Discover how a Bachelor’s degree in Community Health can support your calling to serve others.
A Bachelor’s degree in Community Health expands your knowledge of health-related fields and prepares you to serve diverse populations. You’ll have the opportunity to tailor your coursework by choosing from concentrations in Gerontology, Human Services, Public Health, Women’s Health and Health Care Business. A traditional option for those with no transfer credit and a post-associate degree option for those with their associate’s degree are available. Dual degree options for students in Physical Therapist Assistant/Community Health and Radiography/Community Health are also available.
The Community Health program is designed for three primary audiences:
The interdisciplinary curriculum of the Community Health program includes courses that address vulnerable populations, health literacy and patient advocacy, legal and ethical implications, environmental and cultural influences on health, trauma informed care, and grant writing. As you move deeper within the program, you will select from the following concentrations to increase your knowledge base:
In the final two semesters of the program, you will integrate classroom material with hands-on experience at an agency or organization of your choice. This 135-hour fieldwork component allows you to work in and observe all aspects of the agency, develop advanced skills, apply concepts from your classes, and gain practical experience in your chosen concentration. You will develop a project that incorporates your course work and fieldwork experiences in the Capstone course taken your final semester.
The Community Health program is also ideal for students who have obtained or are in the process of obtaining an associate’s degree at Clarkson College. The major benefit of this dual degree option is that it allows students to apply their credit hours earned in their associate’s degree program toward their Bachelor’s degree in Community Health. Students enrolled in the Dual Degree program select one of the above concentrations as their focus (see curriculum plan for details). This route enables students to complete the bachelor’s degree in as few as three to four additional semesters.
Dual Degree Options:
12 / 13 semester hours Post-Associate Degree students will receive up to 12 direct transfer credits in this section.
Courses | Semester Hours |
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EN 101 - English Composition I | 3 |
EN 102 - English Composition II | 3 |
PY 101 - Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
MA 130 - College Algebra | 3 |
GEN 101 - Strategies for Success | 1 |
Total Semester Hours 12/13*
*GEN 101 only required for New Student Experience or Conditional Acceptance
(26 semester hours)
Students choose one course from each of the following Core groups (9 semester hours): Intercultural Communication (IC) Humanities (HU) Ethics, Empathy, and Advocacy (EA)
Courses | Semester Hours |
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◊ IC Core - Intercultural Communication | 3 |
HU Core - Humanities | 3 |
EA Core - Ethics, Empathy, and Advocacy | 3 |
Total Semester Hours | 9 |
(9 semester hours)
Courses | Semester Hours |
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◊ CHL 405 - Advocacy and Health Literacy | 3 |
CHL 410 - Community Health Fieldwork (concentration related) | 3 |
CHL 420 - Community Health Capstone (concentration related) | 3 |
Total Semester Hours | 9 |
Additional Major Courses
Traditional students choose four of the five concentration areas to complete.
Post-Associate degree students choose one of the five concentration areas to complete.
Dual Degree students choose one of the five concentration areas to complete.
(18 semester hours)
(18 semester hours)
(18 semester hours)
Courses | Semester Hours |
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HC 220 - Gerontology | 2 |
CHL 241 - Programs, Services and Policies in Aging | 3 |
EA 205 - Death and Dying | 3 |
CHL 330 - Health and Physical Aspects of Aging | 3 |
CHL 333 - Psychological and Social Aspects of Aging | 3 |
CHL 334 - Managing Care of the Older Adult | 3 |
CHL 335 - Seminar in Gerontology | 1 |
Total Semester Hours | 18 |
(18 semester hours)
(18 semester hours)
Courses | Semester Hours |
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HM 260 - Data Management and Analytics | 3 |
BU 199 - Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
BU 210 - Business Communications | 3 |
BU 306 - Principles of Management | 3 |
Total Semester Hours | 12 |
Students choose two of the following electives:
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