UNE Bachelor of Science in Public Health

The field of public health focuses on the promotion of health and prevention of disease at a population level. Students in UNE’s Bachelor of Science in Public Health program develop the skills necessary to understand the complexity of health issues that affect communities and identify potential solutions to address them.

Benefiting from small class sizes, access to professional conferences, leading experts, and one-on-one engagement with experienced faculty, students learn how to work collaboratively with stakeholders and to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences.

The program's coursework expands upon the five core areas of public health:

(1) Health Policy: Developing laws and regulations to promote and protect health (e.g. seatbelt laws).

(2) Environmental Health: Assessing how the environment affects health (e.g. air and water quality).

(3) Social and Behavioral Health: Studying how people make health decisions and how to encourage healthier decision-making (e.g. how marketing influences health behavior).

(4) Epidemiology: Studying how and why diseases are distributed in a population (e.g. tracing outbreaks of infectious diseases).

(5) Biostatistics: Analyzing population-level data to identify trends (e.g. using data to associate tobacco exposure with lung cancer).