Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Public Health
The 120 credit hour program offers two concentrations: Health Management and Health Education. It provides enrolled students the opportunity for practical and integrative learning through tutorial groups, computer lab sessions, field experiences, and a capstone course.
Educational Objectives:
The objectives of the Public Health Program are to:
1. Provide students with comprehensive instruction in the international standards for public health.
2. Teach students the concepts and practices of health promotion and disease prevention and the complexities of eliminating health disparities in human populations.
3. Cultivate within students the ability to analyze public health policies and interventions, assessing their effectiveness and proposing possible alternatives.
4. Teach students the basics of health service organization, financing, delivery and evaluation.
Learning outcomes:
The key learning outcomes for the Program are as follows: Core Learning Outcomes (common to all concentrations):
- Apply public health concepts as a broad and complex domain of professional practice and inquiry, with specific reference to the local context.
- Analyze local and international public health problems with inferences from history and milestones in the evolution of the public health field.
- Examine ethical issues relevant to public health practice, especially as they apply to local specificities, and justify proposed courses of action.
- Apply research skills to generate well-formed questions and approaches to answering them – including research questions, data sources, and appropriate methodologies.
- Assess evidence used to implement and evaluate public health interventions.
- Communicate effectively about public health issues.
In addition to the learning outcomes common to all concentrations, students in the Health Education concentration will develop the ability to:
- Design health education strategies and interventions.
- Assess the appropriateness and impact of health education strategies and interventions.
- Demonstrate leadership skills in public health.
- Apply management theories and concepts to public health issues.
- Demonstrate knowledge of effective management of public health programs and interventions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of effective management of public health services.
Employment Opportunities:
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health will prepare students both for further graduate work and for careers in the area of public health. Given the specific concentrations of the program, graduates of the program are expected to find employment opportunities in health care organizations as well as in organizations outside the health sector (such as schools and non-governmental organizations) in capacities related to health research, health program planning, policy formulation and assessment, management, program evaluation and health education.