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4. Community Health 180 Internship
5. An introductory statistics course
6. A course in “Inquiry and Evidence”
Courses meeting the statistics and “Inquiry and
Evidence” requirements are available at the
Community Health Program website.
The four remaining electives are selected from a
diverse mix of courses. All CHP majors are required
to take four electives across three clusters: Science
of Health, Frameworks for Understanding Health,
and Health/Health Care Policy. Students must at
least complete one course in each cluster (see
below). At least one of these four courses must be
approved as a Research course and at least one must
be approved as a Comparative/Cross-cultural
Course.
1. Science of HEALTH
One course in the Science of Health cluster.
The sciences have a particular lens for looking at
health issues that focuses on the biological or technological
causes and cures for disease. Although
health and health care result from a complex mix of
biological, social, political, and cultural phenomena,
anyone claiming a thorough knowledge of health
issues must have some basic knowledge of the
scientific/technological framework for looking at
them.
2. FRAMEWORKS for UNDERSTANDING HEALTH
One course in the Frameworks for Understanding
Health cluster.
In Community Health 1 and 2 students are
introduced to a broad range of health concepts and
health areas. By taking at least one course in this
cluster, students will have an opportunity to explore
one area in greater depth.
3. HEALTH/HEALTH Care POLICY
One course in the Health/Health Care Policy
cluster.
The policy environment controls how resources are
distributed and helps to determine how communities
perceive their options. Students need to
understand current U.S. and/or international policy
and have the opportunity to learn methods for
developing further understanding.
Cross-cultural or COMPARATIVE VIEWS of
HEALTH
CHP majors are required to take at least one
course with a cross-cultural or comparative focus
that encourages understanding health in different
cultures or communities.
Research
All CHP majors must complete a major research
paper or project. This requirement can be satisfied
by taking a course with a research component, by
completing a research-based fieldwork or independent
study focused on health, or by completing a
thesis focused on health issues. Students may
petition to have an independent study (conducted
under Community Health 193) or a fieldwork
experience (conducted under Community Health
199) count toward the Research requirement if the
student’s project has a substantial research component.
Such a course will be assigned to a cluster
depending on the topic. Work completed in
Sociology 102, Civil and Environmental Engineering
164, or Community Health 197/198 will
similarly be assigned to a cluster based on the topic
of the research. Students may petition to have
honors theses or independent studies from their
primary major count toward the Research requirement
if the project involves research in a health area
and a member of the CHP faculty is on the
student’s committee. Permission to count such a
course must be obtained in advance.
In accordance with university rules, students
may not double count more than half of their
primary major credits with their second major.
Students may petition courses taken abroad for
major credit but no more than three courses taken
at other institutions may count toward the major.
Students may petition a course to count for major
credit when they have a course syllabus, which is
typically after they return. This process is a separate
one from that of transferring the credit to Tufts,
which students do through the online system. The
CH Transfer of Credit representative will advise
them on what will likely count for CH credit.
Experiential Learning: Internship
The internship is an integral part of the CHP. For
many students, the 150-hour internship proves to
be one of the most valuable learning experiences in
the program, establishing a link between theory and
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