Director: Chrysan Cronin Professors: Borick, Harring, Wilson Associate Professor: Kahlenberg Assistant Professor: Burger Affiliate Faculty: Bywater, Deegan, Doviak, Edwards, Eisenberg, Esacove, Hark, Hashim, Heiman,
Kelsey, Kushner, McCain, Ouellette, Schick, Sciutto, Sprayberry, Tjeltveit, Turek, Walther
Public Health is an interdisciplinary major/minor that focuses on the protection and improvement of
health for individuals, communities, and populations at risk for injury and disease. The curriculum
extends across the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and humanities to educate and
empower students about health related issues from varying points of view.
Students who major/minor in Public Health will gain an understanding of behavioral, economic,
historical, political, and social determinants of health and of the important relationships that statistics
and science have on the design of public health interventions. The core class, Issues in Public
Health, is designed to introduce students to a wide variety of public health topics, including historical
perspectives, epidemiological principles and health intervention practices, health promotion and
health communication, and global issues of health.
The major prepares students for graduate work and professional careers in public health. The minor
offers students flexibility to choose electives appropriate to their interests in public health that also
compliment their respective majors. Students are encouraged to participate in public health related
experiences, including independent research study, service learning or other experiential learning
connected to a course, internships within the community, and community service unconnected to a
course.
