BS Public Health

Program Structure

BS Public Health is designed to provide students with the skills to improve community’s health status that will be obtained through provision of high quality education and training. Graduates will also be equipped with the expertise of planning and executing research projects, analyzing data and interpreting its results. After completing BS Public Health, graduates will get opportunities to pursue their professional as well as academic career at various institutions.

Duration

4 Years (8 semester)

Eligibility Criteria

45% marks in Intermediate (HSSC) or equivalent

Scheme of Studies

Semester-1
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
100-BSPH-C1 Biotechnology English I 3-0
100-BSPH-C5 Biotechnology Pakistan Studies 2-0
100-BSPH-C7 Biotechnology Mathematics I 3-0
100-BSPH-G1 Molecular Biology Life Sciences Biology 3-0
110-BSPH-G2 Molecular Biology Sociology of Health and Disease 3-0
100-BSPH-C9 Biotechnology Basic Computer Skills 3-0
Semester-2
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
100-BSPH-C2 Biotechnology English II 3-0
100-BSPH-C6 Biotechnology Islamic Studies/Ethics 2-0
100-BSPH-C8 Biotechnology Basic Statistics 3-0
110-BSPH-G3 Molecular Biology Principles of Psychology 3-0
110-BSPH-G4 Molecular Biology Medical Anthropology 3-0
120-BSPH-F1 Fundamentals of Microbiology Personal Hygiene 3-0
Semester-3
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
100-BSPH-C3 Biotechnology English III 3-0
120-BSPH-F3 Fundamentals of Microbiology Basic Epidemiology 3-0
110-BSPH-G5 Molecular Biology Population Dynamics 3-0
110-BSPH-G6 Molecular Biology Primary Health Care 3-0
120-BSPH-F2 Fundamentals of Microbiology Concept of Health and Disease 3-0
Semester-4
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
100-BSPH-C4 Biotechnology English IV 3-0
110-BSPH-G7 Molecular Biology Professional Ethics 3-0
130-BSPH-M7 Bio-security and Bio-safety Applied Epidemiology 3-0
120-BSPH-F4 Fundamentals of Microbiology Basic Biostatistics 3-0
120-BSPH-F5 Fundamentals of Microbiology Health Promotion, Advocacy & Social Mobilization 3-0
Semester-5
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
120-BSPH-F6 Fundamentals of Microbiology Community Nutrition 3-0
120-BSPH-F7 Fundamentals of Microbiology Community Pediatrics 3-0
120-BSPH-F11 Fundamentals of Microbiology Fundamental Principles of Infectious Disease 3-0
130-BSPH-M2 Bio-security and Bio-safety Communicable Disease Epidemiology 3-0
130-BSPH-M3 Bio-security and Bio-safety Non Communicable Disease Epidemiology 3-0
Semester-6
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
120-BSPH-F8 Fundamentals of Microbiology Reproductive Health 3-0
120-BSPH-F9 Fundamentals of Microbiology Environment& Occupational Health 3-0
130-BSPH-M4 Bio-security and Bio-safety Health Policy and Management 3-0
130-BSPH-M5 Bio-security and Bio-safety Health Planning 3-0
130-BSPH-M6 Bio-security and Bio-safety District Health Management 3-0
130-BSPH-M12 Bio-security and Bio-safety Health Professional Education 3-0
Semester-7
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
120-BSPH-F10 Fundamentals of Microbiology Mental Health 3-0
130-BSPH-M8 Bio-security and Bio-safety Research Methodology 3-0
140-BSPH-E17 Plant Physiology Sports Medicine 3-0
140-BSPH-E8 Plant Physiology Health Information System 3-0
130-BSPH-M15 Bio-security and Bio-safety Research Project 3-0
130-BSPH-M1 Bio-security and Bio-safety Health Marketing 3-0
Semester-8
Course Code Category Course Title Cr.Hrs. Prerequisites
130-BSPH-M9 Bio-security and Bio-safety Microbiology 3-0
130-BSPH-M10 Bio-security and Bio-safety Entomology 3-0
130-BSPH-M11 Bio-security and Bio-safety Parasitology 3-0
140-BSPH-E15 Plant Physiology Addiction and Social Rehabilitation 3-0
140-BSPH-E3 Elective-I Health Economics 3-0
130-BSPH-M15 Bio-security and Bio-safety Research Project 3-0

Degree Completion Requirements

Students must pass course work of 133 credit hours including 6 credit hour thesis writing Passing CGPA on the scale of 4.0 is set at 2.0