BS Public Health

Details & Semester Outlines for BS Public Health

Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH)

BS Public Health at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 135 credit hours of teaching (45 courses), an internship of at least six weeks (03 credit hours), and a capstone project of 03 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics

BS Nutrition and Dietetics at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 138 credit hours of teaching (46 courses), an internship of at least six weeks (03 credit hours), and a capstone project of 03 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

BS Biosciences, BS Biotechnology, BS Public Health and Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics   

Candidates are required to have 45% marks in Intermediate (FSc with Pre-Medical and FSc with Pre-Engineering) or O-Levels (minimum 8 subjects including 5 compulsory subjects; English, Urdu, Maths, Islamiyat & Pakistan Studies) and A-levels (minimum 3 subjects including any two of these subjects; Biology, Chemistry, and Physics).


Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH)

BS Public Health at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 135 credit hours of teaching (45 courses), an internship of at least six weeks (03 credit hours), and a capstone project of 03 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

First Year

Fall Semester

  • BPH 1102 English for General Purposes
  • BPH 2304 Islamic Studies/Ethics
  • BPH XXXX Probability and Biostatistics
  • BPH 1103 Life Sciences Biology
  • BPH XXXX Fundamental Mathematics / Fundamental Biology
  • BPH 1201 Basic Epidemiology

Spring Semester

  • BPH 1204 English for Academic Purposes
  • BPH 2305 Pakistan Studies
  • BPH XXXX The Science of Global Challenges
  • BPH 2404 Professional Ethics
  • BPH 2302 Community Nutrition
  • BPH XXXX Introduction to Computer Science (ITC)

Second Year

Fall Semester

  • BPH 1105 Sociology of Health and Disease
  • BPH 1203 Community Services
  • BPH XXXX Tools for Quantitative Reasoning
  • BPH 2402 Microbiology
  • BPH 3504 Primary Health Care
  • BPH XXXX Entrepreneurship

Spring Semester

  • BPH XXXX Humanities
  • BPH 2401 Medical Anthropology
  • BPH 1205 Principles of Psychology
  • BPH 2306 Personal Hygiene
  • BPH 2403 Parasitology
  • BPH XXXX Introduction to Research Methodology

Third Year

Fall Semester

  • BPH 3501 Concept of Health and Disease
  • BPH 3502 Health Promotion, Advocacy and Social Mobilization
  • BPH 3503 Population Dynamics
  • BPH 3505 Community Paediatrics
  • BPH 3602 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Spring Semester

  • BPH 3601 Environment and Occupational Health
  • BPH 3603 Health policy and Management
  • BPH XXXX Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
  • BPH 3605 Reproductive Health
  • BPH XXXX Health Information System

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

  • BPH 4702 District Health Management
  • BPH 4703 Health Planning
  • BPH 4704 Health Professional Education
  • BPH XXXX Health Economics
  • BPH XXXX Elective-I
  • BPH XXXX Elective-II

Spring Semester

  • BPH 4801 Entomology
  • BPH 4803 Health Marketing
  • BPH 4805 Mental Health
  • BPH XXXX Elective-III
  • BPH XXXX Elective-IV
  • BPH XXXX Capstone Project

ELECTIVES

  • BPH 4829 Disaster Management
  • BPH 4731 Quality Management in Health Care
  • BPH 4721 Adolescent and Sexual Health
  • BPH 4722 Art and Public Health
  • BPH 4723 Community Nursing
  • BPH 4724 Geriatrics
  • BPH 4726 Health Inventory Management
  • BPH 4727 Prison Health
  • BPH 4728 Risk Management
  • BPH 4729 School Health
  • BPH 4821 Addiction and Social Rehabilitation
  • BPH 4822 Community Dentistry
  • BPH 4823 Community Psychiatry
  • BPH 4824 Food Safety
  • BPH 4825 Health Financing
  • BPH 4826 Health Project Management
  • BPH 4827 Nuclear Medicine
  • BPH 4828 Sports Medicine
  • BPH 4804 International Health