Information on the admission process is available on the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications may be submitted via the Common Application.

Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20052

Contact for questions:
gwadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-6040

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 120 credits, including 19 to 20 credits to meet the University General Education Requirement; 34 credits in core public health courses, including a 3-credits approved research methods selective; 12 credits in approved public health elective courses; and 54-55 credits in additional electives.*

Required for the major
Public health core: 34 credits
PUBH 1010First-Year Experience in Public Health
PUBH 1101Introduction to Public Health and Health Services
PUBH 2110Public Health Biology
PUBH 2112Principles of Health Education and Health Promotion
PUBH 2142Introduction to Biostatistics for Public Health
PUBH 3130Health Services Management and Economics
PUBH 3131Epidemiology
PUBH 3132Health and Environment
PUBH 3133Global Health and Development
PUBH 3135WHealth Policy
PUBH 4140WSenior Seminar
And one 3-credit research methods selective course from the following:
PUBH 3199Topics in Public Health (in topic Public Health Research Methods Only)
EXNS 3111WExercise and Nutrition Sciences Research Methods
Guided Electives
12 credits selected from the following list of approved elective courses; no more than 9 of these credits may be taken through study abroad programs and/or non-GW domestic institutions. Students may petition the BSPH program director for approval of a GW elective not listed below (syllabus must be provided).
AMST 3950Special Topics (Narrative Medicine in American History topic only)
ANTH 3503Psychological Anthropology
ANTH 3504Illness, Healing, and Culture
ANTH 3513Anthropology of Human Rights
or ANTH 3513W Anthropology of Human Rights
BADM 1004The Age of Globalization
BADM 4101Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
or BADM 4101W Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
BIOC 3560Diet, Health, and Longevity
BISC 2450Organic Evolution
BISC 3450Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine
or BISC 3450W Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine
COMM 3179Sexual Communication
CSCI 1011Introduction to Programming with Java
CSCI 1012Introduction to Programming with Python
CSCI 1121Introduction to C Programming
ECON 2151Economic Development
EHS 2109Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism
EHS 2160Disaster Response Planning and Management
EHS 3174Foundations of Emergency Health Services Systems
EHS 3175Community Risk Management and Safety in Emergency Health Services
EHS 4101Humanitarian Relief Operations
EXNS 1114Community Nutrition
EXNS 1199Topics in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (International Nutrition only)
EXNS 2116Exercise and Health Psychology
EXNS 2119Introduction to Nutrition Science
EXNS 2122Food Systems in Public Health
EXNS 2123Nutrition and Chronic Disease
EXNS 3995Undergraduate Research
GEOG 1003Society and Environment
GEOG 2104Introduction to Cartography and GIS
GEOG 2127Population Geography
GEOG 2137Environmental Hazards
GEOG 3105Techniques of Spatial Analysis
GEOG 3106Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
HIST 3363Race, Medicine, and Public Health
HLWL 1106Drug Awareness
HLWL 1109Human Sexuality
HONR 2047Self and Society Seminar (Pediatric Ethics topic only)
or HONR 2047W Self and Society Seminar
HSCI 2050Foundations of Health Equity
HSCI 2101Psychosocial Aspects of Health and Illness (Residential delivery only)
HSCI 2105Current Issues in Bioethics (Residential delivery only)
or PUBH 3151W Current Issues in Bioethics
HSCI 2110Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Concepts
HSCI 2118Global Women's Health
HSCI 3100Applied Health Equity in Washington, DC
HSCI 4103Healthcare Law and Regulation (Residential delivery only)
or PUBH 3136 Health Law
ISTM 3119Introduction to Programming
ITAL 3300Italian Literature and Culture in Translation (Pandemics in Italian Literature and Film topic only only)
PHIL 2124Philosophies of Disability
or PHIL 2124W Philosophies of Disability
PHIL 2125Philosophy of Race and Gender
or PHIL 2125W Philosophy of Race and Gender
PHIL 2281Philosophy of the Environment
PSC 2240Poverty, Welfare, and Work
PSC 2367Human Rights
PSYC 3128Health Psychology
PSYC 3199Current Topics in Psychology (Substance Abuse and Addictions topic only)
PUBH 1102History of Public Health
PUBH 2113Impact of Culture upon Health
PUBH 2114Environment, Health, and Development
PUBH 2117Service Learning in Public Health
PUBH 3115Global Health and Human Rights
PUBH 3116Global Health Systems Performance
PUBH 3136Health Law
or HSCI 4103 Healthcare Law and Regulation
PUBH 3150Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health
PUBH 3151WCurrent Issues in Bioethics
or HSCI 2105 Current Issues in Bioethics
PUBH 3199Topics in Public Health
PUBH 3201Introduction to Bioinformatics
PUBH 3202Introduction to Genomics
PUBH 3995Undergraduate Research
PUBH 4199Independent Study
PUBH 4201Practical Computing
PUBH 4202Bioinformatics Algorithms and Data Structures
SOC 2102Techniques of Data Analysis
SOC 2181Special Topics in Sociology (Demography + The Social World topic only)
SOC 2189Special Topics in Criminal Justice (Rethinking DC Youth and Policing topic only)
STAT 2118Regression Analysis
STAT 2183Intermediate Statistics Lab/Packages
or STAT 2183W Intermediate Statistical Laboratory: Statistical Computing Packages
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability
WGSS 3170Special Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Writing/Righting Black Girl's and Women's Health topic only)
NOTE: Elective courses offered online may only be taken in the summer term.

All students must comply with policies and procedures outlined in University Regulations, GWSPH Regulations, and the program guide. Students should pay particular attention to SPH requirements for completing human research training, completing 8 hours of professional enhancement activities, and passing the academic integrity quiz.