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The field of public health, “promotes and protects the health of people in the communities where they live, learn, work, and play”, according to the American Public Health Association. It is a diverse, crosscutting discipline with opportunities in both public and private sectors, at the local, state, national, and global levels. Through this field of study, you will truly make a difference in people’s lives.
In this undergraduate program for public health, you will have the opportunity to personalize your concentration depending on your interests and career goals. Regardless of which concentration you choose, all undergraduate students will complete a minimum of 120 credits, including 45 credit hours of general education core curricula, 25 credit hours of required public health coursework, and 3 credit hours of a culminating/capstone project.
Community Health concentration
Pre-clinical concentration
Learning Outcomes for bachelor's degree in public health:
- Demonstrate the concepts and core values of public and population health
- Employ Christian service by protecting and promoting the public’s health
- Apply teamwork, leadership, and professionalism principles to address health-related needs and concerns of populations
- Locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information
- Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences
Concentrations / Specializations
Community health concentration
This concentration integrates many disciplines and allows you to personalize your study with electives from programs, such as environmental studies, communication, social work, sociology, psychology, political science, or health and human performance to create an educational experience unique to you.
This may involve blending the required public health curriculum with coursework from the subject areas above to create an individualized multidisciplinary educational experience. Students may also want to focus their studies around working with a specific population to promote health equity for all members of a community. This concentration prepares the undergraduate to enter the public health workforce upon graduation in numerous professional fields and community settings, such as health departments, non-profit organizations, hospitals and health systems, governmental agencies, schools, and private businesses. A BSPH also provides the foundation for future graduate degrees, such as a masters’ in public health, social work, occupational therapy or healthcare administration.
Learning outcomes:
1. Discuss the diverstiy and unique public health-related needs of specific populations in the context of achieving health equity.
2. Build trust and rapport with communities served.
3. Outline strategies to build individual and community capacity.
Pre-clinical concentration
This concentration provides the undergraduate students with a strong foundation in the basic sciences and is most relevant for students who may want to continue their education by pursuing a graduate degree in a health profession, such as a pharmacy, physical therapy, or physician assistant program.
Learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate a robust understanding of various science and math concepts and how they relate to public health knowledge and skills.
2. Compare and contrast individual health approaches and population-based public health approaches to care.
3. Prepare to advocate for public health issues within the health care context.
