BS Community Health
The public health field is one of the fastest growing, most exciting, and versatile areas of study on college campuses across the United States today. The Community Health BS Program, accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), prepares students for the exciting field of public health with the knowledge, understanding and application of evidence-based approaches to public health. The program explores community health, health promotion, health education, and disease prevention policies and practices. Graduates work with a variety of health-related organizations and are expected to confront complex behavioral, cultural, and social challenges affecting populations at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
Community Health students develop the competencies and skills necessary for entry-level positions in a variety of professional settings, including local, state, and federal health and social service agencies and non-governmental and voluntary health organizations, health care delivery, and private industry. Students completing this degree are eligible for and strongly encouraged to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam.
The BS in Community Health is unique in that it provides a solid foundation for students interested in pursuing graduate degrees in public health or advanced training in a health profession (see the Clinical Science concentration).
Students may wish to complete an optional concentration in Global Health, Clinical Science, Nutrition, or Physical Activity and Public Health. Selection of a concentration is not required.
The Global Health concentration is designed to increase students' awareness of the major health problems and issues that transcend national boundaries, including understanding diseases and other health security threats reflecting the new global landscape, such as tobacco use and obesity, and emerging infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic, avian influenza, and Ebola. Students complete the required coursework for the BS in Community Health and specialized coursework in global health in addition to interdisciplinary coursework. This concentration is designed for students interested in public health with a global perspective.
The Clinical Science concentration prepares students for graduate clinical training in a health profession such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, occupational and physical therapy, and pharmacy. This concentration provides students the flexibility to design their curriculum to satisfy prerequisites for these programs. Students choosing this option are encouraged to check coursework requirements for their desired health profession as these requirements vary.
The Nutrition concentration provides students interested in nutritional health with a strong foundation of the factors affecting individual, community, and global nutrition, as well as the tools to plan effective interventions.
Numerous public health burdens such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression can be prevented, delayed, or managed with proper physical activity. The Physical Activity and Public Health concentration prepares students to effectively advocate for policies, programs, and legislation that enables equitable opportunities for physical activity across all levels of society. The completion of this concentration prepares students to take the Physical Activity and Public Health Specialist certification.
The public health field is one of the fastest growing, most exciting, and versatile areas of study on college campuses across the United States today. The Community Health BS Program, accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), prepares students for the exciting field of public health with the knowledge, understanding and application of evidence-based approaches to public health. The program explores community health, health promotion, health education, and disease prevention policies and practices. Graduates work with a variety of health-related organizations and are expected to confront complex behavioral, cultural, and social challenges affecting populations at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
Community Health students develop the competencies and skills necessary for entry-level positions in a variety of professional settings, including local, state, and federal health and social service agencies and non-governmental and voluntary health organizations, health care delivery, and private industry. Students completing this degree are eligible for and strongly encouraged to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam.
The BS in Community Health is unique in that it provides a solid foundation for students interested in pursuing graduate degrees in public health or advanced training in a health profession (see the Clinical Science concentration).
Students may wish to complete an optional concentration in Global Health, Clinical Science, Nutrition, or Physical Activity and Public Health. Selection of a concentration is not required.
The Global Health concentration is designed to increase students' awareness of the major health problems and issues that transcend national boundaries, including understanding diseases and other health security threats reflecting the new global landscape, such as tobacco use and obesity, and emerging infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic, avian influenza, and Ebola. Students complete the required coursework for the BS in Community Health and specialized coursework in global health in addition to interdisciplinary coursework. This concentration is designed for students interested in public health with a global perspective.
The Clinical Science concentration prepares students for graduate clinical training in a health profession such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, occupational and physical therapy, and pharmacy. This concentration provides students the flexibility to design their curriculum to satisfy prerequisites for these programs. Students choosing this option are encouraged to check coursework requirements for their desired health profession as these requirements vary.
The Nutrition concentration provides students interested in nutritional health with a strong foundation of the factors affecting individual, community, and global nutrition, as well as the tools to plan effective interventions.
Numerous public health burdens such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression can be prevented, delayed, or managed with proper physical activity. The Physical Activity and Public Health concentration prepares students to effectively advocate for policies, programs, and legislation that enables equitable opportunities for physical activity across all levels of society. The completion of this concentration prepares students to take the Physical Activity and Public Health Specialist certification.
