BA in Public Health
Waverly, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 45,200 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Wartburg’s public health major aspires to educate passionate leaders committed to improving the health of their community. Public health is an interdisciplinary major that provides students with an understanding of the connections between public health and diverse disciplines, such as social sciences, biological sciences, and business. Wartburg’s program will provide students with a basic understanding of the five core public health knowledge areas: social and behavioral health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy and administration, and environmental health. Through community-based projects, volunteer opportunities, and internships, students will leave understanding the role of public health in assuring the health, improving health, and protecting against health threats.
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Curriculum
Requirements
17 course credits:
- BI 117 Environmental Biology
- HE 344 Foundations of Health Education
- PBH 101 Introduction to Public Health
- PBH 210 Health Statistics
- PBH 255 Applied Public Health Practice
- PBH 301 Health Policy
- PBH 310 Epidemiology
- PBH 455 Applied Public Health Research or BI 455 Methods of Biological Research and BI 456 Student-Originated Research
- PBH 461 Capstone Seminar
- PE 298 Health and Wellness Promotion
Two health communication courses from
- BA 375 Online Marketing or COM 375 Online Marketing
- COM 100 Introduction to Communication
- COM 346 Organizational and Public Relations Writing Techniques
- ED 212 Human Relations
- GM 201 Intercultural Communication
- ID 321 Crisis Communication
Two specialization areas from
- General Public Health
- Data in Public Health
- Human Health
- Determinants of Health
- Health Systems
Program Outcome
Wartburg’s public health major focuses heavily on the practical experience students can gain through community-based class projects, volunteering opportunities, and internships. Students will be able to relate classroom learning to public health practice, enhancing the overall learning process and preparing them for a rewarding career in public health or to further their academic study in a graduate degree program.
Beginning in the summer of 2022, students in pre-health programs who are double majoring in Spanish will have the opportunity to participate in a unique Spanish for Health Professions program at the University of Oviedo, Spain, which includes advanced Spanish for Health Professionals course and a one-week clinical field experience in Oviedo at the end of the course.
Career Opportunities
Professionals with a degree in public health can find careers with the government and in the private and public sectors. Some will use the degree as a platform for continuing their education in medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or advanced studies in the health sciences. According to the Association of Schools of Public Health, the U.S. will be short more than 250,000 public health workers by 2020. Here are just a few ways to use a degree in public health:
- Health care/nursing
- Epidemiology
- Health education
- Policy/management
- Biostatistics
- International/global health
- Public health law
- Public health veterinary medicine
- Behavioral science
- Environmental health
- Emergency preparedness/response
- Health communications/journalism
- Science/research
- Nutrition/dietetics
- Occupational health
- Consumer safety
- Community planning
- Social work
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