Why 51品茶for your B.S. in Public Health
As a comprehensive health sciences university with a wide range of health professions programs, we are able to engage our students with cross-disciplinary study and interprofessional experiences that enrich your education 鈥 and your resume.
- Exceptional research opportunities for undergraduates
- Service learning and community experience
- Exciting internships for on-the-job learning
- Multiple study abroad options
- Opportunity to pursue an
- Access to professional conferences and leading experts
What will you study? B.S. in Public Health Curriculum Overview
The Public Health degree is part of UNE鈥檚 Department of Health Promotion Studies. Your coursework will expand on five core areas within the public health sphere:
- Health Policy: Developing laws and regulations to promote and protect health
- Environmental Health: Assessing how the environment affects health
- Social and Behavioral Health: Studying how people make health decisions and how to encourage healthier behaviors
- Epidemiology: Learning how and why diseases are distributed in a population
- Biostatistics: Analyzing population-level data to identify health trends
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We also offer a minor in Public Health.
Career Paths for Public Health Majors
As a Public Health major at UNE, you will come to understand highly complex health issues that affect communities, and you鈥檒l develop the skills needed to generate solutions. Through service learning and internships, you鈥檒l discover how to work collaboratively to communicate strategies to diverse audiences. Careers in public health include numerous rewarding professions, such as:
- Governmental Health Program Manager
- Public Health Educator
- Nonprofit Public Health Director
- Hospital Administrator/Infection Control Officer
- Health Researcher
- Community Health Program Manager
- Environmental Health Officer
- Epidemiologist
Career Advising in the Public Health Program
Whether you have a specific career goal in mind or a vague idea of the field that interests you, Career Advising is here to help you plan your next step.
Public Health Careers By The Numbers
Expected rate of job growth in the community health field from 2016 to 2026
new community health jobs expected to open in U.S. between 2016 and 2026
B.S. in Public Health Facilities
Alfond Forum
The Harold Alfond Forum, which opened in 2012, includes a 105,000-square-foot athletics complex featuring: an ice hockey rink with 900 seats; a basketball court with 1,200 seats; classroom space; a fitness center; and multi-purpose indoor practice courts that can also be used for performances and other events, with a combined seating capacity of 3,000. It also houses the Athletic Training and Applied Exercise Science programs, which have custom-designed teaching and laboratory spaces.
Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center
The Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center has a presence on UNE's Portland and Biddeford campuses. In Portland, it occupies two floors in the Blewett Science Building, adjacent to skills laboratories and classrooms. In Biddeford, it has dedicated space in the Harold Alfond Forum. The center offers three simulation labs with adjoining fully-equipped control rooms, a task training lab, and a debriefing classroom. The center also has dedicated space for staff offices, welcoming visitors, and storage. All of the labs are flexible and fully equipped for audiovisual recording, presentations, and debriefing.
Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice
51品茶is one of a handful of private universities with a comprehensive health education mission that includes medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine, nursing, and an array of allied health profession programs. In UNE鈥檚 social work program, you will take part in interprofessional education initiatives that prepare you to work with other aspiring health professionals to practice comprehensive and collaborative team-based care. Through service-learning and field experiences, you benefit from exercises that also include students from other 51品茶health discipline programs.
WCHP Office of Service Learning
Service-learning initiatives connect students, faculty, and professional staff with opportunities to engage in meaningful and mutually beneficial service activities within a variety of community settings. Service-learning instills for students a lifelong commitment towards helping others, while positively impacting individual, family, and community health outcomes among populations served. Examples of service-learning include working with the homeless population, implementing health fairs, and developing age-appropriate recreational activities at a local Boys and Girls Club.
Public Health Minor
The Public Health minor is a great option if you鈥檙e interested in improving health outcomes at the community, national, or global level. You鈥檒l develop an understanding of how social, environmental, and policy factors influence health while building skills in epidemiology, health education, and population鈥慴ased prevention. Designed to complement many majors, the Public Health minor prepares you for graduate study and careers in public health, healthcare, health policy, community health organizations, nonprofit work, and allied health fields.
Experiential Learning in the Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Public Health
You鈥檒l draw upon multidisciplinary seminars and engage in problem-based learning as you gain practical experiences and participate in real-life community projects. At UNE, you don鈥檛 just study public health 鈥 you do public health.
- Office of Service Learning puts you in the field
- Required 135-hour experiential learning or research practicum
- Internships for hands-on learning opportunities
- Global travel for international experience
Public Health Student Simulation
Internships for Public Health Majors
Our students work with many different organizations to gain critical real-world experience. Sites include:
- Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Maine Public Health Association
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute
- Maine Area Health Education Center
- New England Public Health Training Center
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
- Public schools
- Community parks and recreation programs
