Department of Public Health

Bachelor’s Degree

Department Introduction

The department offers five public health-related programs. They are Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Administration and Management, and Social Behavioral Science. The department also places equal emphasis on these five fields and encourages learning by providing students with interdisciplinary learning opportunities, such as dual degree programs, double majors, and minors.

Students must take internship training and complete a research project in their junior and senior years. The internship training is for students to practice their public health learning. The research project is to train students with public health-related skills in implementation, coordination, and communication.

Future Career

Seek employment:

    • Students may work for the government in the environmental, occupational, or healthcare area. They can also choose to join research institutions, such as universities, National Health Research Institutes, etc.
    • Students may consider working at healthcare organizations, long-term care institutions, or non-profit organizations. They can also choose to work in other related fields, such as conducting clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies.
    • Students may think about marketing work in insurance companies, medical instrument companies, health examination centers, etc.

Obtain professional licenses:

There is a wide range of licenses for our students to choose from, such as public health specialists, health service administrators, health care technicians, environmental protection technicians, environmental protection administrators, environmental engineers, occupational health managers, occupational safety and health administrators, occupational health technicians, Class A and B air pollution control personnel, Class A and B toxic chemical substance management personnel, Class A and B wastewater treatment personnel, Class A and B waste removal (treatment) technicians, Class A and B technicians for monitoring operations with chemical substances, Class A and B technicians for monitoring processes with physical agents, etc.

Pursue advanced studies:

Students may choose to study in the master’s or Ph.D. programs in public health, environmental health, environmental medicine, epidemiology, health policy and management, healthcare management, preventive medicine, social welfare, healthcare administration, industrial hygiene, biostatistics, etc.

Language of Instruction

Chinese

Documents to Be Submitted

  • Autobiography in English
  • The Chinese Proficiency Test must be taken within the last two years, and the score meets the international or their governmental standard
  • For prospective students from non-English speaking countries, the English Proficiency Test must be taken within last two years, and the score meets the international or their governmental standard
  • The Chinese Proficiency Test must be taken within the last
    two years, and the score meets the international or their
    governmental standard:
    ․Level A2 of the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
    (TOCFL);
    ․Level 4 of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK); or
    ․Level A2 of the Common European Framework of
    Reference for Language (CEFR).

Evaluation Criteria

  • Chinese Proficiency Test result and English Proficiency Test result (students from non-English speaking countries must provide)：50%
  • Other documents：50%

Remarks

Website：http://www.ph.tcu.edu.tw/

醫學院
College of Medicine

學生餐廳 / 每天
Student Cafeteria / Day

生活費 / 每月
Living Cost / Month

宿舍費 / 每學期
Dormitory / Semester

$48,849~$61,975

$65（校本部 Main Campus）

$91（人社院校區 Jieren Campus）

$5,000~$10,000

$8,200

 

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

Education for Life

2

University Requirement

Chinese Reading and Writing

School Basic Course

2

 

Basic English Course

 

2

 

Programming Course

2

 

General Chemistry

 

2

 

General Chemistry Lab

Foundation Course

1

 

Introduction to Public Health

 

2

Department Requirement

Management

Health Administration and Management

2

 

 

General Biology

 

2

 

 

General Biology Lab

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

1

 

Introduction to Environmental Science

 

2

 

Electives

Sexuality Education

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2

 

Calculus

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

Tzu Chi Humanities and Service Learning

 

2

University Requirement

Physical Activity & Health

School Basic Course

2

 

Foreign Language Courses

2

 

General Studies: 10 credits of school core, 18 credits of electives in total

 

2

 

Introduction to Taiwan Aborigines

 

2

 

Career planning in Public Health

Foundation Course

1

Department Requirement

Sociology

 

2

 

Psychology

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2

 

 

Biostatistics (Ⅰ)

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

Electives

Organic Chemistry

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

University Requirement

General Studies: 10 credits of school core, 18 credits of electives in total

School Basic Course

2

 

Demographic and Health Statistics

Health Administration and Management

2

Department Requirement

Policy and Management of Public Health

2

 

Biostatistics (Ⅱ)

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

 

Epidemiology (Ⅰ)

 

2

 

Environmental Health

2

 

Introduction to Biochemistry

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

 

Elective

Vector Control

 

2

 

 

Mental disorders prevention

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

University Requirement

General Studies: 10 credits of school core, 18 credits of electives in total

School Basic Course

2

 

Physiology

 

2

Department Requirement

Physiology Lab

Foundation Course

1

 

Epidemiology (Ⅱ)

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

 

Microbiology and Immunology

 

3

 

Experimental Biotechnoloby

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

 

Electives

Human Factors

 

2

 

Substance Abuse Education

 

2

Department Requirement

Health Promotion and Education

Social and Behavioral Sciences

3

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

 Internship of Public Health(Ⅰ)

 

2

Department Requirement

Public Health Research

Foundation Course

1

 

Occupational Health

 

2

 

Food Safety and Hygiene

 

2

Sanitary Chemistry (with Practice)

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

3

Electives

Industrial and Environmental Toxicology

 

2

 

 

Radiation Safety

 

2

Department Requirement

Economics

 

2

Health Care Service Institutes Management

Health Administration and Management

2

Health Insurance

 

2

The Redesign of Community-Based Daily Life for Geriatric

 

2

Electives

Introduction to Health Psychology

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2

Health Promoting School

 

2

Basic Concepts of Data Science

 

3

 

Practice of Statistical Software

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

 

Applied Epidemiology

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

Special Topic of Public Health Research (Ⅰ)

 

1

 

Department Requirement

Nutrition

 

2

 

Public Health Regulation

Foundation Course

2

 

 

Emergency Care

 

3

Electives

Parasitology

 

3

 

Medicated Healthy Diet

 

2

Department Requirement

Planning and Evaluation of Health Service

 

2

 

Applied Health Insurance

 

2

Principles of Accounting

Health Administration and Management

2

 

Health Risk Management of Seniors

 

2

 

Health Care Quality and Management

 

2

 

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

Electives

Occupational Disease

 

2

 

Consummer Health

Social and Behavioral Sciences

3

 

Data query and analysis: SQL and R language

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2

 

Data Processing Practice

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

University Requirement

General Studies: 10 credits of school core, 18 credits of electives in total

School Basic Course

2

Special Topic of Public Health Research (Ⅱ)

Foundation Course

1

Department Requirement

Internship of Public Health (Ⅱ)

 

3

 

Community Health

Social and Behavioral Sciences

2

 

Global Climate Change

 

2

Electives

Global Climate Change

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

 

 

Long-term Care Policy

Health Administration and Management

2

 

Health Welfare

 

2

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

University Requirement

General Studies: 10 credits of school core, 18 credits of electives in total

School Basic Course

2

Department Requiremen

Special Topics in Public Health

 

2

Special Topic of Public Health Research (Ⅲ)

Foundation Course

1

Internship of Public Health(Ⅲ)

 

3

Electives

Regulation of Occupational Safety and Health

Environmental and Occupational Hygiene

2

 

Industrial Ventilation

 

2

Research Techniques for Health Promotion

Social and Behavioral Sciences

3

 

Review of Public Health

Health Administration and Management

2