Public Health BS

What is Public Health?

According to the World Health Organization, public health is defined as "all organized measures to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole. Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients."

What will you study? B.S. in Public Health Curriculum Overview

The Public Health degree is part of UNE’s Department of Health Promotion Studies. Your coursework will expand on five core areas within the public health sphere:

• Health Policy: Developing laws and regulations to promote and protect health
• Environmental Health: Assessing how the environment affects health
• Social and Behavioral Health: Studying how people make health decisions and how to encourage healthier behaviors
• Epidemiology: Learning how and why diseases are distributed in a population
• Biostatistics: Analyzing population-level data to identify health trends