What is Public Health As a Degree?
What if you could protect whole populations instead of just treating individuals and turn evidence into policy, programs, and prevention?
A Public Health degree trains you to understand and improve community and population health by combining biological and social perspectives on disease and wellbeing, so you learn core topics like epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, environmental and occupational health, health systems and policy, social determinants of health, and ethics alongside practical skills in research design, data analysis, program evaluation, risk assessment, communication, and community engagement, with hands‑on experiences such as fieldwork, practicum or co‑op placements, applied projects, and opportunities for interdisciplinary electives or a thesis that prepare you for roles in public health practice, health surveillance and policy, health promotion, research, program management, and further professional or graduate study