PHSC415

Essentials of Public Health Biology: The Cell, The Individual, and Disease

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in BSCI202. Recommended: BSCI223. Restriction: Must be in Public Health Science program; and junior standing or higher. Credit only granted for: PHSC415, SPHL415 or SPHL498J. Formerly: SPHL415 and SPHL498J. Presents the basic scientific and biomedical concepts of modern public health problems and explores in depth mechanisms and models of the major categories of disease. The biologic principles presented are foundations to public health disease prevention, control, or management programs.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.49 between 2,393 students*

PHSC415 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15.21%
A: 39.36%
A+: 9.78%
B-: 5.22%
B: 10.28%
B+: 10.32%
C-: 1.5%
C: 2.42%
C+: 3.68%
D-: 0.13%
D: 0.29%
D+: 0.13%
F: 0.46%
W: 1.09%
other: 0.13%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.