BS Public Health

Details & Semester Outlines for BS Public Health

BS Public Health at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 132 credit hours of teaching (42 courses), an internship of at least six weeks, and a research report of 6 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

First Year

Fall Semester

Life Sciences Biology
English for General Purposes
Mathematics
Sociology of Health and Disease
Basic Statistics

Spring Semester

Basic Epidemiology
English for Academic Purposes
Biostatistics
Community Services
Principles of Psychology

Second Year

Fall Semester

English for Professional Purposes
Basic Computer Skills
Community Nutrition
Pakistan Studies
Islamic Studies/Ethics

Spring Semester

Microbiology
Medical Anthropology
Professional Ethics
Parasitology
Personal Hygiene

Third Year

Fall Semester

Population Dynamics
Primary Health Care
Concept of Health and Disease
Health Promotion, Advocacy and Social Mobilization
Community Pediatrics
Fundamental Principles of Infectious Diseases

Spring Semester

Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Non-Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
Reproductive Health
Research Methodology
Environment and Occupational Health
Health policy and Management

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Health Planning
Health Professional Education
District Health Management
Quality Management in Health Care
Disaster Management
Research Report-I

Spring Semester

Mental Health
Health Marketing
Entomology
Health Economics
International Health
Research Report-II

ELECTIVES

Prison Health
Health Financing
Health Inventory Management
School Health
Health Information System
Health Project Management
Art and Public Health
Community Dentistry
Community Psychiatry
Community Nursing
Food Safety
Addiction and Social Rehabilitation
Nuclear Medicine
Sports Medicine
Adolescent and Sexual Health
Risk Management
Geriatrics