Required courses

Required courses*

Please visit UVic’s Undergraduate Calendar for course descriptions and more information. Refer to the BA in Public Health program plan to see when you need to take each course.

Core Courses (18.0 units)

  • HLTH 252 (1.5) Principles of Public and Population Health
  • HLTH 253 (1.5) Introduction to Indigenous Health in Canada
  • HLTH 300 (1.5) Social Determinants of Health
  • HLTH 301 (1.5) Health Systems in Canada
  • HLTH 320 (1.5) Health Program Planning and Project Management
  • HLTH 350 (1.5) Health Research Literacy
  • HLTH 351 (1.5) Practice of Evaluation Research
  • HLTH 360 (1.5) Health Promotion
  • HLTH 425 (1.5) Introductory Statistics
  • HLTH 401 (1.5) Health Policy and Health Governance
  • HLTH 403 (1.5) Community Centred Public Health
  • HLTH 404 (1.5) Inter-Professional Practice

Practicum and Culminating Major Paper

  • HLTH 430 (3.0) Practicum
  • HLTH 435 (3.0) Culminating Major Paper

Elective (1.5)

The intent is for students to select electives that enhance their Bachelor of Arts in Public Health course work. The elective can be a course at UVic or transferable to UVic, at the 200-level or above.

Areas of Focus (4.5 units)

Students select one of the following four areas:

Ageing

Complete all of:

  • AGEI 472 (1.5) Healthy Ageing
  • AGEI 473 (1.5) Chronic Disease and Ageing
  • HLTH 405 (1.5) Advocacy for Ageing and Disability in Canadian Society

Disability Studies

Complete all of:

  • DSST 440 (1.5) Introduction to Disability Studies
  • HLTH 405 (1.5) Advocacy for Ageing and Disability in Canadian Society

Complete one of:

  • AGEI 472 (1.5) Healthy Ageing
  • AGEI 473 (1.5) Chronic Disease and Ageing
  • CYC 464 (1.5) Disability Studies and CYC Praxis
  • HLTH 402 (1.5) Health and Community Supportive Technologies
  • INGH 452 (1.5) Indigenous Understandings of Healing and Wellness
  • INGH 453 (1.5) Wise Practices in Indigenous Community Health
  • INTS 462 (1.5) The Role of Knowledge in Global Health
  • SOCW 469 (1.5) Intersectionality in Disability Theory, Policy, and Practice

Indigenous Peoples' Health

Complete all of:

  • INGH 452 (1.5) Indigenous Understandings of Healing and Wellness
  • INGH 453 (1.5) Wise Practices in Indigenous Community Health
  • HLTH 406 (1.5) Indigenous Global Health

International and Global Health and Human Development

Complete all of:

  • INTS 460 (1.5) Foundations in International and Global Health
  • INTS 462 (1.5) The Role of Knowledge in Global Health
  • HLTH 406 (1.5) Indigenous Global Health

*Please view the BA Program Plan for a recommended sequence of courses. Please be aware this program plan may vary depending on your year of enrollment.