Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 2025-2026(Archived) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHO 101 - Introduction to Public Health3
Course Description: This course provides an overview of public health, historically and in the current era, as collective efforts to prevent disease, promote and maintain health and well-being, and protect the environment. Students will gain knowledge of a methodology for understanding the health of populations and develop critical thinking and decision-making skills in the analysis of public health issues, including through the perspective of the multiple disciplines of public health. The course will provide students with a social, political, and ecological understanding of the causation and prevention of disease with an emphasis on health issues that affect society as a whole.
ISLOs: This course supports student development of Social Responsibility, Critical Thinking, and Multicultural and Global Perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): Eligible for ENG 101
Note(s): This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education requirement.
May be offered in minimester format
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