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The mission of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Bachelor of Science in Public Health is to prepare graduates to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to identify strategies for addressing complex population health problems through the promotion of health and prevention of disease.

Public health is defined as "all organized measures to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole. Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients" (World Health Organization, 2016). Therefore, the field of Public Health focuses on the promotion of health and prevention of disease at a population level. As a student in ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Public Health program, you will develop the skills necessary to assess and understand the complexity of health issues that affect diverse populations, and identify potential solutions to address them. Benefiting from small class sizes, hands-on experiences, and one-on-one engagement with experienced faculty, you will learn how to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and to communicate complex health concepts to diverse audiences. The coursework you complete through our program will expand on the five core areas of Public Health:

1. Health Policy: Developing laws and regulations to promote and protect health (e.g. seatbelt laws).
2. Environmental Health: Assessing how the environment affects health (e.g. air and water quality).
3. Social and Behavioral Health: Studying how people make health decisions and how to encourage healthier decision-making (e.g. how marketing influences health behavior decisions).
4. Epidemiology: Studying how and why diseases are distributed in a population (e.g. tracing outbreaks of infectious diseases).
5. Biostatistics: Analyzing population-level data to identify trends (e.g. using data to associate tobacco exposure with lung cancer).

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Public Health program offers you the flexibility to pursue a minor in Environmental Studies, Geographic Information Systems, Nutrition, Political Science, or Health, Law and Policy.