BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT
COURSE UNITS
First Year – Trimester I
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 111 |
General Biology |
45 |
1 |
CHD 112 |
General Chemistry |
45 |
1 |
CHD 113 |
Introduction to College Mathematics |
45 |
1 |
CHD 114 |
Introduction to Computer Sciences |
45 |
1 |
CHD 115 |
Introduction to Community /Public Health |
45 |
1 |
CHD 116 |
Anatomy and Physiology |
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership practice |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
First Year – Trimester II
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 121 |
Introduction to Sociology |
45 |
1 |
CHD 122 |
Introduction to Psychology |
45 |
1 |
CHD 123 |
Organic chemistry & Biochemistry |
45 |
1 |
CHD 124 |
Medical Microbiology & Parasitology |
45 |
1 |
CHD 125 |
Introduction to Environmental Sciences |
45 |
1 |
CHD 126 |
Ecology, Environment and Health
|
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership practice |
45 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
First Year – Semester III
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 131 |
Infectious Diseases I |
45 |
1 |
CHD 132 |
Epidemiology I |
45 |
1 |
CHD 133 |
Disaster Response and Management, first aid |
45 |
1 |
CHD 134 |
Biostatistics I |
45 |
1 |
CHD 135 |
Medical Entomology and Vector Control |
45 |
1 |
CHD 136 |
Occupational Health and Safety |
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership practice |
45 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
Second Year – Trimester I
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 211 |
Mental Health |
45 |
1 |
CHD 212 |
Non-communicable diseases |
45 |
1 |
CHD 213 |
Child Health Promotion I |
45 |
1 |
CHD 214 |
Reproductive Health |
45 |
1 |
CHD 215 |
Nutrition |
45 |
1 |
CHD 216 |
Water Supply Management I |
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership |
45 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
Second Year – Trimester II
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 221 |
Economics of Public Action |
45 |
1 |
CHD 222 |
Communicable disease control |
45 |
1 |
CHD 223 |
Health Promotion / IEC |
45 |
1 |
CHD 224 |
Program development and planning |
45 |
1 |
CHD 225 |
Waste Management |
45 |
1 |
CHD 226 |
Environmental Pollution |
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership |
45 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
Second Year – Trimester III
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 231 |
Food Hygiene |
45 |
1 |
CHD 232 |
Environmental Pollution and Control |
45 |
1 |
CHD 233 |
Politics of Economic Development |
45 |
1 |
CHD 234 |
Research Methodology |
45 |
1 |
CHD 235 |
Mental Health |
45 |
1 |
CHD 236 |
Globalization and Development |
45 |
1 |
|
Partnership |
45 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
315 |
7 |
Third Year – Trimester I
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 311 |
Community Partnership: Concepts, theories & practice |
45 |
1 |
CHD 3212 |
Current trends in health and development |
45 |
1 |
CHD 313 |
Primary Health Care |
45 |
1 |
CHD 314 |
Critical reading and Scientific Writing |
45 |
1 |
CHD 315 |
Health Policy, Planning and Institutional Development |
45 |
1 |
CHD 316 |
Financial Resource Management |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
270 |
6 |
Third Year – Trimester II
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 321 |
Health Economics |
45 |
1 |
CHD 322 |
Biostatistics and Computing |
45 |
1 |
CHD 323 |
Demography and Population studies |
45 |
1 |
CHD 324 |
Building Healing Communities & Counselling |
45 |
1 |
CHD 325 |
Communication and Health Promotion |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
225 |
5 |
Third Year – Trimester III
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 331 |
Community Based Education |
45 |
1 |
CHD 332 |
Research methods (Introduction) |
45 |
1 |
CHD 333 |
Research Methods (quantitative, qualitative) |
45 |
1 |
CHD 334 |
The Public Health Law (Act) |
45 |
1 |
CHD 335 |
Ethics and Human Rights in Health and Development |
45 |
1 |
CHD 336 |
Community Survey |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
270 |
6 |
Fourth Year – Trimester I & II
Elective 1: Environment Science, Food Security and Community Nutrition with Partnership
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 411 |
Food Security and Agro-forestry |
90 |
1 |
CHD 412 |
Community Nutrition |
135 |
1 |
CHD 413 |
Community Water Supply and Sanitation |
135 |
1 |
CHD 414 |
State Government and Society |
45 |
1 |
CHD 421 |
Liquid waste management |
135 |
1 |
CHD 422 |
Environmental Management |
135 |
1 |
CHD 423 |
Urbanization and Health |
90 |
1 |
CHD 424 |
Decentralization for Empowerment and Effectiveness |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (2 Trimesters) |
810 |
14 |
Fourth Year – Trimester I & II
Elective 2: Combating Ill Health and Partnership
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 415 |
Reproductive and Maternal health |
135 |
1 |
CHD 416 |
Child Health |
135 |
1 |
CHD 417 |
Tropical Medicine |
135 |
1 |
CHD 425 |
Decentralization |
90 |
1 |
CHD 426 |
Health Care in Emergencies |
90 |
1 |
CHD 427 |
Essential Drugs Management |
90 |
1 |
CHD 428 |
Alternative Social Policies and Social Development |
90 |
1 |
CHD 429 |
Ethics, Health and Human Rights |
45 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (2 Trimesters) |
810 |
14 |
Fourth Year – Trimester I & II
Elective 3: Health Economics and Financing with Partnership
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 418 |
Economic analysis of demand and supply |
90 |
1 |
CHD 419 |
Economic Evaluation |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4110 |
Economics of terminal illness |
45 |
1 |
CHD 4111 |
Politics of Development |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4210 |
Health Sector Financing and Financial Resource Management |
180 |
1 |
CHD 4211 |
International/Global Health |
90 |
1 |
CHD 4212 |
ICT for Health and Development |
135 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (2 Trimesters) |
810 |
14 |
Fourth Year – Trimester I & II
Elective 4: Measurements & Partnership
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 4112 |
Advanced Biostatistics |
90 |
1 |
CHD 4113 |
Advanced Epidemiology |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4114 |
Demography and Population Studies |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4213 |
Computer applications |
45 |
1 |
CHD 4214 |
International Health |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4215 |
ICT for Health and Development |
135 |
1 |
CHD 4216 |
Decentralization |
135 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (2 Trimesters) |
810 |
14 |
Fourth Year – Trimester III
CODE |
UNIT NAME |
NO. OF HRS |
NO. OF UNITS |
CHD 431 |
Field Attachment |
135 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL (2 Trimesters) |
135 |
1 |