Public Health (B.A.)

Program Overview

Are you concerned about the lack of safe water, emerging infectious diseases or the use of prescription drugs? Are you interested in healthcare legislation or want to take a role in facing the  health challenges facing undeveloped nations? 

A bachelor’s degree in public health offers an option in the health professions that allows you to address professional and global challenges. Our program provides an option for those with an interest in healthcare  that is not nursing or direct, hands-on care. You will gain the skills to become an entry-level professional in sectors including government, nonprofit consultation, advocacy organizations and more.

Public health encompasses science, math, human behavior, psychology, communication, sociology—all of which are part of a Hood education. This highly interdisciplinary program epitomizes Hood’s mission of providing students with a compressive liberal arts education integrated with professional offerings.

An understanding of public health is a critical component of good citizenship and a prerequisite for taking responsibility for building healthy societies. It serves as a vehicle for the development of written and oral communication skills, critical and creative thinking, quantitative and information literacy, and teamwork and problem solving. It incorporates civic knowledge and engagement—both local and global intercultural competence, and ethical reasoning and action, while forming the foundation for lifelong learning.

Learn more about the Public Health Program.