Public Health Learning Objectives

A public health major will prepare you for a rewarding career that focuses on improving the health and well-being of communities. Your workdays will be filled with multiple projects, interactions with co-workers and the public, and the challenge of meeting one or many health crises. Public health professionals work in many different settings:

• Health departments
• Hospitals
• Research laboratories
• Colleges/Universities
• Non-profit organizations
• Foundations
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Wellness centers
• Health insurance corporations

Public health learning objectives:

Upon completion of the public health degree students will be able to:

• Successfully use problem-solving skills to address complex public health problems
• Effectively and persuasively communicate public health ideas to a target population in written and verbal format using a variety of media
• Demonstrate leadership
• Develop expertise in the five areas of public health: social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, and health services management and policy
• Analyze determinants of morbidity and mortality
• Plan, implement, and evaluate small-scale public health interventions
• Conduct a community needs assessment
• Act as a resource person in public health
• Synthesize the tools and principles of public health as applied to a new public health problem