Public Health - B.S.P.H.
| COLLEGE: | College of Public Health |
| DEPARTMENT: | 208 Schwartz Center Tel: 330-672-6500 | Fax: 330-672-6505 E-mail: publichealth@kent.edu Web: http://www.kent.edu/academics/publichealth/index.cfm |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Bachelor of Science in Public Health comprises three concentrations: Environmental/Sanitation, Health Care Administration, Health Promotion and Education. The Environmental/Sanitation concentration prepares students to help reduce the burden of human illness that results from natural and man-made environmental exposures. The courses train students for a challenging, dynamic, and interdisciplinary career focused on public health risks associated with human invasion of the environment. Students learn the use of risk assessment to effect policy change, along with the administration and enforcement of environmental and public health laws. Graduates typically enter the public health workforce at local, state and national levels. They also work in academic institutions, private industry and for international health agencies. The Health Care Administration concentration prepares students for entry-level positions in health care management and establishes a foundation for graduate work in health policy and management. Students analyze national and local public health infrastructure, evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivery and explore the legal and ethical issues of health care administration. Graduates enter the health care workforce as finance managers, compliance officers, patient navigators, insurance specialists and other health care managers. The Health Promotion and Education concentration focuses on the social determinants of health behaviors. Such behaviors include alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, exercise, physical activity, injury and violence and sexual activity. Prevention approaches address community-level strategies to promote healthy behaviors, including media, policy and education initiatives. Students typically work in the public sector in social service agencies or non-profit agencies. There is also a demand in the private sector as large corporations actively promote healthy lifestyles among employees as a means of increasing productivity and lowering health care costs. |
| CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: |
Health educators held about 62,000 jobs in 2006. They work primarily in two industries with 20 percent working in State and local government and 53 percent working in health care and social assistance. In addition, a small percent of health educators work in grant-making services and social advocacy organizations. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) |
| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: |
General Admissions for New Freshman: Students most likely to be admitted and succeed at the Kent Campus are those who have graduated with at least 16 units of the recommended college preparatory curriculum in high school, who have achieved a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), and whose composite ACT score is 21 or better (980 combined critical reading and math SAT score). For more information on admissions, visit the admissions website for new freshmen. General Admissions for Transfer Students: Generally, a transfer applicant who has taken 12 or more semester hours with a college cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale may be admitted. An applicant who has taken fewer than 12 semester hours will be evaluated on both collegiate and high school records. For more information on admissions, visit the admissions website for transfer students. |
| GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS |
Minimum 122 total credit hours. Minimum 39 upper-division credit hours. Minimum 2.0 GPA cumulative and in major. |
| LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: |
None |
| STUDY ABROAD/AWAY OPPORTUNITIES | There are many study abroad/away opportunities, for more information contact the Office of International Affairs. |
| PROGRAM FEE: |
None |
| GRADUATE PROGRAMS |
Master of Public Health |
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