Public Health, B.S.

The Bachelor of Science in Public Health was designed to provide students access to value-based health skills that are readily marketable and high in demand. Students who choose this major will develop knowledge on health issues impacting global populations, and they will be equipped to solve problems and improve health outcomes, both locally and globally. The public health program serves as a gateway to prepare students for careers such as policy analysts, researchers, health educators, social workers, and many careers in business, in both the governmental and non-governmental sector, or in the private sector. Additionally, graduates of the program will also be highly prepared to apply for admission to graduate and professional programs in fields such as education, law, business and many graduate programs in the humanities and social sciences. The Public Health program ultimately gives students opportunities to experience hands on learning, in and out of the classroom, emphasizing a readiness to enter the workforce upon graduation.

Student Learning Outcomes

While the general education courses establish a foundation for knowledge acquisition, the Undergraduate Program’s outcomes expand beyond content and focus on skills that are scaffolded throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Students in the Public Health program are expected to develop and demonstrate the following skills in accordance with the Undergraduate Program’s outcomes.

• Apply the fundamental concepts and features of project implementation, including planning, assessment, and evaluation to public health issues.
• Apply the fundamental principles of public health data collection, use, and analysis to explain common public health issues. 
• Communicate to diverse audiences the connections between the socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, and environmental factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities. 
• Apply the foundational concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy across different government agencies to drive solutions in public health.
• Apply the concepts of population health, including the basic processes, approaches, and interventions, to address health needs of populations. 
• Devise strategies to promote and protect health across the life course. 
• Utilize public health-specific communication channels (e.g., writing and the use of mass media) to communicate health messages to diverse audiences.