The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Public Health degree program equips students with the knowledge to address pressing health challenges, including health inequities associated with race, gender, and sexuality, infectious and chronic disease,, food and water safety, sanitation, and environmental issues.Simmons University is nationally recognized for providing students in our Public Health major with the conceptual and empirical foundation for analyzing the interplay between health, science, and society.
Throughout the Public Health degree experience, students will find a unique niche in the field that best matches their interests, skills, and passion for making an impact'setting them up for a rewarding career.
Students will be able to identify current public health problems nationally and globally. They will be able to analyze case studies on national and global health issues (e.g. food safety, water safety, vaccination, exercise and obesity, exposure to toxins). Students will write research papers and make oral presentations in which they will describe a current public health issue.
Students will be able to interpret public health data, frame a public health issue within an epidemiological context, review the literature and give oral presentations on epidemiological approaches to infectious disease, including observational studies, drug resistance studies, vaccine safety, surveillance, eradication, and outbreak studies.
Students will be able to analyze case studies of health issues (e.g., infant mortality and obesity), assessing the roles of gender, race, ethnicity, income, and income inequality in the production of health inequalities.
Students will compare public health infrastructures in developed and developing countries in relation to food borne and waterborne disease. Students will undertake literature reviews and prepare case studies.
