Bachelor of Science in Community Health & Development

 

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