR 073 - Framework and Design in Healthcare Studies
• HPR 074 - Health Care Information Systems
• HPR 075 - Life Cycle Sexual Health
• HPR 076 - Medical Terminology
• HPR 077 - Social Determinants of Health
• HPR 100 - Palliative Care and Hospice
• HPR 101 - Alternative and Complementary Health Care
• HPR 113 - Food and Culture
• HPR 114 - Applied Nutrition, Diet and Exercise
• HPR 115 - Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Global Perspective
• HPR 116 - Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Community Health Programs
• HPR 117 - Health Counseling Issues
• HPR 118 - Women’s Health Issues
• HPR 119 - Introduction to Nutrition Science
• HPR 120 - Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
• HPR 121 - Principles of Food Science
• HPR 122 - Diet Therapy
• HPR 125 - Violence in Children, Family, and the Community
• HPR 126 - Current Issues and Controversies in Human Nutrition
• HPR 129 - Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Healthcare Reform
• HPR 135 - Oral Health Through the Life Cycle
• HPR 136 - Immigrant and Refugee Health
• HPR 138 - Exploring the Puerto Rican Health Care System, Population Health and Health Communication
• HPR 150 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay/Project
• HPR 152 - Readings
• HPR 157A - Field Experience: Community Health
• HPR 157B - Field Experience: Community Health
• HPR 160 - Global Health Issues
• HPR 162 - Mental Health Care and Services
• HPR 167A - Clinical Internship and Seminar
• HPR 167B - Clinical Internship and Seminar
• HPR 179 A-Z - Special Topics in Health