The Community Health Education major prepares health professionals to have expertise in public health, health promotion and disease prevention, and health education. Students completing this major are prepared for employment in educational settings, governmental agencies, private and voluntary health organizations, health care facilities, and business and industry. The Community Health Education major emphasizes the following skills necessary to become a Certified Health Education Specialist through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.: assess needs, resources, and capacity for health education/promotion; plan and implement health education/promotion; conduct evaluation and research related to health education/promotion; administer and manage health education/promotion; serve as a health education/promotion resource person; communicate, promote, and advocate for health, health education/promotion, and the profession. Students are encourage to earn this certification upon graduation with a major in Community Health Education.

Your professors have been in your shoes and can help you choose the right Kinesiology degree path for your specific interests and goals. If you want to pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH) this is a great foundation
Before your internship, you’ll have courses that give you knowledge and skill related to activity techniques, injury prevention, the microcomputing applications and fitness testing equipment used in the field. You’ll have the skills in help others enhance their performance and increase their quality of life.

The BS in Public Health provides students with two options: Community Health, and Emergency Management  Disaster Preparedness. If you are interested in Health Administration, check out the B.S. in Health Administration program. All Public Health majors complete an 8-semester hour, 320-clock hour internship in a workplace setting appropriate to their career goals.

A Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Indiana Tech will prepare you for immediate career placement in a wide range of clinical and allied health care professions that are in high demand across the country.

With coursework that includes anatomy, physiology, health care management, data analysis, psychology and biomedical research, you will learn medical and clinical terminology, protocol and practices, and you will be able to demonstrate critical thinking, inquiry and analysis in scientific, medical and clinical contexts. Graduates of the Bachelor of Health Science Degree Program will demonstrate mastery of the following learning outcomes as assessed by their participation in class, completion of class assignments and assessments, presentations, and projects.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate quantitative, logical, and analytical thinking that is based on scientific inquiry.

2. Demonstrate critical thinking ability centered on scientific inquiry.

3. Demonstrate mastery of the concepts and application of human anatomy, human physiology, and human pathology, with an emphasis on human medical diagnostic imaging modalities and diagnostics, to human health.

4. Demonstrate proficiency, competency, and knowledge of medical and clinical-based terminology and communication that includes awareness of scientific, peer-reviewed journals related to their specialized field.

5. Demonstrate knowledge in searching for and applying peer-reviewed scientific evidence in their professional health care-based communication and decision-making practices.

6. Demonstrate in a health care, medical, rehabilitative, and/or clinical-setting, proper professional behavior and conduct and a strong knowledge and awareness of current federal and state health care policies including confidentiality laws and the patient’s bill of rights.

Want to be the go-to person for health in your community? Like working with people?

Community Health is the Public Health major that takes you into community centers to serve people of all ages through health initiatives.

The Community Health emphasis (PHCH) at WSU is designed for students who are interested in careers as health educators and promoters in

governmental agencies

non-governmental organizations

health-based non-profit organizations

district and county health departments

In Community Health roles, you’re part communicator, part educator and part researcher for a variety of health topics.

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies degree with an emphasis in Child Development is offered under the administrative oversight of the Department of Education. This degree is intended to accommodate those who are seeking a baccalaureate degree for the purpose of obtaining positions in fields that require degrees in child development, but do not necessitate teacher certification. This is a non-certification degree in that successful completion of this program does not enable the graduate to apply for certification through the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) with an emphasis in Child Development includes the core curriculum and lower-level basic courses attained for the associate’s degree from Southwest Texas Junior College. Additional courses from SWTJC and Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College are required to complete the degree.

The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration provides students a solid foundation in the skills necessary to serve as an effective and competent administrator within any healthcare setting. Healthcare Administration graduates are prepared to work in entry and middle management positions within public, private, and non-profit health agencies. Responsibilities include administration and management tasks such as developing, planning, managing, and leading health care operations and services, and directing changes in healthcare laws and regulation. The Healthcare Administration program at UVU includes 116 credit hours of coursework and four credit hours of internship experience for a total of 120 credit hours.  The Department of Public Health strives to schedule courses to allow students to complete these requirements within a four-year timeframe while meeting the needs of traditional and non-traditional students.

Opportunities for Study Abroad experiences.
Professional internships within and outside of the United States.
Opportunities to get involved with Eta Sigma Gamma, the national health honorary.
Many diverse career options.
Faculty with experience in the field of public health.
Small class sizes with opportunities to work one on one with faculty.
Community Health Education: Community health educators are professionally prepared in the disciplines of community and public health education. They demonstrate competence in planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promoting and health enhancing programs for individuals, groups, and communities.

Public health professionals educate people about diseases, how they spread and how to prevent them.

You'll be taught in core subjects known as the Public Health Core Competencies. Learning these will help you prepare to be a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). This major also includes courses in bioterrorism, mass causality and crisis management.

Having a global mentality helps in this major, as you'll cover numerous diseases around the world. It also helps to have a good background in biology and other sciences.

Public health combines a prevention orientation with a population perspective in pursuit of better health for all members of society. Public health professionals deal with critical large-scale issues such as access to health care; chronic disease control; mapping, predicting, and containing outbreaks of infectious disease; as well as researching factors such as gender, poverty, and education that contribute to health outcomes. Public health has close ties with medicine through clinical and biomedical research and healthcare policy.

The Public Health Studies Program offers undergraduates a major that links them to the world of public health through core courses taken on the Homewood campus, as well as electives taken at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH).

Core coursework at Homewood includes Introduction to Public Health, Research Methods in Public Health, Fundamentals of Epidemiology, Environment and Your Health, Fundamentals of Health Policy and Management, Biostatistics, and a course in Social and Behavioral Health. Students also take coursework in Social Sciences, Biology and Calculus. Students will select additional public health coursework from a range of options that include the global health, demography, health economics, medical sociology, history, and politics. The major is flexible and easily adapted to further course work in the natural and social sciences. About two-thirds of Public Health Studies majors complete the premedical core curriculum.

Our new Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Studies and Spanish combines the university’s growing healthcare studies program – which prepares students for non-clinical careers in healthcare – with courses from its world languages program, which offers a concentration in Spanish. The new combined major is designed to fill a need for healthcare professionals who are fluent in Spanish and who have demonstrable intercultural competence. The program is designed for both heritage-Spanish speakers and non-heritage-Spanish speakers. The BS in Healthcare Studies and Spanish provides an avenue for students to combine professional preparation in healthcare studies with Spanish language skills, making them stand-out candidates in a growing healthcare industry.

Careers in the health sciences are among the fastest-growing professions nationwide. A B.S. in Health Sciences from Georgian Court University makes you marketable to employers and prepares you for challenging coursework after college. Graduates will be ready to achieve in medical imaging, clinical laboratory science, genetic counseling, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and much more. It is also a great option if you are pre-med, pre-dental, pre-podiatry, or pre-physician assistant.

GCU partners with Hackensack Meridian Health for internships and other experiences where you will learn from working professionals. Practical work in the field, combined with what you learn on campus, prepare you for rigorous training—and career success—after you leave GCU.

The major in Public Health equips undergraduate students with the tools necessary to study, research and practice ways to improve health outcomes for communities and populations. Our concentration in global health will allow them to apply these concepts to populations around the world. A multidisciplinary program focus situates students at the intersections of public health, social science, and innovations in global health practice. These theoretical and practice-oriented underpinnings foster creative, evidence-based action to address the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health through the context of modern challenges and opportunities across societies. The degree program emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking, and experiential learning. Public health graduates will develop a unique set of skills with which to address health disparities and improve health and wellbeing in ways that are socially and culturally meaningful to communities in the US and across the globe, “preparing students for life in a rapidly changing global society” in accordance with the mission and vision of Arcadia University.

The Utah Tech Population Health Program develops a comprehensive framework that prepares students to successfully enter a career in the health industry or attend graduate school through an active learning environment that supports inter-professional education, innovative thinking, community engagement, and evidence-based practices.

Emphases within this degree program include:

• Health Care Administration
• Public Health
• Long-Term Care

The SAU public health curriculum is designed to incorporate many disciplines which work together to ensure a community’s health needs are addressed from all angles. In addition to core public health courses, the degree plan includes courses in nursing, biology, psychology, sociology, health sciences, and recreation. The program also incorporates an upper-level public health internship, which emphasizes the importance of community collaboration and SAU’s commitment to meaningful career preparation, skills development, and effective citizenship.

Southern Utah University’s bachelor of science in chemistry is an active discipline vital to human existence and essential to the understanding of industrial, economic, medical, biological and environmental issues. Students study and research in modern, fully-mediated wireless classrooms and laboratory facilities that are equipped with a full range of laboratory instruments. Our professional chemistry emphasis is certified by the American Chemical Society and our chemistry program routinely ranks above the 90th percentile of the nation according to the Educational Testing Services major field exam.

The Health and Wellness, B.S. program prepares you for a fulfilling career as an administrator in the healthcare industry. You’ll study a range of healthcare topics, from nutrition to bioethics to exercise physiology, as well as administrative skills including healthcare payment systems and health information management. Plus, by adding just two additional courses, you can add a minor in Health Services Administration to your B.S. degree.

Our blended format, including online courses, allows you to complete your degree on your schedule. Senior year includes a one-semester internship in a healthcare setting to give you real-world experience exploring various health disciplines and improving your communication and professional skills. These internships often lead to full-time position offers after graduation. earnings.

You’ll also benefit from the close mentorship of our faculty of health professionals, who’ll share expertise across many disciplines based on experiences in the field and their participation in cutting-edge research in local, national, and international contexts.

The Bachelor of Science in Public Health is a new undergraduate program that evolved from the previous B.S. in Community Health. The Public Health degree was offered for the first time in Fall 2016 and is designed to promote an understanding of health and disease based on public health principles. Students will learn to apply social, behavioral, policy and educational interventions to help shape population health. Students will also learn how to assess needs of target populations, create program goals and objectives, and develop strategies to foster health behavior change interventions for individuals and communities.

The goal of the health sciences major is to provide students with a fundamental background in health promotion and disease prevention. This background will enable them to understand the role that health promotion plays in society and the mechanisms that affect public and community health, while also considering the complexities of maintaining an optimal level of personal health. The health sciences major is viewed as an excellent option for undergraduate students who are preparing to enter graduate school in public health, health promotion, and health education, as well as other health-related graduate or professional programs, such as medicine or dentistry.