Undergraduate Classes and Requirements

The University of New Mexico College of Population Health offers a Bachelor of Science in Population Health (B.S.) and an undergraduate minor in Population Health.

The Bachelor of Science in Population Health spans medical and health professions and public health, community health, and health education. The Population Health major is the liaison between the study of healthcare systems, finance, health policy and health law, with prevention and wellness in communities.

The undergraduate minor in Population Health offers students the opportunity to implement their major with a focus on population health topics.

Degree Requirements and Courses

Full course descriptions for both the Bachelor of Science and minor can be found in the university catalog.

The B.S. in Population Health is granted to students upon fulfillment of the following:

• Completion of 120 credit hours of course work of the prescribed curriculum.
• Completion of the University of New Mexico Core Curriculum.
• Completion of at least 42 credit hours of upper-division course work. Such courses are numbered 300 or above.
• Compliance with the minimum residence requirements, as stated in the Undergraduate Program section of this Catalog.
• Areas of focus/minor credit hours may vary from 12-18 hours depending on the selected topic.
• Maintenance of an overall minimum GPA of 2.00.