Public health professionals clean up environmentally contaminated sites. They make our streets and homes safe from violence. They prevent and treat substance abuse. They contain the spread of infectious disease. A Bachelor of Science in public health is your first step toward becoming one of these important professionals. Our extensive program prepares you for these roles by offering you four different areas of emphasis to choose from: Health Administration Prepares you for business-related careers in the public health field. This emphasis incudes business classes specializing in management and marketing. Environment and Health Incorporates classes in geography, environmental sciences and technology. People in these careers will often work outdoors or in a laboratory. Health Promotion Focuses on community health. Your career opportunities include health education, such as being an STD/HIV caseworker, or a community outreach coordinator. Communication and sociology classes are among the classes youll take. General Public Health Allows you to tailor a program to pursue a career that may not be categorized in the other emphases. In addition to the core public health courses, youll complete a minor such as biological sciences or communications studies.