Public Health, BS

The Public Health Program offers a full range of courses designed to introduce undergraduate students to the core competencies of the public health discipline: Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The primary goals of the program are to prepare students for postgraduate study and/or careers in public health related subdisciplines.

Learning Outcomes

• EVALUATE how biological, physical and chemical environmental factors affect human health.
• EXAMINE how behavioral, social, cultural, and ethical matters contribute to global and community public health issues.
• DEVELOP and DELIVER public health programs through both a managerial and a policy perspective, using multi-mode communications considering sociocultural, historical, and ethical factors.
• SOLVE problems in public health by applying statistical reasoning and methods to analyze and interpret data on diseases and injury within populations.