Minimum qualifications for admission to the Bachelor program are as follows:

1. Minimum GPA of 3.00 in both SSC and HSC Examinations or
2. Candidates must have passed University of London and Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level in at least five subjects and ‘A’ Level in at least two subjects. Only the best five subjects in ‘O’ Level and best two subjects in ‘A’ Level will be considered. Out of these seven subjects, a candidate must have at least 4B’s or GPA of 4.00 in the four subjects and 3 C’s or GPA of 3.5 in the remaining three subjects. (in the scale of A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2 and E=1 or
3. American High School Diploma; and
4. Acceptable EWU Admission Test Score.
5. Total GPA of 5.00 in both SSC and HSC Examinations for the children of Freedom Fighter.
6. The final selection of candidates for admission in the Bachelor Programs at EWU will be based on the Admission Test scores obtained with 75% from admission test, 10% from SSC/O-level and 15% from HSC/A-level.

Admission Requirements for Foreign Students 

For foreign Students particularly who come from other systems such as US High School Diploma, Indian/Nepalese system etc. (not from SSC/HSC or O/A Level system), the admission eligibility will be as follows:

1. Must have 12 years of schooling.
2. Pass with at least upper 50% marks/grade of their own education system.
3. Foreign students fulfilling EWU admission eligibility may not need to appear at the Admission Test. However, an equivalence committee will assess and recommend for satisfactory grade for the applicants who seek admission in EWU. A committee will assess and recommend for waiver of Admission Test, Scholarship etc. (if applicable) for foreign students and the students from other systems.

Fee structure (in Bangladesh Taka):

Admission form link: https://admission.ewubd.edu/index.php?documentid=new-applicant.php

Generally, students are supposed to finish their bachelor program in PPHS within 4 years from the commencement of the first semester. If someone becomes irregular or drops some courses due to unavoidable reasons, then they can extend the duration of study up to 7 years under the existing rules and regulations of the East West University. The irregular or dropped students can also transfer credits (see below) or restart the course.

A maximum of fifty percent (50%) of credit hours for the intended Bachelor program may be accepted into the academic program through credit transfer (if their credits are relevant).

Depending on the nature of the course and topic, the instructor shall apply multiple teaching and learning methods from the following list:

Lecture, conversation, group discussion, debate, demonstration, problem-solving, group exercise, case-study, brainstorming, cube method, mosaic method, graphic visualization (e.g., conceptual map, Venn diagram, bunch method), computer lab for data analysis, multimedia, field trips, individual research projects/reports.

Partnership and exchange cooperation through memorandum of understanding (MoU) would be established with renowned universities and institutions worldwide having similar Bachelor programs to ensure academic excellence.

Distribution of total courses and credits:

The total number of credits is 123 (Table 1) for the undergraduate program of “Population and Public Health Sciences (PPHS)”, which is compatible and comparable with other existing bachelor programs at EWU. The distribution of courses and credits are summarized under eight categories in the following table (please see Table 1). The students have to take a minimum of 39 taught courses with 3 credits each (3 x 39 =117 credits) (Table 1). For the remaining 6 credits, each student has to complete one course called Individual Research Project (4 credits) under the assigned supervisor (Table 1). The student will also join the organized field trip (major-specific or blended) to gain practical knowledge from community-based projects/services (2 credits).

Table 1: Distribution of total courses and credit by main categories

Detailed information by Course Categories

The following tables (Table 2 to Table 9) provide detailed information of courses (names, course codes and credits) by categories. The major purposes of these courses are also briefly discussed.

Category I: Compulsory General Education Courses

There are 3 compulsory General Education Courses (Table 2), which are designed for all the undergraduate students of PPHS at EWU. The main purposes of the courses are to provide essential knowledge about English and History of Bangladesh. Since English is the medium of instruction at EWU for all undergraduate programs, these courses are found to be very effective and hence made mandatory for the newly admitted students of PPHS. These courses will be offered in the first year. 

Table 2: Compulsory General Education Courses (3 courses, 9 credits) 

Category II: Compulsory Foundation Courses 

There are 6 Foundation Courses (Table 3) for the PPHS program, which will be offered as compulsory ones in the first year. These courses are mainly designed to prepare students with essential knowledge and skills to successfully finish the degree in PPHS.

 Table 3: Compulsory Foundation Courses (6 courses, 18 credits) 

 Category III: Core Courses

This program includes 9 core courses (Table 4), which are mandatory to complete mainly in the second year. These are the basic courses and mainly related to statistics, epidemiology, research methodology (qualitative and quantitative), project management, data analysis and report writing. These courses are also strongly related to three major streams called population science, public health and environmental health.   

Table 4: Core Courses (9 courses: 27 credits)

Category IV: Courses for the Major Streams  

Within the program of Population and Public Health Sciences, three major streams (also called concentration/specialization) namely Population Sciences (Table 5), Public Health (Table 6) and Environmental Health (Table 7) are available for students. Each major is comprised of 13 courses, which will concentrate on the specific stream. The major branch would be chosen by the students based on their interests and future plan. The main purpose of each major stream is to offer greater opportunities to earn specialization in the specific branch. These courses will be offered in the 3^rd and 4^th year of the bachelor program.

Table 5: Major Courses for Population Sciences Stream (13 courses: 39 credits) 

Table 6: Major Courses for Public Health Stream (13 courses: 39 credits) 

Table 7: Major Courses for Environmental Health Stream (13 courses: 39 credits) 

Category V:  Elective Courses from Other Major Strems (6 Courses: 18 Credits) 

In addition to completing 13 courses of one of three major streams, each student has to take 6 elective courses from other two major streams. For example, if a student aims to get specialization in the Public Health Stream (Table 6), he/she will take six elective courses from the remaining 26 courses mentioned in Population Sciences (Table 5) and Environmental Health streams (Table 7). Similarly, students aiming to get major in Population Sciences (Table 5) will take 6 courses from Public Health (Table 6) and Environmental Health streams (Table 7). These courses are much more relevant for the PPHS program than optional courses mentioned below. These courses will be offered in the 3^rd and 4^th year of the program.   

Category VI:  Optional Courses (2 Courses: 6 Credits)

Each student has to take only 2 optional courses from the list of 34 courses to earn 6 credits (Table 8). Optional Courses will be offered based on the availability of faculty members and number of students. If the number of students is not enough to run the course (guided by general principles of EWU), this course will be dropped from this particular semester. Some of the courses (marked by asterisk) are already approved by UGC as General Education (GEN) Courses at EWU and many of them are regularly offered by the Department of Social Relations for other bachelor programs.

Table 8: Optional  Courses (2 courses: 6 credits)

*GEN Courses at EWU already approved by the UGC 

Category VII: Individual Research Paper/Project and Field Trip  

The research paper, based on supervised individual research project in the last semester, should be prepared by each student to earn 4 credits (Table 9). The main purpose of this project is to gain practical knowledge about academic research. Through this project, they will learn e.g., how to identify research topic, formulate research questions and objectives, conduct review of literatures, prepare research tools (e.g., questionnaire), collect data, perform data analysis, prepare tables and graphs, and write results, discussion, conclusions and references. The detailed guidelines will be provided by the supervisor (please see Appendix-1 for guidelines). Briefly, the basic structure of a typical research paper known as IMRAD can be followed, where IMRAD stands for: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Each student will be also required to appear for viva voce after submitting the research paper. The total marks of the individual research project will be distributed as: 80% for written report, and 20% for viva voce.  

Table 9: Individual Research Project and Field Trip (4+2=6 credits) 

Similarly, each student must complete the 2-credit-bearing field trip (based on major stream or blended) activities at the end of their bachelor program, which is absolutely necessary to link theoretical knowledge and skills attained in classrooms with practical activities (through e.g., direct observation, performing given tasks, documentation and data processing) in a real-life setting. These activities would be connected to the theoretical knowledge gained from the classes.