Competencies

 After completing this program, you will be able to perform the following skills:

Public Health Communication

Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms, through a variety of media and to diverse audiences

Covered in:

  • PUB 310 Health and Disease: Biological, Personal and Environmental Influences
  • PUB 315 Asking and Answering Scientific Questions in Public Health
  • PUB 320 Models and Mechanisms for Understanding Public Health
  • PUB 330 Public Health Systems and Policies

Health Literacy

Students should be able to locate, use, evaluate and synthesize public health information

Covered in:

  • PUB 310 Health and Disease: Biological, Personal and Environmental Influences
  • PUB 315 Asking and Answering Scientific Questions in Public Health
  • PUB 325 Interventions to Address Public Health Problems

Apply Public Health Knowledge

You will also integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge learned through your coursework into a capstone project in PUB 494 Capstone: Modern Public Health Problems and Solutions.